Browsing by Subject: Evaluation
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Agent and Virtual Reality Course Delivery System in E-Learning
Christine Russell, Florida State College at Jacksonville, United States; Mary Farwell & Deborah Ferrell, East Carolina University, United States; Brown McFadden, Beaufort County Community College, United States; Nasseh Tabrizi, East carolina University, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 217–225
A virtual reality tool referred to as Agent and Virtual Reality (AVR) course delivery system was evaluated in the study. A preliminary study indicated that students rarely accessed AVR as a... More
pp. 217-225
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Demonstrating Sustainability Literacy: Using Hapyak in Hybrid Course
Annie Warren & Leanna Archambault, Arizona State University, United States; Kyle Morton, Hapyak, United States; Victor Nevarez, Arizona State University, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 215–216
This paper describes Sustainability Science for Teachers, a hybrid course at a major research-extensive university in the desert southwest that integrates the use of innovative technology to teach ... More
pp. 215-216
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Interactive Online course development
Donna DiMatteo-Gibson, The Lycurgus Group, Inc., United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 71–73
Best practices in online course development ensuring online courses incorporate interactive learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Examples will be shared that have been... More
pp. 71-73
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Addressing the Challenges Encountered during a Developmental Evaluation: Implications for Evaluation Practice
Cheryl-Anne Poth, Dorothy Pinto & Kathy Howery
Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation Vol. 26, No. 1 (2011) pp. 39–48
This article describes three challenges encountered during a developmental evaluation and explains how these were addressed from the evaluators' perspective. The evaluation was conducted to support... More
pp. 39-48
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Graduate Students Serve Extension as Evaluation Consultants
Megan McClure & Nicholas E. Fuhrman
Journal of Extension Vol. 49, No. 3 (June 2011)
In an effort to provide graduate students at a distance with field-based learning experiences and evaluation resources to statewide Extension programs, 24 Master's students participating in a... More
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Enhancing Environmental Educators' Evaluation Competencies: Insights from an Examination of the Effectiveness of the "My Environmental Education Evaluation Resource Assistant" (MEERA) Website
Michaela T. Zint, Patrick F. Dowd & Beth A. Covitt
Environmental Education Research Vol. 17, No. 4 (2011) pp. 471–497
To conduct evaluations that can benefit individual programs as well as the field as a whole, environmental educators must have the necessary evaluation competencies. This exploratory study was... More
pp. 471-497
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Evaluation Use and Involvement of Internal Stakeholders: The Case of a New Non-Degree Online Program in Brazil
Edgard B. Cornachione, Maria R. Trombetta & Silvia P. C. Casa Nova
Studies in Educational Evaluation Vol. 36, No. 1 (2010) pp. 69–81
To what extent does the intense and direct involvement of internal stakeholders, such as program managers and staff members, play a significant role toward evaluation use? Stakeholder involvement... More
pp. 69-81
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Online Learning Programs: Evaluation's Challenging Future
Derek Nord
New Directions for Evaluation Vol. 131 (2011) pp. 129–134
With the vast array of contextual factors, pedagogical approaches, models of implementation, and purposes of education and training related to online learning, educators, learners, and the general ... More
pp. 129-134
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A Study on Developing Evaluation Criteria for Electronic Resources in Evaluation Indicators of Libraries
Younghee Noh
Journal of Academic Librarianship Vol. 36, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 41–52
This study aimed to improve the current state of electronic resource evaluation in libraries. While the use of Web DB, e-book, e-journal, and other e-resources such as CD-ROM, DVD, and micro... More
pp. 41-52
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Planning for Evaluation in Online Learning: University of Hawaii Case Study
Michael P. Menchaca & Ellen S. Hoffman
Journal of College Teaching & Learning Vol. 6, No. 8 (December 2009) pp. 45–52
With contemporary requirements for objective measurement, program evaluation is a certain necessity. Most program evaluation is designed in response to external demands for assessment. Moreover,... More
pp. 45-52
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Evaluating Computer-Based Assessment in a Risk-Based Model
Stan Zakrzewski, Christine Steven & Chris Ricketts
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Vol. 34, No. 4 (August 2009) pp. 439–454
There are three purposes for evaluation: evaluation for action to aid the decision making process, evaluation for understanding to further enhance enlightenment and evaluation for control to ensure... More
pp. 439-454
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Multiple Criteria Evaluation of Quality and Optimisation of e-Learning System Components
Eugenijus Kurilovas & Valentina Dagiene
Electronic Journal of e-Learning Vol. 8, No. 2 (2010) pp. 141–151
The main research object of the paper is investigation and proposal of the comprehensive Learning Object Repositories (LORs) quality evaluation tool suitable for their multiple criteria decision... More
pp. 141-151
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Learning Objects and Virtual Learning Environments Technical Evaluation Criteria
Eugenijus Kurilovas & Valentina Dagiene
Electronic Journal of e-Learning Vol. 7, No. 2 (2009) pp. 127–136
The main scientific problems investigated in this article deal with technical evaluation of quality attributes of the main components of e-Learning systems (referred here as DLEs--Digital Libraries... More
pp. 127-136
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Pure Dead Brilliant?: Evaluating the Glasgow Story Digitisation Project
Ian G. Anderson
Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems Vol. 41, No. 4 (2007) pp. 365–385
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation of The Glasgow Story (TGS) digitisation project, funded by the UK's National Lottery's New Opportunities Fund digitisation (NOF-Digi) ... More
pp. 365-385
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An Introduction to "My Environmental Education Evaluation Resource Assistant" (MEERA), a Web-Based Resource for Self-Directed Learning about Environmental Education Program Evaluation
Michaela Zint
Evaluation and Program Planning Vol. 33, No. 2 (May 2010) pp. 178–179
My Environmental Education Evaluation Resource Assistant or "MEERA" is a web-site designed to support environmental educators' program evaluation activities. MEERA has several characteristics that ... More
pp. 178-179
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Garnering Grantee Buy-In on a National Cross-Site Evaluation: The Case of "ConnectHIV"
Susan J. Rogers, Marie Ahmed, Myriam Hamdallah & Stacey Little
American Journal of Evaluation Vol. 31, No. 4 (December 2010) pp. 447–462
Grantees on national projects are often required by their funders to take part in evaluation activities. While the requirement can encourage compliance, grantees can feel overburdened and... More
pp. 447-462
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Evaluating Large-Scale Interactive Radio Programmes
Charles Potter & Gordon Naidoo
Distance Education Vol. 30, No. 1 (May 2009) pp. 117–141
This article focuses on the challenges involved in conducting evaluations of interactive radio programmes in South Africa with large numbers of schools, teachers, and learners. It focuses on the... More
pp. 117-141
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Evaluating Online Courses and Programs
Melody M. Thompson
Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (March 2004) pp. 63–84
Evaluation activities provide vital information on which to base planning and implementation decisions related to today's rapidly changing educational environment. This article discusses the... More
pp. 63-84
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CALL Evaluation for Early Foreign Language Learning: A Review of the Literature and a Framework for Evaluation
Eduardo Garcia Villada
CALICO Journal Vol. 26, No. 2 (January 2009) pp. 363–389
This paper provides a critical review of the literature between 1980 and 2005 on the evaluation of resources for computer-assisted language learning (CALL) with a particular emphasis on elementary ... More
pp. 363-389
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The Educational Software Design and Evaluation for K-8: Oral and Dental Health Software
Isil Kabakci, Gurkay Birinci & Serkan Izmirli
International Educational Technology Conference 2007 (May 2007)
The aim of this study is to inform about the development of the software "Oral and Dental Health" that will supplement the course of Science and Technology for K8 students in the primary school... More