By Valerie Ruhe PhD, Bruno D. Zumbo PhD
With the swift proliferation of distance schooling and e-learning classes, the necessity is turning out to be for a entire, expert method of comparing their effectiveness. This vital ebook bargains a highway map to lead overview perform in those cutting edge studying environments. offering sensible, step by step directions and instruments for undertaking assessment studies—including easy methods to care for stakeholders, improve surveys and interview protocols, acquire different clinical proof, and learn and mix mixed-methods data—the paintings additionally contains a template for writing top of the range studies. The "unfolding version" constructed by means of the authors attracts on Messick's influential evaluate framework and applies it to application overview. case reviews of exact courses (a distance studying path and an e-learning direction) exhibit the unfolding version in motion.
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Alkin and Christie (2004a) did not classify all scholars who contributed to program evaluation theory, only those with new approaches, models, or theories. Their approach was historical, with the base of the tree consisting of the two historical roots of accountability and social inquiry, the earlier theorists near the trunk, and the most recent theorists placed on the upper branches. Their classification tree was validated by the theorists themselves, who mostly agreed with their placement on the tree.
246). 56). , 2004). This information is used then formatively to judge overall merit and worth and improve programs and services (Stufflebeam, 2001). Utilization Evaluation With utilization evaluation, the emphasis is on providing information to decision makers that they can use in practical ways to make an impact (Patton, 1997). The evaluator works with a select group of stakeholder representatives to clarify values, determine questions, investigate contextual dynamics, triangulate findings from different sources, and determine how the findings will be used.
We did not review models for specific programs or specific technologies such as video or multimedia. Using these criteria, we chose 12 evaluation models for distance and e-learning. We present these models in order based on their relative emphasis on scientific evidence, values, and consequences. Models with Scientific Evidence in the Foreground The first group of distance education evaluation models emphasize scientific evidence, which includes outcomes, relevance, and cost–benefit. Outcomes includes both quantitative data on learning outcomes, completion rates, and learner satisfaction ratings as well as interview and survey responses on learner satisfaction.