NOTE: The following is offered for your reaction. Please make suggestions
for additions and modifications to this list.
Is the intended audience clearly specified?
Are the resources appropriate for the intended audience
and their educational needs? (e.g., the needs of full-time faculty in research-based
universities are often different from the needs of community preceptors.)
Is this resource grounded in a solid, current knowledge/experience
base?
Are the contribution of others referenced/acknowledged?
Does the resource include cases, stories, challenges,
strategies and tools that are relevant to the target faculty and the contexts
in which they work?
Does the resource encourage or enable faculty to build
on and construct their own knowledge?
Does the resource encourage faculty to engage in explicit
tasks/activities through which they will practice using their new skills?
Does the resource encourage faculty to reflect on the
practice they do (not just absorb information)?
Is the resource in the appropriate format for the goals
being pursued (e.g., print, audio, video)?
Is any written material appropriately formatted and
indexed, so that busy faculty can easily find the information they need
(is good "information mapping" used?)?
Are audio or visual materials of good technical quality
(e.g., clear, easy to see and hear, free of distractions)?
Are the resources accompanied by guidelines and practical
suggestions for how to motivate and work with faculty (especially if the
resources might be used by inexperienced faculty developers).
Jane Westberg and Hilliard Jason
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