Resource 6 (Evaluation)

• This audio broadcast is a great introduction to an exiting new trend in automotive lighting, the use of LED technologies in headlights.
• As the resource is an audio track, it is very transportable, easy to use and a great alternative to written text. "Technologies that can be used to deliver education have suddenly become cheap, ubiquitous, and pervasive" (Lundin as cited in Hosie & Schibeci, 2005, p. 882)
  
• The audio track is short (60 secs) but the information is an accurate description of the technology. The voice is with an American accent but is very clear and easy to listen to.
  
• The information is great as a learning resource as an introduction of what the technology is, advantages, output colour and specific applications that currently use these type of lights.
• This resource would be excellent in providing valuable information that would relate to the unit AURE219331A - Install, test and repair low voltage wiring/lighting systems.
• The recording is labelled as 2008 which makes the information current and the vehicles that are mentioned are the current models available in Australia.
• The information is provided by an organisation (SAE International) that "has more than 90,000 members - engineers, business executives, educators, and students from more than 97 countries - who share information and exchange ideas for advancing the engineering of mobility systems. SAE is your one-stop resource for standards development, events, and technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space" (About SAE, n.d.)

Evaluation

1* (poor), 5***** (Excellent)

1. Engagement of the resource. **
   
2. Usability of the resource. ****
   
3. Depth/appropriateness of the resource. ***
   
4. Currency of the resource. ****
   
5. Consistency with current teaching models/practices. ***
   

Total: 16/25

References

About SAE (n.d.). Retrieved September 1, 2008, from http://www.sae.org/about/.

Hosie, P., & Schibeci, R. (2005). Checklist and context-bound evaluations of online learning in higher education. British Journal of Educational Technology, 36(5), 881 - 895.