tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439738493122648643.post18140221069312422..comments2009-08-10T19:26:32.464-07:00Comments on Krishan Mani ------- eLearning: Draft Evaluation PlanKrishanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08699496001645747255noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439738493122648643.post-67728513766555755292009-06-02T21:54:04.537-07:002009-06-02T21:54:04.537-07:00so Krishan it looks like four people think it is n...so Krishan it looks like four people think it is not going to be worthwhile finding out if students prefer textbooks. I am not so sure. it will be interesting to see what you find out. what do you think you will do?Bronwyn hegartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12032750297040394983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439738493122648643.post-82949744934597178162009-05-20T02:17:55.642-07:002009-05-20T02:17:55.642-07:00Hi Krishan,
I agree with Michelle. It would be ve...Hi Krishan,<br /><br />I agree with Michelle. It would be very difficult to get past students to participate into a past paper.<br />In the "purpose" part, how do you define efficient? for the staff point of view (time) or the student point of view (easier to learn)?<br />For the time and cost, you can get information from <br />http://www.utas.edu.au/pet/sections/costing.html<br /><br />Cheers <br /><br />HervéHervéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827962727440592047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439738493122648643.post-36772706345701808202009-05-19T00:18:00.000-07:002009-05-19T00:18:00.000-07:00Hi Krishan,
I can see that you are trying to gain...Hi Krishan,<br /><br />I can see that you are trying to gain a comparison between the old course format and the new one, but does gathering data on the old course really answer your key questions? I think your questions are good, but are really focussed on the clarity and usability of the new course format - like Michelle and Catherine, I think it might be a waste of resources in gathering data from your old students.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Iain WIainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156311739690331200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439738493122648643.post-68054430810672382502009-05-17T16:14:00.000-07:002009-05-17T16:14:00.000-07:00Hi Krishan
I agree with Catherine's comments, part...Hi Krishan<br />I agree with Catherine's comments, particularly as it may be hard to get them to participate! <br /><br />Rather than compare how past students learnt with textbooks vs how current students learn online - I would just focus on the current students that you have now and evaluate how effective the online course is.<br /><br />There are some good evaluation tools on http://evaluateitnow.com/Downloads/Downloads.htm that would help you with this (questionnaire sample).<br /><br />Good luck<br />MichelleMichelle Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802060737866650594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439738493122648643.post-66582844072551589562009-05-16T05:15:00.000-07:002009-05-16T05:15:00.000-07:00Krishan,
I don't think you would need to bother ch...Krishan,<br />I don't think you would need to bother chasing past students who have done the course with textbooks, it sounds like alot of work and the timeline for our evaluation project is tight! You mentioned that you would prefer if the present students have done more of the course to give feedback on effectiveness... could you not just do a formal usability evaluation (you mentioned in an earlier post you like the concept i think?) I may be bias as I am doing one myself:) however if your course has just gone online it may be useful to find out how the present students are finding using it... do an effectiveness evaluation at a later date. Your elearning guidelines are great they could just be tweaked a bit for measuring usability vs effectiveness. Just a thought anyway. Good luck with your project .... hard juggling two papers hey! :)<br />Catherinecatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887976230842891620noreply@blogger.com