Pedagogical Evaluation of E-Learning Websites with Cognitive Objectives

Abstract

E-learning has known a large expansion in the past decades due to the advent of the Internet as a major communication medium and the WWW as a technology that provides enormous capabilities for information exchange anytime, anywhere, anyhow. Few studies exist on the evaluation of e-learning Websites in terms of their pedagogical quality that is on their success in helping learners learn through specific pedagogical principles. Pedagogical evaluation, however, is very important in e-learning as it can improve the quality of the system greatly and help the decision maker choose the most appropriate among different systems or designs. This chapter proposes a multi-criteria evaluation model for e-learning Websites based on well-known pedagogical principles, namely Bloom’s taxonomy of six cognitive objectives, Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation.

Visualization Analysis of Smart Classroom Research Based on CiteSpace

“…Generally, these topics can be categorized into four categories: technological, instructional, conceptual, and environmental.Technological research on smart classrooms forms the foundation of continual development. Cluster labels such as 2, 4, 6, and 10 are related to technology, covering various smart classroom technologies such as Bayesian networks[36], intelligent tutoring systems[37], ubiquitous computing[38], and emerging disruptive technologies, such as virtual reality[39], machine learning[40], and ant colony optimization[41]. Instructional research focuses on the teaching and pedagogical…”