Project Links

Educational Technology Review

Module: Inventory Control

Version: 0.6

Date: March 31, 1998

Reviewers: Tricia R. Meyer, Kim Kenyon, Aliya Holmes

Three reviewers, all specializing in instructional technology reviewers and one from The Evaluation Consortium reviewed the module at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Two developers were present at the "Inventory Control" module, and one developer was present at the "Constrained Optimization" module to answer questions throughout the review. Pam Kott, Technical Manager for Project Links, was also present for a portion of the review session. This summary includes comments and questions where consensus and/or convergence was noted. Because Project Links modules have many common elements (e.g., navigation, formatting, etc.), this report not only provides formative feedback concerning the instructional technology aspects of "Inventory Control", but also provides formative feedback for all Project Links modules, regardless of stage of development.

This report is divided into two sections. Part I addresses the technical aspects of the module. Part II addresses the pedagogical aspects of the module. Any comments referring to aspects that are uniform across all modules are applicable to both modules reviewed below.

Part I. The following comments relate to the technical aspects of the module:

Links in and out

Navigation

Visual/Aesthetics

Part II. The Module also was examined from a pedagogical perspective; that is, reviewers evaluated the extent to which the module is consistent with instructional/learning principles. The following comments relate to the pedagogical aspects of the module:

Orientation

Content Linkages

Motivation

Questions/Input