Software Evaluation for Educational Purposes

 

http://ideas.blogs.com/

• Title: IDEAS: Instructional Design for Elearning Approaches
• Summary: This website gives different source of information for teachers to research when it comes to e-learning. Some of the offered links open up PDFs that are incredibly helpful in determining software choices.
• Opinion: My evaluation of this website/blog is moderate. There could be more useful links for educators to follow.

 

http://www1.american.edu/IRVINE/eval.html

• Title: Software Evaluation
• Summary: Fantastic outline of how to evaluate software for instructional purposes. This website has different strategies bullet-pointed for easy interpretation. Also, there is a form that can be printed out in order for others to evaluate effectiveness of software.
• Opinion: This site is by far is chalked full of useful information that can help an educator determine the pros and cons of software instructional. Navigating the site is also VERY user friendly.

 

www.unilorin.edu.ng

• Title: GENERAL TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATION OF

LEARNING AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: A.O. Abolade (Ph.D.)

• Summary: This PDF is a comprehensive explanation of how to evaluate teaching methods utilizing technology.
• Opinion: I believe that the article is somewhat accurate and it also offers a bibliography. Articles are sometimes more useful then information you might find on a website laced with links.