DMOZ - Reference: Education: Instructional Technology: Evaluation: Web Site Evaluation

Web Site Evaluation

Sites about critically evaluating information retrieved on the Web.

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Better Read That Again: Web Hoaxes and Misinformation

Categorizes problematic sites and gives many examples of each type. Ends with a section which points to sites which give people accurate information as well as warnings about hoaxes and half-true stories.

Checklist for the Evaluation of Information

Printable form with hyperlinks to explanations of the criteria used, namely authority, content and scope, design and functionality.

Critically Analyzing Information Sources

Principles applicable to physical information sources as well as web-based ones.

Evaluating Credibility of Information on the Internet

An essay that considers peer review, author's credentials, writing style, and plausibility of information. [PDF]

Evaluating Internet Research Sources

Guidelines for evaluating Internet sources, including a checklist to help assure credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and supported claims.

Evaluating Quality

Questions to ask and tips for looking for authoritative information on the internet.

Evaluating Quality on the Net

Criteria and indicators for evaluating information found on sites, their quality, and reliability.

Evaluating the Quality of Web Sites

Short page covering some basic points: Who is responsible? Is the URL appropriate? Who do they link to? Who links to them? Use common sense.

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask

Includes checklist form (PDF) that can be used to analyze web sites and pages.

Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation

Presentation given in 1998. Covers why evaluation of web resources is necessary, and gives criteria for scrutinizing web materials. Provides links to many related and supporting sites.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources

Contains evaluation criteria with examples that can be used by educators. Gives suggestions for successful Internet assignments.

The Internet Guide to Construction of Quality Online Resources

By Dr. T.Matthew Ciolek. Online resources relevant for evaluation, development and administration of high quality factual/scholarly networked information systems.

Producing Quality Web Page Content

Article explains how to give a web page content the mark of quality. Conversely, it helps point out what to look for in a quality site.

UBC Library - Criteria for Evaluating Internet Resources

Checklist with "So What?" buttons to clarify why you'd want to have an answer to the various questions.

Using a Web Site With Your Classes

Looks at what teachers need consider before sharing a web site with students in their classrooms.

The Web Credibility Project

Part of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, their goal is to understand what leads people to believe what they find on the Web. With information, papers, and related links.

Web Page Evaluation Checklist

PDF document intended to be printed to use as a quick tool for page evaluation. [PDF]

WWW Cyberguides

Created by a library media specialist, contains guides for rating the curriculum content and graphic design of web sites.

The Good, The Bad And The Useless: Evaluating Internet Resources

Judith Edwards discusses three main aspects in the evaluation of Web resources; access, quality, and ease of use. (July 01, 1998)