A “System for the Evaluation of ESL Web Sites” drawn from Jeffrey T. Nelson’s MAT thesis of the same name. See http://web.archive.org/web/20040610080024/www.wsu.edu/~jtnelson/thesis/complete_thesis.html
|
System for the Evaluation of ESL
Web Sites |
|||
|
Part |
Criteria |
Detail |
|
|
Purpose |
Skills |
·
Reading ·
Writing ·
Listening
·
Speaking
·
Grammar ·
Vocabulary
· Cultural Knowledge |
|
|
Objectives |
·
Publishing
course materials (syllabus, assignments, etc.) ·
Publishing
student work ·
Linking
to resources § For cultural or linguistic information § For off-line activities (composition, discussion, etc.) § For on-line activities ·
Supporting
interchange § via e-mail § via bulletin board ·
Providing
student feedback ·
Providing
language practice ·
Providing
language tutorials · Teaching Internet skills |
||
|
Scope of Audience |
·
Specific
class(es) ·
A
school/institution ·
Regional
· Worldwide |
||
|
Target Level |
·
Beginning
·
Intermediate
·
Advanced
· Multiple levels |
||
|
Pedagogy |
Sensory input |
·
Very
Effectively ·
Effectively
·
Poorly ·
Not at
all |
|
|
Feedback |
o Intelligent feedback. o Semi-intelligent error feedback o Non-intelligent error feedback. o No feedback |
o Lots o Some o Very little o None |
|
|
Interactivity |
|
||
|
Communicativeness |
|
||
|
Context |
|
||
|
Design/ Construction |
Content |
·
An hour
or more. ·
10
minutes. ·
30
seconds. · 2 seconds. |
|
|
Revisitability |
·
Once a
day or more. ·
Once a
week ·
Once a
month. ·
Once and
never again! |
||
|
Appearance |
·
Excellent
·
Good. ·
Average.
·
Ugly. ·
Hideous |
||
|
Navigation |
·
Easy ·
Fairly
easy ·
Somewhat
difficult ·
Difficult
·
Impossible |
||
|
Load Speed |
·
Fast ·
Fairly
fast ·
Somewhat
slow ·
Annoyingly
slow |
||
|
Technical (HTML) quality |
·
Problem-free
·
Glitchy ·
Problematic |
||
|
Description / Other |
|
[open essay, perhaps with question prompts] |
|