Abstract
In an age where Internet resources, in particular, web-based resources, continue to proliferate at an astonishing rate, it is necessary to develop an evaluation criteria in order to encourage the establishment of excellent websites and promote their usage in educational settings. The purpose of this study is to construct a set of evaluation criteria for educational websites that are designed for elementary and secondary classroom and library use. The study uses Delphi technique and comprises a Delphi group of seventeen experts in educational websites. The group is surveyed repeatedly three times in hoping to find an advantage between seminars and surveys, and in order to obtain a set of evaluation criteria suitable for the education environment in Taiwan.
This study finds that the Internet evaluation index can be approached from “Internet content” and “user interface design” perspectives. “Internet content” can be evaluated on its “appropriateness”, “attractiveness”, “accuracy”, “up-to-datedness”, and “objectivity”; “user interface design” can be evaluated on its “web page layout”, “visual-audio effects”, “interactive effects”, and “learner control”. The results of this study will be suitable for Taiwan’s elementary and secondary schools to use as reference when evaluating their educational websites. Teachers may use the evaluation index from this study to teach students how to use Internet resources as a tool for independent study and in building decision-making skills. The criteria can be used as an excellent guide for teachers and staff who set up or use educational websites, as well as to enhance teachers and education institutes’ desire and effective use of Internet resources.
| Keywords: | Internet; websites; evaluation criteria |
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