Rubric for E-Learning Tool Evaluation

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’ needs and for their own learning outcomes and classroom context.

Educators often use rubrics to articulate “”the expectations for an assignment by listing the criteria or what counts, and describing level of quality.””2 We have adapted these broad aims to articulate the appropriate assessment criteria for e-learning tools using the standard design components of other analytical rubrics: categories, criteria, standards, and descriptors. We organized our rubric’s evaluation criteria into eight categories. 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. 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’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. 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’s intended outcomes and the tool, based on principles of constructive alignment.3 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’s intended learning outcomes and planned instructional activities. We designed the rubric with this intention in mind.

Provided ByWestern University - Canada
Type of providerHE Institution
Provided atonline
Learning opportunity typeTool
Languageen
Home pagehttps://github.com/acciptrid/Rubric-for-E-Learning-Tool-Evaluation
Admission procedureOpen to all
Price detailsfree
Type of credentialOpen Badge

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