Construct Evaluation Criteria

Reading about concepts of web evaluation criteria
 
Jan Alexander and Marsha Tate (1996) review five traditional print evaluation criteria and adapt those criteria to web resources.
 
  • Accuracy: the reliability of the information
  • Authority: the author's qualification and the reputation of the publisher
  • Objectivity: free of bias
  • Currency: updated information
  • Coverage: fully covered topics related to the sujbject
 
 
Elizabeth E. Kirk (1996) discusses the criteria by which scholars in most fields evaluate print information, and show how the same criteria can be used to assess information found on the Internet.
 
  • Authorship: find out what is  the basis of the authority with which the author speaks
  • The Publishing Body: assess the role and authority of the publisher, which in this case is the server where the document lives
  • Point of View or Bias: examine who is providing the information under viewing and what might be their point of view
  • Referral to and/or Knowledge of the Literature:examine the context in which the author situates his or her work
  • Accuracy or Verifiability of Details: make sure the content of information is correct
  • Currency: ascertain that the data is updated
 
 
Discussing the main concepts of evaluation criteria in the reading separately with the following sites:
 
 
 

 
Hands-On Activity 
 

  1. Visit the sites below.
  2. Construct your checklist of criteria for evaluating web pages.
  3. Choose a classmate as your partner and exchange your checklists.
  4. Discuss and negotiate elements of the lists to come up with a single checklist that you both agree on.