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Ratings

Overall Rating:

5 stars
Content Quality: 5 stars
Effectiveness: 5 stars
Ease of Use: 5 stars
Reviewed: May 01, 2009 by Business Editorial Board
Overview: The information on the web site is innovative and provides many links of information with additional resources for podcasts, books, and videos. The template and design is professional looking with appropriate color schemes. The topics and collections have covered many areas of interest for the entrepreneur. The link is a great resource.
Learning Goals: The educational goals are for entrepreneurs and businesses to recognize productivity and leadership and cultivate them in many areas such as marketing, finance, leadership, and globalization.
Target Student Population: This information is targeted for the advanced student with focused disciplines in specialized areas such as leadership, business, marketing, finance, or entrepreneurship.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills: Not applicable here.
Type of Material: This is a web site with links of resources and podcasts of educational information.
Recommended Uses: This link has many resources available to many individuals to access videos, podcasts, books, and speaker information. These items could also be used by faculty members as well as leaders in an organization.
Technical Requirements: Computer and Internet access.

Evaluation and Observation

Content Quality

Rating: 5 stars
Strengths: This web site has a plethora of information, resources, and innovative ways to access the information. It is packed full of education and knowledge for many individuals.
Concerns: Providing more references and links to academic articles would strengthen the site

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating: 5 stars
Strengths: The information provided can help give an edge to individuals with additional knowledge to become more productive, competitive, innovative, and effective.
Concerns: The site could really be a boon to educators if it included teaching examples, assignments, etc

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating: 5 stars
Strengths: Everything is easy to access just by a click on the link and there is also streaming information which is nice. Everything is straight forward and easy to understand.
Concerns: Some students without the proper Flash or Quicktime players may have trouble with the videos.
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