Situated Evaluation - Contains links to research and evaluation studies done within the situated evaluation framework. - http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~chip/sit-eval.shtml
Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL) - Developed for professionals seeking to design, conduct, document, or review project evaluations. OERL is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). - http://oerl.sri.com/
MacUsingEducators - Articles and discussion for educators who use or want to use Mac computers in the classroom. A collaborative publishing effort. - http://www.billpalmer.net/macusingeducators/
Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - A collection of short articles organized around five main areas relating to educational technology: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Many of the entries cover items relating to the visual aspects of educational technology. Th - http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/
WWILD Team (World Wide Interactive Learning Design Team) - The WWILD Team looks for special kinds of interactive software that they call interactive modules. An interactive module, similar to any reusable learning object, is any self-contained, short, interactive experience that is relevant to school-based learni - http://it.coe.uga.edu/wwild/
EvaluTech Review Criteria - Criteria for evaluating computer courseware, CD-ROMs, websites, videodiscs, web portals, fiction and nonfiction books, and other media. Also has a guide to writing an annotation for courseware, and professional resources for selection and collection devel - http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria/
Critical Issues in Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology - Summary of the Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology on July 12-13, 1999, in Washington, D.C.. It notes a shift in schools' focus on technology from building and implementing a technology infrastructu - http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/techconf99/confsum.pdf
New Directions for Program Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Education - The Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology discusses recent changes in evaluation practices and evaluations for new visions of technology teaching and learning. - http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2002/04/evaluation.html
Implementing Technology in Education - Real-world planning and useful insights to implementing and evaluating technology uses in education. A summary of research and evaluation studies. - http://www.wested.org/techpolicy/recapproach.html
Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms - This guide was developed for the U.S. Department of Education. The guide is a tool for individuals with little formal training in research or evaluation. The handbook provides educators with a resource that enables greater involvement in the evaluation pr - http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdTechGuide/
Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Program Evaluation - This site contains excellent rubrics that can be used to evaluate any short- or long-term technology program - http://www.seirtec.org/publications/ncdpieval.html
Technology Foundation Standards for Students - Provides technology standards and sample activities for various grade levels, PreK-12. - http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.html
Evaluating Interactive Multimedia - Shauna McKenna's paper for the Open Learning Institute on evaluating the materials used in computer based learning and evaluating the learning itself. - http://www.csu.edu.au/division/lmc/?oli-rd/occpap17/eval.htm
Girls Tech: Evaluating Electronic Resources for Girls - Explains and demonstrates a framework to evaluate electronic resources that will encourage and increase young women's interest and participation in the sciences and technology. A program of Douglass College, the undergraduate women?s college of Rutgers - http://girlstech.douglass.rutgers.edu/
Milken Exchange on Education Technology - A summary of different studies and reports relating to the evaluation of educational technologies. - http://www.mff.org/edtech/
Technology and Learning Magazine - The May 1998 issue discusses some of the problems with creating authentic assessment tools. - http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/062000/archives/interv.html
Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching - An online periodical dedicated to the effectiveness and interest of learning and teaching science subjects with the use of IT (especially various multimedia and Internet resources) in schools. - http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/
Education and Information Technologies - The official journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education. - http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1360-2357
Technology's Role in the Classroom - Nobody believes it's the quick fix for America's K-12 ills. An interview with Linda Roberts, Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology. She discusses how we can measure whether technology can enhance student learning. - http://www.4teachers.org/keynotes/roberts/
CTB/McGraw-Hill - Publisher of standardized achievement tests and custom assessments including TerraNova, Fox in a Box, SUPERA, LAS, TABE, TestMate, NEDT, CDRT, and CDMT. The mission is to help the teacher help the child. - http://www.ctb.com/
Learning with Technology Profile Tool - This profile tool will help you to compare your current instructional practices with a set of indicators for engaged learning and high-performance technology. - http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/profile/profwww.htm