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Part
F - Strategies for evaluating the learner experience in
an online environment
Evaluating
the learner experience
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Evaluation
models
A
number of models for evaluating a learner's experience (regardless
of the method of delivery) have emerged recently in education
sectors. Many of these models place great emphasis on the process
of self-evaluation.
Scottish
Office
The
Scottish Office guidelines on quality improvement through
self-evaluation, "Quality Matters", recommend that the
evaluation of the student (learner) experience should concentrate
on the following elements:
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programme design
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equipment and materials
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staff
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the teaching process
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student achievement
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guidance and learner support
-
quality improvement.
Further
Education Development Agency (FEDA)
The
Further Education Development
Agency in the report "Evaluation of Learning with IT"
recommends that the evaluation of the learner experience should
concentrate on the following elements:
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curriculum delivery
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degree of student motivation
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flexibility of time
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fulfilling student expectations
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lifelong learning skills
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learner retention
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value added information skills
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value added IT skills
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widening participation.
This
model states that improving the quality of learning provision
for the learner is a factor in each of the above categories.
The
FEDA model can be obtained in full from the Web at the following
address:
http://www.feda.ac.uk/quilt/RPM050.asp
There
is nothing to stop you from developing your own evaluation model.
Evaluation
strategy
Your
on-line learning evaluation strategy should:
- define
your own model, stating what elements you wish to evaluate
- clearly
state what you aim to achieve (your objectives) and identify
what you think the outcomes will be
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specify your evaluation methodology stating what evaluation
tools you plan to use and when you plan to use them (e.g. during
the programme or at the end of the programme)
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ensure that the evaluation of online learning is an integral
part of your organisation's process for evaluating learning
and quality improvement.
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