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Courseware Evaluation. Courseware Evaluation. Integrating IT in Education II Integrating IT in Teaching and Learning. Course Objective: To enable trainees to make use of various educational theories to design and produce checklists for evaluating courseware. Courseware Evaluation.
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Courseware Evaluation Integrating IT in Education II Integrating IT in Teaching and Learning Course Objective: To enable trainees to make use of various educational theories to design and produce checklists for evaluating courseware.
Courseware Evaluation Educational Software Evaluation Educational Web-site Evaluation A package of content design for delivering Knowledge.
I6 – Courseware Evaluation • Discussing the rationale of courseware evaluation • Paradigm shift from teacher-centered to student- centered • Introducing Courseware Sources • Catalogues and Web sites • Professional journals • Educational computing resource centers • Evaluation Procedures • Written reviews • Screening process • Try-out evaluation • Prediction of effectiveness in classrooms • Discussing Criterion Approach and Situational Approach • Criterion approach: checklists and frameworks • Situational approach: interactions paradigm
Discussing the rationale of courseware evaluation • University of South Florida, Ruth S. Burkett • The Chinese University of Hong Kong • Evaluating Web Resources by Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate
Paradigm shift from teacher-centered to student- centered • Constructivism, IT, and Instruction • J Michael Spector: Towards a Philosophy of Instruction • Learner-centred and Technology • Barbara McCombs: Assessing the Role of Educational Technology in the Teaching and Learning Process: A Learner-centered Perspective
Evaluation Procedures,Written reviews, Screening process, • UCEP Courseware Evaluation Project: Adapting Evaluation instruments • Microcomputer Courseware Evaluation Sources • Evaluating Web Resources by Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate
Try-out evaluation • Class Activities • Search on the internet • Find a software or courseware which is useful in your teaching. • Download the software and try it out • Give a very brief evaluation on the materials • Present the report in 5 minutes
Prediction of effectiveness in classrooms Simple evaluation form by QEF Full evaluation form by QEF Simple evaluation form modify by PCMS