Evaluation in distance education and e-learning; the unfolding model.

9781593858728

Evaluation in distance education and e-learning; the unfolding model.

Ruhe, Valerie and Bruno D. Zumbo.

Guilford Pr.

2009

306 pages

$34.00

Paperback

LC5800

Ruhe (evaluation studies, U. of British Columbia, Canada) and Zumbo (measurement, research methodology, and statistics, U. of British Columbia) outline how to evaluate the effectiveness of distance education and e-learning courses. They propose a professional approach that is rooted in the history of evaluation theory in distance education and e-learning and provide a model that can be adapted to individual courses. They compare evaluation models in distance education with those in program evaluation, show their differences in terms of scientific evidence, underlying values, and unintended consequences, provide guidelines for using a model based on research scientist Sam Messick's framework, and describe the results of the model as applied to two courses.

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