The PeerLearn Application

There are a number of available tools that support teachers in the management of lesson plans on the web. However, none of them is task-centred or supports any form of lesson plan execution over the web. PeerLearn is an application that allows both the design and the execution of lesson plans, where lesson plans are designed with respect to a selected rubric. PeerLearn uses electronic institutions to coordinate interactions, ensuring the rules set by the lesson plan are followed, and it relies on a trust-based model to calculate automated marks. The automated marks provide tremendous support for teachers when their online classrooms have massive numbers of students. This chapter provides an overviewof the PeerLearn application, describes its underlying electronic institution, and presents a brief introduction to its automated-assessment technology.