Abstract :
The paper presents a strategy for the systematic evaluation of course websites
built under the project e3Learning that operates across three universities in
Hong Kong. Tailor-made evaluation plans were produced for each website; the
evaluation was conducted by an evaluation officer, and a report was provided
to each teacher, thus supporting continuous development. To date, 58 cases of
evaluation data have been collected. In this paper, a meta-analysis across these
cases is presented in order to see which are the most useful web-assisted
functions currently in use in Hong Kong universities. This study indicates the
following four functions as being most useful: learning tools such as glossaries,
notes and PowerPoints, assessment tasks associated with grades, and creation
and exhibition of multimedia projects. The reasons for these rankings are
postulated.
