A System of Indicators for the Quality Assessment of Didactic Materials in Online Education

The quality of didactic materials is a source of concern for teachers, users, and educational institutions that offer online education. There is a lack of indicators to help assess the quality of three key types of didactic materials commonly used in online education: didactic units (i.e., materials...

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Autores principales: Renata Marciniak, Cristina Cáliz Rivera
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fd75244d07a142e7a3e748e5ebac70772021-12-02T17:15:37ZA System of Indicators for the Quality Assessment of Didactic Materials in Online Education10.19173/irrodl.v22i1.50691492-3831https://doaj.org/article/fd75244d07a142e7a3e748e5ebac70772021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/5069https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831The quality of didactic materials is a source of concern for teachers, users, and educational institutions that offer online education. There is a lack of indicators to help assess the quality of three key types of didactic materials commonly used in online education: didactic units (i.e., materials that contain program contents), didactic guides (i.e., materials that provide information), and additional didactic materials (materials to deepen knowledge). The objective of this article is to present a system of indicators designed to assess the quality of these types of didactic materials and guide their creation process. The system was developed based on a critical analysis of existing models designed to assess the quality of digital didactic materials. The system was validated by 16 international experts in online education, and a trial application of the system assessed five didactic guides and didactic units used by online universities in three different countries. Results of the validation process were triangulated with relevant literature, allowing the authors to make decisions regarding changes to the system in terms of maintaining, reformulating, or removing indicators. The resulting system comprises 43 assessment indicators and serves as a guide for designers, teachers, and users in the creation and selection of didactic materials for use in online education and in the assessment of their quality. Renata MarciniakCristina Cáliz RiveraAthabasca University Pressarticleonline educationdidactic materialsqualityindicatorssystemassessmentSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 22, Iss 1 (2021)
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topic online education
didactic materials
quality
indicators
system
assessment
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
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didactic materials
quality
indicators
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assessment
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Renata Marciniak
Cristina Cáliz Rivera
A System of Indicators for the Quality Assessment of Didactic Materials in Online Education
description The quality of didactic materials is a source of concern for teachers, users, and educational institutions that offer online education. There is a lack of indicators to help assess the quality of three key types of didactic materials commonly used in online education: didactic units (i.e., materials that contain program contents), didactic guides (i.e., materials that provide information), and additional didactic materials (materials to deepen knowledge). The objective of this article is to present a system of indicators designed to assess the quality of these types of didactic materials and guide their creation process. The system was developed based on a critical analysis of existing models designed to assess the quality of digital didactic materials. The system was validated by 16 international experts in online education, and a trial application of the system assessed five didactic guides and didactic units used by online universities in three different countries. Results of the validation process were triangulated with relevant literature, allowing the authors to make decisions regarding changes to the system in terms of maintaining, reformulating, or removing indicators. The resulting system comprises 43 assessment indicators and serves as a guide for designers, teachers, and users in the creation and selection of didactic materials for use in online education and in the assessment of their quality.
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