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This paper presents a study describing the development of an Evaluation Framework (EF) for data competitions in TEL. The study applies the Group Concept Method (GCM) to empirically depict criteria and their indicators for evaluating software applications in TEL. A statistical analysis including multidimensional scaling and hierarchical clustering on the GCM data identified the following six evaluation criteria: 1.Educational Innovation, 2.Usability, 3.Data, 4.Performance, 5.Privacy, and 6.Audience. Each of them was operationalized through a set of indicators. The resulting Evaluation Framework (EF) incorporating these criteria was applied to the first data competition of the LinkedUp project. The EF was consequently improved using the results from reviewers' interviews, which were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. The outcome of these efforts is a comprehensive EF that can be used for TEL data competitions and for the evaluation of TEL tools in general.

Purpose -The paper proposes to investigate the purpose of the Subject Portals Project and the viability of using Open Source (OS). Design/methodology/approach -The paper describes the Subject Portals Project. Findings -The paper finds that the purpose of the Subject Portals Project was to enable the participating RDN hubs to become portals, implying an ability to integrate third-party content and provide customised use. Portal functionality is key to presentation of data to end users, and so also vital to the Information Environment concept. A supplementary approach is to create portable functions or portlets that can be incorporated into other services. Originality/value -The paper is useful to those planning to implement Subject Portals Project.