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Leveraging Cloud-Based Peer Assessment to Enhance Participation in Oral Presentations

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This presentation explores integrating student peer evaluation into participation scores for oral presentations using Google Workspace tools, addressing the critique that students often disengage after presenting. Building on years of classroom experience, we will demonstrate how Google Workspace applications (e.g., Forms, Sheets) can collect and quantify peer feedback, incorporating it into a transparent grading system. Participants will learn step-by-step on how to design forms for peer ratings, process data in spreadsheets, and calculate participation scores—requiring no prior technical knowledge. This approach promotes active engagement and reflective learning, through the use of cloud computing. By involving students in evaluating their peers, this will encourage sustained focus and interaction throughout the presentation process. Outcomes include practical skills to create dynamic, data-driven participation tracking and best practices for promoting a collaborative classroom environment where feedback drives improvement. This presentation may assist practitioners by offering a scalable method to assess engagement beyond traditional approaches, enhancing pedagogical transparency and student accountability. We aim to address a persistent gap in presentation-based activities by blending peer assessment with cloud-based tools, providing educators with an innovative, accessible solution to enhance classroom participation.

  • Norman Fewell

    Norman Fewell has been teaching English at several universities in Japan for the past thirty years. He is a professor of applied linguistics and TESOL in the Department of International Cultural Studies at Meio University. His current research interests are peer feedback and assessment, and multimodal collaborative language learning.

  • George MacLean

    George MacLean is a professor at the University of the Ryukyus. He has taught at primary-junior high and university levels in Japan and in the international school system. His research interests include SLA and ICT implementation. He is active in the Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) at a local and national level, and regularly presents at national and international language teaching and technology events.