Evaluating digital libraries for teaching and learning in undergraduate education: a case study of the Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype (ADEPT)
Christine L. Borgman, Anne J. Gilliland‐Swetland, Gregory H. Leazer, Richard E. Mayer, David Gwynn, Rich Gazan, Patricia D. Mautone · Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) · 2000
Angeles, and the University of California, Santa Barbara.The article provides a brief review of the deployment of digital libraries in educational settings, the role of information technology in developing students' scientific thinking, and the evaluation of digital libraries.We outline the overall research design, report on progress to date, and describe plans for the remainder of the five-year project.The article concludes with initial observations about classroom environments for using ADEPT and about the initial deployment of ADEPT prototypes.