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Usability evaluation of online learning programs

Authorship Details
Claude Ghaoui (Ed.)
Publication Details
Resource Type: 
Book
Publication Date: 
2003
Publisher: 
Information Science
Pagination: 
423
ISBN / ISSN: 
1591401054
Summary

Successful use of information and communication technologies depends on usable designs that do not require expensive training, accommodate the needs of diverse users and are low cost. There is a growing demand and increasing pressure for adopting innovative approaches to the design and delivery of education, hence, the use of online learning (also called E-learning) as a mode of study. This is partly due to the increasing number of learners and the limited resources available to meet a wide range of various needs, backgrounds, expectations, skills, levels, ages, abilities and disabilities. The advances of new technology and communications (WWW, Human Computer Interaction and Multimedia) have made it possible to reach out to a bigger audience around the globe. By focusing on the issues that have impact on the usability of online learning programs and their implementation, Usability Evaluation of Online Learning Programs specifically fills-in a gap in this area, which is particularly invaluable to practitioners.

Evaluation in distance education and e-learning : the unfolding model

Authorship Details
Ruhe, Valerie
Zumbo, Bruno D
Publication Details
Resource Type: 
Book
Publication Date: 
2009
Publisher: 
Guilford Press
Pagination: 
306
ISBN / ISSN: 
9781593858728
Summary

Why do we need a new approach to evaluation in distance education and e-learning? -- The theory and practice of program evaluation -- Evaluation theory and practice in distance education and e-learning -- Messick's framework : what do evaluators need to know? -- Getting started -- The unfolding model : scientific evidence -- The unfolding model : values and consequences -- Findings from two authentic case studies -- Bringing it all together.

Evaluating e-learning

Authorship Details
Williams Horton
Publication Details
Resource Type: 
Book
Publication Date: 
2001
Publisher: 
American Society for Training & Development
Pagination: 
125
ISBN / ISSN: 
1562863002

Evaluating Prior Learning Assessment Programs : A Suggested Framework

Authorship Details
Travers, Nan L
Evans, Marnie T
Publication Details
Resource Type: 
Article
Publication Date: 
Jan 2011
Publication Title: 
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Publisher: 
Athabasca University
Volume: 
12
Issue or Number: 
1
Pagination: 
123-133
Summary

Over the past two decades, American institutions have been expected to include systematic program reviews to meet accrediting standards, either by independent or governmental review agencies. Program evaluation is critical for several reasons: it provides systematic ways to assess what needs improvement or what needs changing and it provides ways to validate practices, whether to internal or external audiences (Mishra, 2007). Most program evaluative models are focused on academic programs, which don't fit the uniqueness of prior learning assessment programs. This paper proposes an evaluative framework for prior learning assessment programs, which takes into account the type of work within prior learning assessment programs and uses program portfolios, similar to how students are asked to document their work. (Authors' abstract)


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