EPSY 474

Course Description | Instructor | Required Textbooks | More Information

 

 

 

"I used what I learned in this evaluation class to evaluate and produce a gap analysis from our data to support writing our School Improvement Plan. The state reps came in to review it and said it was the best analysis they had ever seen and asked if they could use it as an example to share with other districts. They also asked to use me as a resource for other districts in our county. I doubt I would have been able to have done the job I did without having had this class."(CTER student, 2002)

 

 

Course Description

 

 

- The primary purpose of the course is to teach graduate students how to plan, conduct, and evaluate evaluations of learning technologies. Students will learn to conduct a variety of evaluations related to learning technologies including needs assessments, consumer-driven evaluations outcome or impact assessments, comparative or quasi-experimental studies and case studies. As one means of measuring need, growth or impact, students in the course will also learn to create assessment instruments and strategies related to learning technologies. These might include electronic portfolios, web-based surveys, and focus groups, computer adapted tests, or performance rubrics. Issues in electronic reporting and metaevaluation will also be covered.

 

Instructor

		Katherine Ryan Email: k-ryan6@illinois.edu
		Crystal Feil (TA/Tech-Support) Email: ysu@uiuc.edu

 

Required Textbooks

 

    There is not required textbook for this course. All readings are available online through Moodle and the U of I library E-reserve service.

 

 

More Information - Each week you will participate in discussions in Moodle. Office hours will consist of weekly synchronous Internet chats in Elluminate. The purpose of the chat sessions is to have somewhat more lively interactions, where we can talk about issues related to your on-going research projects. These chat sessions are required and will supplement specific group needs and issues. The frequency of these sessions will also be based on need. This is not for specific technical problems, which are best addressed to the tech support team.