Done by: Qais Al-Maqbali 64991

Amur Al-Abri 67535Tech4102

Evaluation in Educational Technology

1- Reviewing Evaluation Studies in Educational Technology Name of study: Instructional designers'

conceptualizations of learning objects

Authors: David E. Francis and Elizabeth Murphy

The purpose of this study: To gain insight into howInstructional designers conceptualize learning objects (LOs) and their attributes.

- It aimed to identify the range and types of conceptualizations of LO attributes held by a group of designers.

Instrument: There are two instruments that used:

-Phone interviews with 10 instructional designers working to collect data.

-Open, axial and selective coding were used to analyse data.

Reference: Australasian Journal of Educational

Technology ,2008, 24(5), 475-486

http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet24/francis.pdf

2-review the evaluation of the feature

Name of study: The digital video database: A virtual learning community for teacher education

Authors: Winnie Wing-mui So, Vincent Hing-keung Hung and Walker Yee-wing Yip

Reference: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2008, 24(1), 73-90

http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet24/so.pdf

Evaluate the feature: The major features of the

digital video database include the Video Vault, Transaction Bin and Video Analysis. The Video Vault allows the uploading of video clips in MPEG, ASX, WMV or MOV format by individual users. The videos can then be shared for viewing and/ or downloading under the Transaction Bin. The streaming rate of WMV video is set in between 300 kb/s to 700 kb/s, fulfilling both Internet and intranet user needs.

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