DESIGNING AND EVALUATING A WEB-BASED LESSON FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

Abstract

As students find different learning resources on the Internet, they become active participants in their quest for knowledge. Incorporating Internet in the classroom provides students with more opportunities to structure their own learning. This paper reports on the results of the design and evaluation process of a web-based lesson which was developed by the researchers and used as an instructional tool in an English Language classroom. The design and development process was based on Dick and Carey’s (1990) model. Evaluation and the revision processes were conducted at the same time. The formative evaluation of this web-based lesson involved three language lecturers and three instructional technologists. A summative evaluation was carried out by a group of six students. The three main elements for the evaluation was based on Kristof and Satron (1995), who suggest that an interactive learning system can be separated into information design, interactive design and presentation design.