Selected and annotated criteria catalogs

Further information:

• Stiftung Warentest – A short but general list with guiding questions designed to help customers select an online course can be found on the following web page sponsored by the German consumer protection foundation Stiftung Warentest:
  http://www.stiftung-warentest.de/online/bildung_soziales/weiterbildung/infodok/1131805/1131805.html

• Iltec – On the website of the International Learning Technology Center there are various checklists which can help you in the individual phases of your project. http://www.iltec.de/elearning/elearning-praxis/checklisten/checklisten.php

• SODIS (Software Documentation and Information System) - A database containing an overview of new media for learning. Evaluations and field reports from the participating German federal states are summarised. The evaluation takes into account media technology, subject content, questions related to teaching special subjects and the educational use of media (cf. http://www.sodis.de ).

• MEDA (Methodology d´Evaluation des Didacticiels pour Adultes) - MEDA was designed for the evaluation of learning software in the field of adult education and it is based on three key ares of evaluation: development, application, and sales of learning software. The criteria can be weighted. MEDA is available as a book (299 questions) and as a program on CD-ROM (500 questions). The CD-ROM version allows coordination of the project phases or development stages of a product (from the preliminary study through design/development, production and implementation of the product to its effects).

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