Resources and publications

Project Resources

The main outcome from this project is a suite of resources that aim to support academics who are using Web 2.0 technologies in their teaching.

The project's final report can be downloaded from the Office for Learning and Teaching website.

In 2011, we published a special issue on Assessing Students' Web 2.0 Activities in Higher Education in the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 27(5).


Selected Journal and Conference Papers

Gray, K., Waycott, J., Clerehan, R., Hamilton, M., Richardson, J., Sheard, J., and Thompson, C. (2012). Worth it? Findings from a study of how academics assess students' Web 2.0 activities. Research in Learning Technology, 12(1).

Gray, K., Thompson, C., Clerehan, R., Sheard, J., and Hamilton, M. (2008). Web 2.0 authorship: issues of referencing and citation for academic integrity. Internet and Higher Education, 11, 112-118.

Gray, K., Thompson, C., Sheard, J., Clerehan, R. and Hamilton, M. (2010) Students as Web 2.0 authors: Implications for assessment design and conduct. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26(1), 105-122.

Thomson, C., and Absolom, M. (2011). Working with wikis: collaboration, authorship and assessment in higher education. Paper presented at: Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010: Global Conference on Learning and Technology, March 28 - April 1, Melbourne, Australia: AACE2011ConfProceedings.pdf

Waycott, J., Gray, K., Clerehan, R., Hamilton, M., Richardson, J., Sheard, J., & Thompson, C. (2010). Implications for academic integrity of using web 2.0 for teaching, learning and assessment in higher education. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 6(2), 8-18. Special Issue: Digital technologies and educational integrity

Waycott, J., Gray, K., Thompson, C., Sheard, J., Clerehan, R., Richardson, J., & Hamilton, M. (2010). Transforming assessment in higher education: A participatory approach to the development of a good practice framework for assessing student learning through social web technologies. In C.H. Steel, M.J. Keppell, P. Gerbic & S. Housego (Eds.), Curriculum, technology & transformation for an unknown future. Proceedings ascilite Sydney 2010 (pp.1040-1050). 

Waycott, J., Sheard, J., Thompson, C., and Clerehan, R. (2013). Making students' work visible on the social web: A blessing or a curse? Computers and Education, 68, 86-95. 


Seminar and Workshop Presentations

Gray, K. and Waycott, J. The assessment of students' Web 2.0 activities: Findings from an ALTC project. Presentation for the Transforming Assessment Webinar Series, 26th May 2010.

Gray, K. and Waycott, J. Students’ use of Web 2.0 tools in higher education: Good practice in assessment and academic integrity. Presentation for the Australian Learning & Teaching Council Health Sciences seminar series, Medical Education Unit, The University of Melbourne, 30th June 2010.

Gray, K., Waycott, J., Thompson, C., Clerehan, R., Sheard, J., Hamilton, M. and Richardson, J. (2010, July). Students' use of web 2.0 tools in higher education: Good practice in assessment and academic integrity. Workshop presented at HERDSA 2010: Reshaping Higher Education, 6-9 July, Melbourne.