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This category is for methods and theory related to instructional technology evaluation--determining the quality, merit, or worth of hardware, software, web sites, and instructional programs. It emphasizes the special characteristics of instructional technologies that affect approaches to evaluation.

Subcategories

• Web Site Evaluation

Resources in This Category

• 1999 Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology - Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology

  http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/techconf99/
  Details of the conference, including white papers.

• A Step Towards the Creation of Educational Technology Standards: Identifying Key Skills

  http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/tech_standards1/
  This article examines the process of identifying learning standards for educational and instructional technology programs.

• Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching

  http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/
  An online periodical dedicated to the effectiveness and interest of learning and teaching science subjects with the use of IT (especially various multimedia and Internet resources) in schools.

• Challenges for the Evaluation of New Information and Communication Technologies

  http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/jaal/March_Column.html
  Reprint article which considers various aspects of issues related to technology evaluation, access, and literacy learning.

• Critical Issues in Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology

  http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/techconf99/confsum.pdf
  Summary of the Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology on July 12-13, 1999, in Washington, D.C.. It notes a shift in schools' focus on technology from building and implementing a technology infrastructure to evaluating the effectiveness of its use in schools and classrooms.

• CTB/McGraw-Hill

  http://www.ctb.com/
  Publisher of standardized achievement tests and custom assessments including TerraNova, Fox in a Box, SUPERA, LAS, TABE, TestMate, NEDT, CDRT, and CDMT. The mission is to help the teacher help the child.

• Education and Information Technologies

  http://link.springer.com/journal/10639
  The official journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education.

• Emerging from the Smog: Making Technology Assessment Work for Schools

  http://www.fno.org/feb98/cov98feb.html
  This article from "From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal" discusses the importance of evaluating technology in schools.

• Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL)

  http://oerl.sri.com/
  Developed for professionals seeking to design, conduct, document, or review project evaluations. OERL is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

• The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM): A Model for Change in Individuals

  http://www.nas.edu/rise/backg4a.htm
  A stage model that applies to anyone experiencing change--policy makers, teachers, parents, students

• WWILD Team (World Wide Interactive Learning Design Team)

  http://wwild.coe.uga.edu/
  The WWILD Team looks for special kinds of interactive software that they call interactive modules. An interactive module, similar to any reusable learning object, is any self-contained, short, interactive experience that is relevant to school-based learning -- they are not lessons, but resources for lessons and learning.

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