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Course
Description:
The
primary purpose of the course is to teach graduate
students how to plan, conduct, and evaluate
evaluations of learning technologies. Students will
learn to conduct a variety of evaluations related
to learning technologies including needs
assessments, consumer-driven evaluations outcome or
impact assessments, comparative or
quasi-experimental studies and case studies. As one
means of measuring need, growth or impact, students
in the course will also learn to create assessment
instruments and strategies related to learning
technologies. These might include electronic
portfolios, web-based surveys, and focus groups,
computer adapted tests, or performance rubrics.
Issues in electronic reporting and metaevaluation
will also be covered.
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Syllabus:
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Week 1
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Evaluation:
Basic purpose, use, and conceptual
distinctions
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Week 2
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Does the evaluation
of learning technologies bring about new
ways of thinking about
evaluation?
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Week 3
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Standards and
indicators for learning
technologies
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Week 4
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Assessment of
learning with technologies; developing
objectives/criteria for learning
activities that use technologies;
developing rubrics for learning activities
that use technologies
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Week 5
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Using technologies
for assessment: Designing electronic
portfolios
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Week 6
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Using technologies
for assessment: Creating online
assessments.
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Week 7
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Conducting online
interviews and focus groups
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Week 8
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Evaluating
software
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Week 9
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Evaluating
websites
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Week 10
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Ethics and
responsabilities in evaluation of learning
technologies
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Week 11
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Strategies for and
use of meta evaluation
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Week 12
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Student
presentations of final project and peer
feedback
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Week 13
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Student
presentations of final project and peer
feedback (continued)
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Week 14
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Reflections and
course feedback
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Week 15
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Submit final project
and reflection
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More
Information:
Each week you will
participate in discussions in WebBoard and
CourseInfo. Office
hours will consist of weekly synchronous
Internet/Real Audio chats. The purpose of the chat
sessions is to have somewhat more lively
interactions, where we can talk about issues
related to your on-going research projects. These
chat sessions are optional to supplement specific
group needs and issues. The frequency of
these sessions will also be based on need.
This is not for specific technical problems, which
are best addressed to the tech support
team.
You are encouraged
to use CourseInfo chat sessions to discuss
the development of your projects, readings and
activities among members of your
group. You
will also be expected to create and maintain group
pages that will be used to monitor your progress
through the semester.
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