Hybrid team members appraisal criteria in feedback provided through collaborative work environment-An educational perspective

Abstract

Objective appraisal of team members’ contribution is a difficult and currently unresolved issue. When teamwork is performed trough a Digital Collaborative Environment (DCE) both the digital traces left into it by the collaborating team members, as well as peer appraisal by the team members themselves could assist to draw objective conclusions on the individuals’ performance within the team. In this work we investigated, what would be the criteria of individuals to evaluate their fellow team members at a peer review in an educational environment. We created a collaborative digital environment combining open-source tools and let teams collaborate through it. We then asked the team-members to appraise others’ work and rank their own personal criteria. We found that innovation would be the main criterion when individuals appraising their peers, followed by the degree of their knowledge related to the tasks performed. On the other hand, personal relation is the least preferred criterion. More research work is to follow, investigating possible objective measures based on the traces left in the DCE.