Evaluation of Instructional Technologies, Programs

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Evaluation of Instructional Technologies, Programs

• CYS Technology I

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Assessment versus Evaluation

• We assess student performance
• We evaluate
• instruction
• product
• implementation

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Two Questions

• Is this working?
• How can I make this better?

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Formative versus Summative

• Formative evaluation conducted during
  instruction/implementation
• Summative evaluation conducted after
  instruction/implementation

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AEIOU Model of Evaluation

• Accountability
• Effectiveness
• Impact
• Organizational Context
• Unanticipated Outcomes
• Fortune Keith (1992), Sweeney (1995), Sorensen
  (1996)

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Tools/Resources of the Evaluator

• Documents
• Surveys
• Interviews
• Focus groups
• Observations

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Two Types of Evaluation

• Informal/internal evaluation
• Formal/external evaluation

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Evaluation Versus Research

• Evaluation research lite?
• Differences in
• impetus to conduct
• who frames the questions
• audience for results

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The Next Step

• Evaluation should lead to revision.
• First revision largest.

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