Teaching resources. Using web-based discussion forums as a model of the peer-review process and a tool for assessment.
This Teaching Resource describes how to use an online asynchronous discussion as a mechanism to introduce students to the peer-review process, as well as to assess student performance and understanding. This method was applied to a graduate course on signal transduction and the Teaching Resource includes a syllabus, detailed plan for incorporating the online discussion, sample journal club questions, and sample student responses to the discussion forum, faculty responses, and student revisions.
Jenkins
Sherry L
SL
Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. ravi.iyengar@mssm.edu
Iyengar
Ravi
R
Diverse-Pierluissi
Maria A
MA
Chan
Andrew M
AM
Devi
Lakshmi A
LA
Sobie
Eric A
EA
Ting
Adrian T
AT
Weinstein
Daniel C
DC
D000818:Animals; D001695:Biology / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D009862:Online Systems; D010380:Peer Review; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012984:Software; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching; D014584:User-Computer Interface