Jump to first page Evaluation of IT An Online Course on the Evaluation of Information Technology
Jump to first page Fall 98 Support n Instructors n Tech support n Academic Outreach n CTERbase development n Other CTER instructors n HRE online
Jump to first page General Structure n Focus on evaluation applied to information technologies n Project-based n Collaborative teams n Simulated school n Seven two-week sections
Jump to first page Major Activities n A. Readings n B. Case studies of simulated school n C. Individual formative evaluation projects
Jump to first page A. Readings n Books n Guest lectures u Powerpoint + audio u Audio from telephone interviews u Video n Previews on course web site
Jump to first page Discussions n Webboard conferences n CTERbase submission of summaries
Jump to first page B. Team Projects n Wildwood Junior High School u Participants u Larger context n NEF n Dynamic web site--grows in response to team inquiries n Role players
Jump to first page Team Discussions n Archived n Webboard conferences n Webboard chats n Audio bridge n Face-to-face n CTERbase submission of summaries
Jump to first page C. Individual Projects n Formative evaluations n CTERbase submissions at three stages n n Presentation at the Evaluation Symposium
Jump to first page Office Hours n Realtime Player + Webboard chat n n Phone
Jump to first page Course Evaluation n Case studies n Mid-course evaluation (online) n Final ICES (online) n Student evaluation of technologies used in the course n Message traffic--30+/day
Jump to first page Outcomes n Connect theory and practice n Application to current work and settings--”the evaluation monster” n Understand complexities of evaluation n Demanding for students and instructors n Evaluation site