Analyzing Associations between the Different Ratings Dimensions of the MERLOT Repository - Christian Cechinel, Salvador Sánchez-Alonso- IJELLO Volume 7, 2011
Abstract: As the dissemination of digital learning resources is continuously growing over the internet, the existing repositories are enabled to search for different alternatives to assess the quality of their materials. MERLOT, one of the most recognized learning object repositories available nowadays, has adopted the peer-review approach as the cornerstone for the quality evaluation of their learn-ing objects. In that evaluation, experts on specific areas rate resources according to three pre-defined dimensions, and, after an extensive edition process, these ratings are published and used for the recommendation of materials among the community of users. In addition, MERLOT al-lows users to write comments and provide ratings for the learning resources, complementing its evaluation strategy with this more informal mechanism. The present work analyzes associations between the ratings given by the users and the experts with the aim of discovering whether or not these two groups have similar impressions about the quality of the materials, as well as to explore the usefulness of this twofold strategy towards the establishment of learning resources quality inside MERLOT.
Keywords: Learning objects, quality, ratings, MERLOT, peer-review, public-review
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OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 Results - OECD, 2010
PISA 2009 Results presents the findings from the most recent PISA survey, which focused on reading and also assessed mathematics and science performance. The report comprises six volumes:
Volume I, What Students Know and Can Do: Student Performance in Reading, Mathematics and Science, compares the knowledge and skills of students across countries.
Volume II, Overcoming Social Background: Equity in Learning Opportunities and Outcomes, looks at how successful education systems moderate the impact of social background and immigrant status on student and school performance.
Volume III, Learning to Learn: Student Engagement, Strategies and Practices, examines 15-year-olds’ motivation, their engagement with reading and their use of effective learning strategies.
Volume IV, What Makes a School Successful? Resources, Policies and Practices, examines how human, financial and material resources, and education policies and practices shape learning outcomes
Volume V, Learning Trends: Changes in Student Performance Since 2000, looks at the progress countries have made in raising student performance and improving equity in the distribution of learning opportunities.
Volume VI, Students on Line: Reading and Using Digital Information, explores students’ use of information technologies to learn (forthcoming - June 2011)
PISA 2009 marks the beginning of the second cycle of surveys, with an assessment in mathematics scheduled for 2012 and one in science for 2015.
Executive summary
PISA at a Glance
PISA at a Glance offers a reader-friendly introduction to five of the six volumes of the PISA 2009 results.
Source: oecd.org