{"id":64543,"date":"2018-09-12T19:04:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T23:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=64543"},"modified":"2018-09-12T19:04:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T23:04:27","slug":"a-rubric-for-evaluating-e-learning-tools-in-higher-education-anstey-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/09\/12\/a-rubric-for-evaluating-e-learning-tools-in-higher-education-anstey-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"A rubric for evaluating e-learning tools in higher education [Anstey &#038; Watson]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/er.educause.edu\/articles\/2018\/9\/a-rubric-for-evaluating-e-learning-tools-in-higher-education?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A rubric for evaluating e-learning tools in higher education<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from er.educause.edu by Lauren Anstey and Gavan Watson<br \/>\n<em>The Rubric for E-Learning Tool Evaluation offers educators a framework, with criteria and levels of achievement, to assess the suitability of an e-learning tool for their learners&#8217; needs and for their own learning outcomes and classroom context.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We organized our rubric&#8217;s evaluation criteria into eight categories (functionality; accessibility; technical; mobile design; privacy, data protection, and rights; social presence; teaching presence; cognitive presence). Each category has a specific set of characteristics, or criteria, against which e-learning tools are evaluated, and each criterion is assessed against three standards: works well, minor concerns, or serious concerns. Finally, the rubric offers individual descriptions of the qualities an e-learning tool must have to achieve a standard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Although our rubric integrates a broad range of functional, technical, and pedagogical criteria, it is not intended to be overly prescriptive. Our goal is for the framework to respond to an instructor&#8217;s needs and be adapted as appropriate. For example, when a rubric criterion is not relevant to the assessment of a particular tool, it can be excluded without impacting the overall quality of the assessment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The rubric reflects our belief that instructors should choose e-learning tools in the context of the learning experience. We therefore encourage an explicit alignment between the instructor&#8217;s intended outcomes and the tool, based on principles of constructive alignment. Given the diversity of outcomes across learning experiences, e-learning tools should be chosen on a case-by-case basis and should be tailored to each instructor&#8217;s intended learning outcomes and planned instructional activities. We designed the rubric with this intention in mind.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/teaching.uwo.ca\/pdf\/elearning\/Rubric-for-eLearning-Tool-Evaluation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rubric for E-Learning Tool Evaluation<\/a> offers educators a framework, with criteria and levels of achievement, to assess the suitability of an e-learning tool for their learners&#8217; needs and for their own learning outcomes and classroom context. The rubric was designed with utility in mind: it is intended to help decision-makers independently evaluate e-learning tools.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rubric for evaluating e-learning tools in higher education\u00a0&#8212; from er.educause.edu by Lauren Anstey and Gavan Watson The Rubric for E-Learning Tool Evaluation offers educators a framework, with criteria and levels of achievement, to assess the suitability of an e-learning tool for their learners&#8217; needs and for their own learning outcomes and classroom context. 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