The E-learning Curve at Edublogs

After yesterday’s short digression into some of the finer points of heuristic evaluation, today I’m returning to the matter at hand: an assessment of the features and functionality provided by the authorSTREAM and SlideShare hosted presentation distribution services.
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authorSTREAM is a web-based PowerPoint presentation sharing platform from authorGEN Technologies. After creating a [...]

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An advantage of the retrospective pre-test model is that it can assist in addressing some of the gaps exposed by the lack of range-of-transfer of learning metrics provided by a Level 2 analysis of learners: in effect - to borrow a phrase from Jens Bjornavold – “make learning visible” (2004, p.64). This is essential, because [...]

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When choosing to integrate the retrospective pre-test design method into your learning program evaluation and measurement methodology, the selection must take place in the after very carefully evaluating arguments both for and against its utility. The method has many advantages for the practitioner-researcher (see Table 1) but one must be cognisant of the threats to [...]

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The Retrospective Pre-test method is an interesting if controversial data collection design. I will examine its advantages and negative aspects here, as well as an argument for including this strategy in in assessing organisational learning initiatives. The retrospective pre-test method (see Table 1 is an extension of the one-shot case study design where data are [...]

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As I asserted in a previous post, case studies allow naturalistic methods of enquiry such as individual interviews to be carried out, side-by-side with quantitative data gathering from surveys, archival records, server access logs and so on.
Interestingly in discussing the flexibility of the case study design, Yin (1994, p.285) contends that in the future, researchers [...]

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In a previous blog entry, I mentioned the importance of data triangulation, particularly if you use a case study approach when evaluating an e-learning initiative. Another strategy I recommend is to collect data over a number of phases, using a number of techniques.
Case studies involve in-depth, descriptive data collection and analysis of a case, or [...]

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In the context of evaluating e-learning programs, the logic model is useful for identifying elements of the programme that are most likely to yield useful evaluation data, and to identify an appropriate sequence for collecting data and measuring learning. In this way, the programme logic model can help you develop a research design, and provide [...]

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In undertaking a case study when evaluating any e-learning initiative, it is essential that the data collected in the research is relevant and appropriate to the task of evaluating the impact of the intervention on the audience.
According to Wright & Ross (2001), the Program Logic Model

offers a conceptual and practical framework for this exacting work. [...]

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As discussed in a previous post, to assist in understanding the “parallel criteria” (1989, p.233) relationship between these test of rigour and the scientific terms for validity, Guba and Lincoln provide the following table (1981, p.104):
Table 1 Relationship between parallel criteria
Aspect
Scientific Term
Naturalistic Term
Truth Value
Internal Validity
Credibility
Applicability
External Validity
Fittingness/transferability
Consistency
Reliability
Dependability/auditability
Neutrality
Objectivity
Confirmability
When considering appropriate research designs to evaluate the effectiveness of [...]

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