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Evaluating Specific Modules in a Digital Library Curriculum. Barbara M. Wildemuth School of Information & Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wildem@ils.unc.edu. Development and Evaluation Process. Development and Evaluation Process.
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Evaluating Specific Modules in a Digital Library Curriculum Barbara M. Wildemuth School of Information & Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wildem@ils.unc.edu
Evaluate via inspection: Criteria • Objectives: Are the objectives appropriate for the topic? • Body of knowledge: Does the module address all areas of the topic that need to be addressed? • Readings: Are the readings the best and most appropriate for the topic? • Learning activities: Are the learning activities appropriate for the topic? • Logistics: Is it feasible to teach the module as it is currently constructed? • Overall structure: Is the module well-structured?
Evaluate via inspection: Participants • Members of the project Advisory Board • Participants in the JCDL Doctoral Consortium • Additional experts • Teachers of DL courses identified in earlier analyses • Authors of DL articles and books • Members of ASIST SIG on Digital Libraries
Evaluate in the field • Teacher perceptions • Individual interviews based on earlier inspection criteria • Student perceptions • Questionnaires related to course content and student effort and learning • Student outcomes • Evaluation of student work completed during the module
Additional information Project team: Virginia Tech: Ed Fox, Seungwon Yang UNC: Barbara Wildemuth, Jeffrey Pomerantz, Sanghee Oh Project website: http://curric.dlib.vt.edu/ Supported by the NSF under grant numbers IIS-0535057 and IIS-0535060.