Title :
Ensuring quality in peer review
Author :
McMartin, Flora ; Wetzel, Melanie ; Hanley, Gerard
Author_Institution :
MERLOT, Long Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
Faculty users of education digital libraries require contents that are high quality and that are effective teaching and learning materials. Faculty use peer reviews of these materials to select those that they wish to use. MERLOT has developed a scalable, effective peer review system that meets the needs of its users. This paper describes evaluation research conducted to ensure that as the process is reliable, trusted and use-able.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; digital libraries; distance learning; teaching; collection quality; education digital libraries; learning material; peer review system; teaching; Art; Collaborative work; Computer aided instruction; Computer science education; Conducting materials; Human factors; Quality management; Reliability engineering; Software libraries; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Libraries, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 Joint ACM/IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-832-6
DOI :
10.1109/JCDL.2004.1336171
