| Description | Report on the first two years of a five-year project to design and evaluate the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT), a digital library of geo-referenced information resources, for use in undergraduate education. The project has established design principles, observed classroom activities, gathered baseline data from instructors and students, and evaluated early prototypes. Also presented are research and evaluation methods, design principles, and requirements for educational applications of digital libraries.
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Title Iterative Design and Evaluation of a Geographic Digital Library for University Students: A Case Study of the Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype (ADEPT)
Creator Borgman, Christine L.;Leazer, Gregory H.;Gilliland-Swetland, Anne J.;Gazan, Rich
Subject formative evaluation
Description Report on the first two years of a five-year project to design and evaluate the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT), a digital library of geo-referenced information resources, for use in undergraduate education. The project has established design principles, observed classroom activities, gathered baseline data from instructors and students, and evaluated early prototypes. Also presented are research and evaluation methods, design principles, and requirements for educational applications of digital libraries.
Publisher Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
Date 2001
Type observation;interview;user survey
Format PDF
Identifier http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/2163/21630390.htm
Source Perkins, John;CIMI Consortium
Contributor
Language English
Coverage digital libraries
Rights Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
Audience higher education
Created 2001
Available y
Part of Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 5th European Conference, ECDL 2001, Darmstadt, Germany, September 4-9, 2001.
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