Evaluation in Distance Education and E-learning: The Unfolding Model

Evaluation in Distance Education and E-learning: The Unfolding Model
ISBN-10
1593858736
ISBN-13
9781593858735
Category
Education
Pages
321
Language
English
Published
2009-01-01
Publisher
Guilford Press
Authors
Bruno D. Zumbo, Valerie Ruhe

Description

With the rapid proliferation of distance education and e-learning courses, the need is growing for a comprehensive, professional approach to evaluating their effectiveness. This indispensable book offers a road map to guide evaluation practice in these innovative learning environments. Providing practical, step-by-step guidelines and tools for conducting evaluation studies—including how to deal with stakeholders, develop surveys and interview protocols, collect other scientific evidence, and analyze and blend mixed-methods data—the work also features a template for writing high-quality reports. The "unfolding model" developed by the authors draws on Messick's influential assessment framework and applies it to program evaluation. Two case studies of actual programs (a distance learning course and an e-learning course) demonstrate the unfolding model in action.

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