Heinz Dreher

TL;DR: Virtual Worlds extend many aspects of Web 2.0 into a 3D Web-based environment and contains powerful pedagogical utilities of Virtual Worlds that are not yet fully evolved or utilised and are thus worthy of consideration.

TL;DR: This paper reports on a trial of Markit with second year law students’ essays, which shows its performance compares favourably with human graders and with commercially available systems.

TL;DR: The authors presents a typology for teaching and learning in 3D virtual worlds and applies the typology to a series of case studies based on the ways in which academics and their institutions are exploiting the power of virtual worlds for diverse purposes ranging from business scenarios and virtual excursions to role-play, experimentation and language development.

TL;DR: The Maurer et al. (2006) provide a thorough analysis of the plagiarism problem and possible solutions as they pertain to academia, and divide the solution strategies into three main categories.

TL;DR: The rationale for this research is that the usage of automated assessment currently lags behind the capacity that the technology provides, thus restricting the pedagogical benefits for students, job satisfaction for staff, and quality assurance and financial benefits for universities.