I am doing my peer review on the Interactive Learning Resource: 

Dinosaur Inquiry Unit  by Mara Cox, Anna Kato, Weiting Wu and Aaron Henshaw

On the “Home” page, the site briefly describes the main content, learning outcomes, and teaching strategies contained on the site. In terms of Learning Outcomes, the authors of this website have numbered four main outcomes that I can easily and clearly see and understand. But in the introduction to the main content of the unit (the first paragraph under the picture), a term “BC Curriculum” appears. This may seem to raise questions about what “BC Curriculum” is. Perhaps using the full name would give the viewer a more straightforward understanding. When I press the “Overview” button, the page that appears is exactly the same as the “Home” page. Perhaps it would be better to separate the content on the “Home” page, with the main content on the “Home” page and the teaching strategies and the learning outcomes on the “Overall” page. This way, the structure would be clearer.

On Inquiry-Based Learning, there is a video that explains what “Inquiry-Based Learning” is. This is great because it is another option for people who do not want to read the text. However, it seems to me that there is a need for a citation or caption below the video. In the following paragraphs of the video, the bullet list with numbers is still used to introduce the four types of inquiry learning. This is a great method to quickly grab the viewer’s attention and provides them with clear and concise content.

In the pages of “Rationales”, “Modules”, and “Strategies”, not all images have citation, and in my opinions, this needs to be improved. After reviewing the “Modules” content, I found that it was focused on what it would take for a teacher to use the Interactive Learning Resource to teach the children. The learning outcomes mentioned in the beginning are related to the knowledge and skills that students can gain by completing the unit.  Please correct me if I have misunderstood anything in this part.

I also noticed that the authors of the website mentioned that they focus on hearing loss and color blindness on “Inclusive Learning Design” section under “Strategies” page. The main ways to help color blind students are “1) well-lit classrooms, 2) use patterns instead of colors to classify objects, and 3) make worksheets black or white”. The latter two points are not well represented in the Modules’ interactive videos and pictures, since all images and videos are colorful.

Overall, I found the content and interactivity of the site to be very good. The authors use a variety of images, videos, and listings in a way that makes it very easy for the viewer to be engaged and understand what they are trying to convey. The main points to note are improving the citation and clarifying the target audience. Besides, the pages of “Forums” are still blank and need to be refined.