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| Evaluate:
Topic 2 - Types of Evaluation |
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Formative Evaluation |
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Formative
evaluation:
- Is an ongoing
process to be considered at all stages of planning, development,
and instruction
- Enables
an instructor to make corrections and improvements to a course
prior
to and during implementation
- Facilitates
course and content adaptation
- Identifies
major gaps in the instructional plan or the need for minor
adjustments
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Some strategies
that educators can use to collect formative data from their online
students include the following:
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Designated
discussion forum on course site.
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Electronic
mail.
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Instant
messaging.
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Online
office hours (online chat).
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Online
survey.
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Post
cards—provide each student with pre-stamped and preaddressed
postcards; periodically, have students use the postcards
to
share concerns or respond to questions about the course.
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Telephone:
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Call
students to ask open-ended questions and/or to let students
voice their concerns.
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Set
phone-in office hours, but be sure to welcome calls
at other
times.
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Developers
of the LSU System Online Teaching Model express sincere gratitude
to the Louisiana
Board of Regents and their Distance Education Initiative
(Supporting Electronic Learning and Empowering Campus Transitions
[SELECT]),
which provided funding for planning,
research, and development of this site. |
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