Evaluating online learning; challenges and strategies for success.

9781607411079

Evaluating online learning; challenges and strategies for success.

Ed. by Arthur T. Weston.

Nova Science Publishers

2009

120 pages

$42.00

Hardcover

Education in a competitive and globalizing world series

LB1028

This guide is designed as a resource for leaders and evaluators of K-12 online learning programs who are familiar with basic evaluation practices. The book describes seven case examples of evaluations of online learning programs from around the country, including distance learning courses offered by universities and private providers, stand-alone virtual schools, and educational web sites that offer resources to teachers, parents, and students. An appendix provides an annotated list of organizations and web sites related to distance learning, evaluation methods and tools, and resources from higher education and a glossary of common evaluation terms is included.The book is an edited, reformatted, and augmented edition of an Innovations in Education publication, prepared by WestEd with Edvance Research, Inc., for the US Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement.

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