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For the app developers in CeL. This is not the prettiest app but it has some interesting ideas on creating rubric-based evaluations. I like the sliding Likert-type scale and the way other artefacts like photos and videos can be added to an evaluation.

Useful Rubric & checklist for evaluating an online course.

Harry Walker is the principal of Sandy Plains Elementary School in Baltimore County, Maryland. Fourth and fifth graders at the school are piloting one-to-one computing with iPod touches. In addition, Harry is a doctoral student at John Hopkins University. He's investigating the impact of iPod touch on student achievement. One of his challenges is wading through the huge number apps available. He's crafted a rubric to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of an app in terms of how it may impact student achievement. His criteria include curriculum connection, authenticity, feedback, differentiation, user friendliness, and student motivation.

This can be used as a guideline for the ETs when evaluating apps.

Here's is a simple guide for evaluating information found online - helpful for us in CeL and others too. Feel free to share...

For ETs.

Yeu Ann posted this in FB. For Carolyn, Rachel, and ETs to read and ponder over with respect to our own use of Blackboard. Compare these results with our own survey by Jason earlier this year.

For the video team to evaluate.

Item Analysis helps you refine assessments by evaluating the quality and validity of each question. Far better than the usual Frequency and Distribution reports, our Item Analysis report, available since Service Pack 10, provides discrimination statistics that allow you to identify questions that are poor performers, diagnose the problem and then fix it in a streamlined workflow.

Tan, Hu, Wong, Wettasinghe (2003) on Information Technology and Singapore Education, Instructional Framework, Instructional Strategies (Direct Instruction, SDL, Group Work, Computer-Mediated Communication, Constructivist Learning, Learning through Experience) Computer As an Administrative Tool - Blackboard ! Computer As a Presentation Tool - from PPT to Prezi? Computer As a Tutor - engage the learners in higher order thinking Computer As a Cognitive Tool - mindtools Conclusion: To successfully integrate IT into teaching and learning in schools is a challenging task that hinges on a lot of factors, including effective teacher training. Darling-Hammond (1994) describes the new paradigm of teacher learning as a place in which opportunities are provided for "learning by teaching, learning by doing and learning by collaborating." In our attempt to avoid reducing such training into teaching of discrete IT skills, or merely talking about it through lectures, we presented an approach that modeled various pedagogies, including direct instruction, self-directed learning, group work, computer-mediated communication, and constructivist learning. We also provided a holistic technology-enhanced environment, for the trainees to experience the use of the computer as an administrative tool, as a presentation tool, as a tutor, and as a cognitive tool. These strategies are built upon theories and studies of learning, as well as the use of IT in education. The results of the trainees' evaluation of the module indicated a generally positive reaction to the module and the perception that the instructional objectives have been achieved. These are encouraging indicators of the effectiveness of our instructional strategies, which we will build upon for further improvement in the subsequent delivery of the module.

Evaluation rubric for iOS apps

I think it can. The author seemed to be taking a very narrow, perhaps traditional, view of evaluation.

Yea I agree, and I think when the author talks about 'use a traditional e-portfolio program', he must be thinking about BB or D2L..

This is something we saw for ourselves when the OTE team visited the USA in August this year. Both the supervisors and student teachers needed training on how to shoot and do simple editing of videos.

Looks like we aren't the only ones looking for ways to evaluate our m and e-learning efforts.

Found this resource when looking for a mobile theme for e-fiesta 2012. There are some promising sections on addressing conflicts between informal and formal learning as well as methods for evaluating mobile learning.