The integration and assessment of students' artefacts created with diverse Web 2.0 applications

This paper focuses on the creation of students' artefacts with various Web 2.0 tools (e.g., those for online creation of mind maps, block-diagrams, slideshow presentations, online comic strips, surveys, etc.). When numerous artefacts are created by the students using those tools the problem regarding the organisation and presentation of their artefacts for peer-to-peer learning arises. In our paper, we present several solutions for organisation and presentation of students' artefacts with the use of the features of the LMS Moodle, as well as with the use of a wiki (MediaWiki), blog (WordPress), e-portfolio (Mahara), and community network (Ning). Our evaluation of those tools is also presented together with several examples of their use.

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