Week 11 - Quality Principles for digital resources

I found this article “Quality principles for digital learning resources” from Becta timely now that we are in the final lap of creating a digital learning object ourselves. The article outlines the key quality principles relating to the design and use of digital learning resources to support effective learning and teaching.

The principles serve as guide that we could use when designing digital resources or choosing one. The principles are divided into two groups which are interrelated:
1) Core pedagogic principles, which underpin effective learning and teaching, drawing from learning theory and commonly accepted best practices.
2) Core design principles, covering issues such as resource design, accessibility and interoperability.

Core pedagogic principles :
Inclusion and access, learner engagement, effective learning, assessment to support learning, robust summative assessment, innovative approaches, ease of use and match to curriculum.

Core design principles :
Digital learning resource design, robustness and support, human computer interaction, quality asset, accessibility, interoperability, testing and verification and effective communication.

The principles that we use will depend on the educational purpose of the resources that we are developing. The article explains each of the above principles and provides suggestions on how we could go about achieving them. For further reading, click on the link below.

http://learningandskills.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=32112&page=1886&catID=1868