Models of evaluation in educational technology

Sara Al-thihli Amina Al-Sarqi

The Outline
Project background
Statement of the purpose
Objectives
Audience
Expected outcomes
The Evaluation
Accessibility
Interactivity and User-friendliness

Applicant: Amina, Sara and Sumayia
Title: touring website
Duration: 3 weeks
Statement of the purpose : Since tourism is considered as a very important factor for countries income, moreover, each country has its famous and unique places which must be known to tourists. So, we had decided to develop a website that can be as a guide for tourists in Oman. Moreover, this website serves an instructional purpose which is as final project for programming 1 course.

Project background
Objectives:
Developing a website that guides tourists in Oman.
Accomplishing one of the goals of programming course in using programming skills to develop a website.
Strengthen the collaboration skills between groups' members.

Project background
Audience: Arabic tourists.
Expected outcomes:
Increasing awareness about touring places in Oman.
Developing tourist's knowledge about new projects in Oman.
Publishing our website to be as a constant reference for Arabic tourists.

Model of evaluation: we used Bates’ ACTION model to evaluate this project as following:
Accessibility
Accessibility:
We will measure this feature by using a check list which contains the following points:
Technical Issues : e.g. Bandwidth issue: large files require high speed internet connections.
Design Issues: Consider learners with disabilities e.g. Using alternate text & audio for non-text elements.

We will measure this feature by using interviews with content experts and web designers which contain the following points:
Navigation
Site map
structural aids (units, lessons,..)
Clearly labeled links
Skip option for animation
Search feature

Usability
Efficiency: cost and time saving
User satisfaction: ease of use, intuitiveness, visual appeal, etc.
Effectiveness: user retention over time.
Instruments:
Interviews
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Models of evaluation in educational technology

by sara Al-thihli on May 05, 2009

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