A research-based approach for evaluating resources for transitioning to teaching online
Information and Learning Sciences
ISSN: 2398-5348
Article publication date: 25 June 2020
Issue publication date: 27 July 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This paper provides a research-based approach for evaluating resources for transitioning to teaching online.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper uses Davies’ (2011) discussion of technological literacy; Koehler and Mishra’s (2009) Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK); Leacock and Nesbit’s (2011) Learning Object Review Instrument; and Reynolds and Leeder’s (2018) expanded notion of “technology stewardship” to underpin an approach that educators can use to evaluate educational resources for transitioning to teaching online.
Findings
This paper introduces and applies an approach focused on evaluating the source of a given educational resource, as well as how it can be implemented.
Research limitations/implications
This paper synthesizes frameworks relating to qualities of educational technologies and frameworks relating to qualities of educators, and introduces two criteria for evaluating resources for transitioning to distance learning.
Practical implications
This paper provides readily applicable criteria for evaluating resources in a time of emergency distance learning.
Social implications
This approach enables educators to evaluate resources in a time of emergency distance learning.
Originality/value
The synthesis of four approaches to evaluating educational technologies, and applying the approach to four resources that have emerged to address COVID-19-related instructional needs.
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Acknowledgements
This article is part of the special issue, “A Response to Emergency Transitions to Remote Online Education in K-12 and Higher Education” which contains shorter, rapid-turnaround invited works, not subject to double blind peer review. The issue was called, managed and produced on short timeline in Summer 2020 toward pragmatic instructional application in the Fall 2020 semester.
Citation
Aguilar, S.J. (2020), "A research-based approach for evaluating resources for transitioning to teaching online", Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. 121 No. 5/6, pp. 301-310. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0072
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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