Resources
Extensive rubric for grading student papers. Clear, concise, and helpful. By Richard Ascough, religion faculty member.
A comprehensive set of documents produced by Illinois Online Network (University of Illinois) on such topics as: Assessment, Instructional Design, Course Objectives, Hybrid Courses, Communications, and Intellectual Property Rights
Exhaustive overview to help teachers, administrators, facilitators, and students understand distance education, including: teaching strategies, review of research, the key processes of instructional development, evaluation, profiles of online students, copyright issues, glossary. University of Idaho.
An online tutorial describing a methodology for creating online learning. Upon completion of the course you should be able to: explain why online education is an effective learning format for adult learners; write measurable learning objectives; organize content into an online format; and create assessment tools/exercises that measure achievement of learning objectives. University of Tennessee.
An extensive list of links to the many other sites available on evaluating information; part of the Information Quality WWW Virtual Library.
A concise and not too abbreviated set of guidelines from UC Berkeley to help students to assess the many types of resources they’ll encounter through research, and evaluate a source’s authority and appropriateness for their research.
Purdue University site helping students evaluate bibliographic citations, content in a source, as well as internet sources. Links to further resources.
For students, a concise review of how to evaluate the authority, usefulness, and reliability of the information found through the process of library research. Including: books, periodical articles, multimedia titles, or Web pages – whether looking at a citation, a physical item in hand, or an electronic version on a computer. Links to lengthier discussions.
A single page “How-To Guide” from UCLA College Library.
Ithica College library site, with 6 quick suggestions, 6 more criteria, and several exercises/assignments to test students’ discernment skills.