This article explores the integration of a multiweek legislative simulation with the Blackboard (9.1) Platform in an effort to understand how technology may increase student engagement, collaborative learning, and assessment. We consider the ways in which classroom technologies-blogs and online peer and self assessment tools, in particular-can encourage student-to-student collaboration, student-to-faculty collaboration, student-learning outcomes, peer and self assessment, and overall evaluation of the simulation itself.
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