GEER - Global Edtech Evaluation Repository

Every institution worldwide is conducting some kind of evaluation of edtech. The questions posed are often: did anyone evaluated this tool, has anyone evaluated this kind of tool or how was this evaluated? Often you would turn... [ view full abstract ]

Every institution worldwide is conducting some kind of evaluation of edtech. The questions posed are often: did anyone evaluated this tool, has anyone evaluated this kind of tool or how was this evaluated? Often you would turn to your friends or even the mailing list of choice. But what if there was a service where you could find the answers to these questions, find the instruments you need and connect to peers throughout the world. Enter GEER - Global Edtech Evaluation Repository.

The Geer project was initiated in 2016 by Johan Bergström of Umeå University and Anastacia Morrone of Indiana University. The project wishes to collect good practices and experiences from all over the world when it comes to educational technology evaluations.

The goal of GEER is to aggregate and make use of all the good evaluation initiatives and practices from HE institutions around the world. Evaluation processes, results, instruments etc. can be shared between institutions within the GEER community. The success of GEER directly linked to strength, reach and size of the network of institutions. This talk is a call for participation directed to the Canadian higher education community.