NIFL LINCS Technology Training Special Collection Web Site Review Rubric

 
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Organization Organization of site is not user-friendly:
  • Confusing opening page
  • Difficult to navigate through pages without getting lost
  • Confusing links or connections between pages
  • No site map included
 Organization of site is somewhat user-friendly:
  • Vague opening page
  • Occasionally get lost navigating through pages
  • A few links between pages are logical but many are not
  • No site map included
 Organization of site is mostly user-friendly:
  • Understandable opening page
  • Somewhat easy to navigate through pages
  • Most links are logical
  • Site map might be included to present scope of content at a glance
 Organization of site is very user-friendly:
  • Inviting opening page
  • Easy to navigate through pages without getting lost
  • Intuitive or logical links or connections between pages
  • Site map included to present scope of content at a glance
Presentation Presentation of content is not appealing:
  • Layout is unclear and difficult to follow
  • Text is difficult to read against the background
  • Graphic and multimedia elements don't refer to content
  • Many of the links are dead
  • No date to indicate when site was last updated
 Presentation of content is somewhat appealing:
  • Simple, uncreative layout
  • Text is somewhat readable
  • A few graphic and multimedia elements add to the purpose
  • A few links are appropriate and work properly
  • No date to indicate when site was last updated
 Presentation of content is mostly appealing:
  • Layout is clear
  • Text is easy to read against background
  • Most graphic and multimedia elements add to the purpose
  • Most links are appropriate and work properly
  • Last time site was updated might be indicated/may or may not be current (updated within past year)
 Presentation of content is very appealing:
  • Layout is clear and easy to follow
  • Background and text work well together
  • Graphic and multimedia elements add to the purpose
  • Links are appropriate and work properly
  • Site indicates that it was updated within the past year
Effective
Use of
Technology		 Effective use of technology is not demonstrated:
  • Site is only text-based or technology features detract from content
  • No examples of hypertext, interactivity or customization features
 Use of technology is somewhat effective:
  • Site includes a few multisensory representations (graphics & text)
  • Limited access to concepts through hypertext, interactivity or customization features
 Use of technology is mostly effective:
  • Several multisensory representations included (sound, graphics, text)
  • Some use of hypertext, interactivity or customization features to enhance access to concepts
 Effective use of technology is demonstrated:
  • Effective use of multisensory representations (video, sound, graphics, text)
  • Access to concepts through hypertext, interactivity or customization features
Target
Audience		 Site does not focus on any of the following areas (adult literacy/ESL, adult education, training/development opportunities for adult ed practitioners, community resources connected to adult ed or adult literacy/ESL) and will not appeal to any of these practitioners:
  • Adult education teachers or tutors
  • Resource teachers
  • Administrators or program directors
  • Researchers or policy makers
  • ABE, ESL or GED instructors
  • Instructors in correctional facilities
  • Adult secondary teachers
 Site focuses on one of these areas (adult literacy/ESL, adult education, training/development opportunities for adult ed practitioners, community resources connected to adult ed or adult literacy/ESL) and appeals to only one specific type of practitioner:
  • Adult education teachers or tutors
  • Resource teachers
  • Administrators or program directors
  • Researchers or policy makers
  • ABE, ESL or GED instructors
  • Instructors in correctional facilities
  • Adult secondary teachers
 Site focuses on one or more of the following areas (adult literacy/ESL, adult education, training/development opportunities for adult ed practitioners, community resources connected to adult ed or adult literacy/ESL) and appeals to a few types of practitioners:
  • Adult education teachers or tutors
  • Resource teachers
  • Administrators or program directors
  • Researchers or policy makers
  • ABE, ESL or GED instructors
  • Instructors in correctional facilities
  • Adult secondary teachers
 Site focuses on one or more of the following areas (adult literacy/ESL, adult education, training/development opportunities for adult ed practitioners, community resources connected to adult ed or adult literacy/ESL) and appeals to a variety of practitioners:
  • Adult education teachers or tutors
  • Resource teachers
  • Administrators or program directors
  • Researchers or policy makers
  • ABE, ESL or GED instructors
  • Instructors in correctional facilities
  • Adult secondary teachers
Quality of
Content		 Site's content is not current, accurate or scholarly; there isn't a clear indication of authorship; site offers no bibliographic citations; it is not unique and content is easily available through regular distribution channels Site provides access to content that is somewhat current, accurate or scholarly but without a clear indication of authorship; there may not be bibliographic citations; content is not necessarily unique and is available through regular distribution channels for any of the following areas:
  • Professional development
  • Educational resources
  • Lesson plans
  • Adult education (not K-12 best practices & resources)
  • Research and theory
 Site provides access to content that is current, accurate and scholarly, and based upon research, when relevant, with a clear indication of authorship; it might include bibliographic citations; content might be available through regular distribution channels for any of the following areas:
  • Professional development
  • Educational resources
  • Lesson plans
  • Adult education (not K-12 best practices & resources)
  • Research and theory
 Site provides access to content that is current, accurate and scholarly, and based upon research, when relevant, with a clear indication of authorship including bibliographic citations, when relevant; unique content is not readily available through regular distribution channels for any of the following areas:
  • Professional development
  • Educational resources
  • Lesson plans
  • Adult education (not K-12 best practices & resources)
  • Research and theory
Conveys How
Technology Can Be Used
Effectively
in Adult Learning		 Site does not offer a perspective or analysis that contributes to the understanding of how technology can be effectively used in adult learning:
  • Site's intended audience is K-12
  • Focus is on learning to use one type of technology resource with no reference to enhancing student learning
 Site offers a limited perspective or analysis that does little to contribute to the understanding of how technology can be effectively used in adult learning:
  • Site's intended audience is K-12
  • Focus is on learning to use one technology resource to enhance student learning
 Site offers a perspective or analysis that mostly contributes to the understanding of how technology can be effectively used in adult learning:
  • Site's intended audience is adult literacy/ESL practitioners or K-12 teachers
  • Focus is on learning to use one or two technology resources effectively to enhance student learning
 Site offers a perspective or analysis that contributes to the understanding of how technology can be effectively used in adult learning:
  • Site's intended audience is adult literacy/ESL practitioners, rather than K-12
  • Focus is on learning to use a variety of technology resources effectively to enhance student learning
Enables
Effective
Use of
Technology
in the
Classroom		 Site does not enable the field practitioner to utilize technology effectively in the classroom:
  • Site does not offer examples of how technology can be integrated into adult learning environments
  • Use of the site will not develop field practitioners' technology skills
  • There is no indication of technology skill level required to choose appropriate activities
  • Site does not offer examples for using technology tools in the classroom
  • Site is commercial or has links to password protected pages
 Site somewhat enables the field practitioner to utilize technology effectively in the classroom:
  • Site offers limited examples of how technology can be used in an adult learning environment
  • Use of the site might develop field practitioners' technology skills
  • There might be an indication of technology skill level required to choose appropriate activities
  • Site offers examples for using one technology tool: word processors, Internet, email, databases, spreadsheets or presentation software
  • Site may not be commercial but may link to fee-based, password protected pages
 Site enables the field practitioner to utilize technology effectively in the classroom:
  • Site offers examples of how technology can be integrated into a few adult learning environments
  • Use of the site will likely develop field practitioners' technology skills
  • There is an indication of technology skill level required to choose appropriate activities
  • Site offers examples for using two or three technology tools: word processors, Internet, email, databases, spreadsheets and presentation software
  • Site is clearly non-commercial and does not link to fee-based, password protected pages
 Site enables the field practitioner to utilize technology more effectively in the classroom:
  • Site offers examples of how technology can be integrated into a variety of adult learning environments
  • Use of the site will develop field practitioners' technology skills
  • There is an indication of technology skill level required to choose appropriate activities
  • Site offers examples for using a variety of technology tools: word processors, Internet, email, databases, spreadsheets and presentation software
  • Site is clearly non-commercial and does not link to fee-based, password protected pages
Usefulness in Developing
Technology-
Based
Materials		 Site does not enable practitioners to develop technology-based materials that address national or state standards Site unlikely to enable practitioners to develop technology-based materials for which learner outcomes will be associated with competencies identified in national or state standards including, but not limited to:
  • EFF
  • SCANS
  • CASAS
 Site enables practitioners to develop technology-based materials for which learner outcomes might be associated with competencies identified in national or state standards including, but not limited to:
  • EFF
  • SCANS
  • CASAS
 Site enables practitioners to develop technology-based materials for which learner outcomes will be associated with competencies identified in national or state standards including, but not limited to:
  • EFF
  • SCANS
  • CASAS