Monday, November 1, 2010

Week 8: The importance of Systematic Evaluation

There are many aspects that should be taken into consideration when we want to create an educational website which is used for teaching and learning purpose. Therefore, rubric plays an important role to help us when using the platform for an educational purpose. A rubric functions as a checklist and reminder for us as we might overlook certain aspects when designing a learning website. There are a lot of aspects that should be taken into consideration in designing a website for educational purpose.


Those aspects are:

1) USABILITY CRITERIA:
- purpose
- homepage
- navigation
- design
- enjoyment
- readabilility

2) CONTENT CRITERIA:
- authority
- accuracy
- relevance
- sufficiency
- appropriateness

3) EDUCATIONAL VALUE CRITERIA:
- learning activities
- activity plan
- resources
- communication
- feedback
- rubric
- help tools

4) VIVIDNESS CRITERIA:
- links
- updating


Reasons for the need of rubrics to evaluate an educational website:

1- Determine whether the website is updated for being used in teaching and learning process. This is important in order to provide students with latest information about the topics taught.

2- To ensure that the learning website is usable in terms of functionality. Visitors especially students will refuse to pursue the content if the website functions poorly or does not function at all.

3- To clarify whether the website is user-friendly or the other way around. This is important on order to engage students in learning.

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