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What is eLera (E-Learning Research and Assessment Network)

Chapter 28
Handbook of Research on Learning Design and Learning Objects: Issues, Applications, and Technologies
A Web site featuring Web-based tools for evaluating learning resource quality. Members can register the metadata for any learning object and then use evaluation tools within eLera to rate the object individually or collaboratively. The goals of eLera are (1) to improve the quality of online learning resources through better design and evaluation; (2) to develop effective pedagogical models that incorporate learning objects; and (3) to help students, teachers, professors, instructional designers, and others to select pedagogical models and digital resources that meet their requirements.
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Collaborative Argumentation in Learning Resource Evaluation
John C. Nesbit (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Tracey L. Leacock (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-861-1.ch028
Abstract
The Learning Object Review Instrument (LORI) is an evaluation framework designed to support collaborative critique of multimedia learning resources. In this chapter, the interactions among reviewers using LORI are framed as a form of collaborative argumentation. Research on collaborative evaluation of learning resources has found that reviewers’ quality ratings tend to converge as a result of their interactions. Also, novice instructional designers have reported that collaborative evaluation is valuable preparation for undertaking resource design projects. The authors reason that collaborative evaluation is effective as a professional development method to the degree that it sustains argumentation about the application of evidence-based design principles.
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