http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:54:27 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:54:27 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623100 The Center for Usability in Design and Assessment (CUDA) at CSU, Long Beach conducted an on-line survey on how faculty and staff locate and collect materials for use in their classrooms or other academic uses. The findings of this survey are presented in this report. The findings should can aid in the development of a web site designed to help faculty find and integrate learning modules into teaching and to create an online community to support these activities. Report distributed in Sept 1999. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623102 This document describes the process that CUDA follows in conducting usability evaluations for MERLOT and other organizations. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623104 The report summaries the participants' evaluation of the CATS 2003 conference achieving its goals, providing quality professional development opportunities, and delivering a professional, high quality program and conference.The Center for Usability in Design and Assessment (CUDA) at California State University, Long Beach was responsible for analyzing responses to the MERLOT International Conference Evaluations. The introduction briefly describes the CATS Conference, the Evaluations, and the organization of the findings. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623106 MERLOT recognized the need to develop a collection of testimonials on why MERLOT is valuable to the individuals and the institutions, for use in marketing and outreach materials. A online survey of open-ended questions was designed to elicit the benefits and rationale for working with MERLOT with the focus on collecting testimonials from Editorial Board Members and the Project Directors. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623108 MERLOT conducts a variety of assessments of their tools and processes. This document is a sample of assessment activities used to improve MERLOT tools and processes. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623110 Faculty from the 4 founding institutional partners participated in a 2 day workshop on developing evaluation standards for the peer review of online materials within MERLOT. There were 4 discipline areas: Biology, Business, Physics, and Teacher Education. Three weeks and five weeks after the MERLOT Faculty Workshop was completed, faculty participants were sent (via email) a survey requesting their evaluation of the workshop outcomes, processes, and prospects.. The CSU Center for Usability in Design and Assessment (CUDA) collected and analyzed the data reported below. There was a 68% response rate (34 out of 48 faculty responded). The mean ratings and range of scores for each question are presented. Report distributed March 2000. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623112 The following plan for evaluation of MERLOT and its programs is being designed to fulfill two primary needs. First, evaluation is critical to accountability. As a cooperative, MERLOT is accountable to our partners and members. Through regular evaluation and reporting out, we can keep MERLOT?s participants and Partners informed about the progress and benefits of MERLOT. The annual Measures of Success Report will provide reliable and credible evidence of MERLOT?s performance and capability to fulfill its strategic plan. MERLOT also relies upon evaluation data to continually improve its systems and programs. Formative evaluation is necessary to inform changes to system design, member services, and program development. Formative evaluation data collection will occur systematically and on a regular bases. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623114 The documents provides a table describing the evaluation methods for each MERLOT Program, Outcomes anticipated, Measures, Methods, Report, Data Collection, and Schedule http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623116 This report was presented to MERLOT in 2002 and was conducted by the faculty at the University of Waterloo. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623118 The research report examined the communications for MERLOT Online Discipline Communities and was conducted to develop a model of and assess the functioning of the communications. The assessment of online community functioning will provide the MERLOT administrative team design guidelines for its development of online community communication tools. An analysis of the online communications was conducted by The Center for Usability in Design and Assessment (CUDA) at CSU, Long Beach. The communications assessed the listserv communications, threaded discussions, and posted documents between January and June 2000. Report distributed September 2000.