Use of Mobile Collaborative Tools for the Assessment of Out-of-Classroom Courses in Higher Education - Cloud Technologies Applied to the Monitoring of the Practicum

Xavier Perramon, Josepa Alemany, Laura Panadès

2014

Abstract

In this paper we propose the use of collaborative tools to enhance traditional e-learning platforms for university courses that are developed outside the school environment, as is the case of a Practicum or internship in a company or external institution. These courses have specific requirements with regard to monitoring, guidance and assessment of students, and we postulate that collaborative tools, usually implemented as cloud-based applications, combined with mobile technologies, today affordable to most students, constitute a suitable platform for implementing the assessment of this type of courses.

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Perramon X., Alemany J. and Panadès L. (2014). Use of Mobile Collaborative Tools for the Assessment of Out-of-Classroom Courses in Higher Education - Cloud Technologies Applied to the Monitoring of the Practicum . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 3: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-022-2, pages 239-244. DOI: 10.5220/0004962102390244


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@conference{csedu14,
author={Xavier Perramon and Josepa Alemany and Laura Panadès},
title={Use of Mobile Collaborative Tools for the Assessment of Out-of-Classroom Courses in Higher Education - Cloud Technologies Applied to the Monitoring of the Practicum},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 3: CSEDU,},
year={2014},
pages={239-244},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004962102390244},
isbn={978-989-758-022-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 3: CSEDU,
TI - Use of Mobile Collaborative Tools for the Assessment of Out-of-Classroom Courses in Higher Education - Cloud Technologies Applied to the Monitoring of the Practicum
SN - 978-989-758-022-2
AU - Perramon X.
AU - Alemany J.
AU - Panadès L.
PY - 2014
SP - 239
EP - 244
DO - 10.5220/0004962102390244