Evaluating e-Learning: Guiding Research and Practice by Rob Phillips (English) H

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Written for educators who feel ill-prepared when required to evaluate e-learning initiatives, Evaluating e-Learning offers step-by-step guidance for conducting an evaluation plan of e-learning technologies.

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How can novice e-learning researchers and postgraduate learners develop rigorous plans to study the effectiveness of technology-enhanced learning environments? How can practitioners gather and portray evidence of the impact of e-learning? How can the average educator who teaches online, without experience in evaluating emerging technologies, build on what is successful and modify what is not? By unpacking the e-learning lifecycle and focusing on learning, not technology, Evaluating e-Learning attempts to resolve some of the complexity inherent in evaluating the effectiveness of e-learning. The book presents practical advice in the form of an evaluation framework and a scaffolded approach to an e-learning research study, using divide-and-conquer techniques to reduce complexity in both design and delivery. It adapts and builds on familiar research methodology to offer a robust and accessible approach that can ensure effective evaluation of a wide range of innovative initiatives, including those covered in other books in the Connecting with e-Learning series. Readers will find this jargon-free guide is a must-have resource that provides the proper tools for evaluating e-learning practices with ease.

Author Biography

Rob Phillips is Associate Professor in the Educational Development Centre at Murdoch University, Australia. Carmel McNaught is the Director and Chair Professor in the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Gregor Kennedy is Director of e-Learning and Associate Professor of Educational Technology in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at The University of Melbourne. His current work involves leading the university's strategy in technology-enhanced learning and teaching, supporting staff in the use of learning technologies, and undertaking research in the area of e-Learning. He has a background in psychology and has spent the past 15 years conducting and overseeing research and development in educational technology in higher education.

Table of Contents

PrefaceI. Setting the Scene1. E-learning, learning and evaluation2. Evaluation as part of a teacher's roleII. Theory3. The Learning Environment, Learning Processes and Learning Outcomes (LEPO) Framework4. What is meant by educational evaluation and research?5. Research paradigms and methodologies6. Evaluation-research approaches suitable for e-learning7. The process of carrying out evaluation research8. Evaluation research across the e-learning lifecycle9. Conducting an Evaluation-research Study10. Project-management Evaluation11. Using evaluation-research results: An overview of impact issues beyond the confines of a single project

Review

"Education scholars Phillips, Carmel McNaught , and Gregor Kennedy offer a step-by-step guide to designing and conducting a study evaluating electronic learning, particularly addressing acknowledged weaknesses in the quality of research so far. They intend the book to be used by practitioners and researchers in formal and informal settings."--Reference and Research Book NewsJulie-Ann Sime Lancaster University (Areas of speciality: E-learning, evaluation, research methods)I would recommend this book to my distance learning, doctoral students in e-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, as it provides a good source of evaluation methods, models and frameworks as well as presenting international examples of practice.This book is particularly appealing because it is not based on a single approach to evaluation of e-learning but gives an overview of a range of methods appropriate for a variety of situations from an educator wanting to improve practice in small ways to evaluation of development projects. It adopts a pragmatic approach and is illustrated by case studies including mixed methods approaches that adopt 3 different perspectives on evaluation. This multi-perspective approach is particularly distinctive and appealing.Alejandro Armellini, University of Leicester (Areas of specialty:Peadagogy in online learning environments, learning technologies)It certain would sell copies overseas, especially given the origins of the authors and likely endorsements.I would steer clear of topics on which hundreds of books have already been written (eg the typical research methods stuff, such as instruments, validity, triangulation, paradigms…) instead, I'd focus on the specifics of evaluating e-learning – what makes e-learning evaluation different from other forms of educational research?

Review Quote

"Education scholars Phillips, Carmel McNaught , and Gregor Kennedy offer a step-by-step guide to designing and conducting a study evaluating electronic learning, particularly addressing acknowledged weaknesses in the quality of research so far. They intend the book to be used by practitioners and researchers in formal and informal settings."--Reference and Research Book News

Details ISBN0415881935 Author Gregor Kennedy Short Title EVALUATING E-LEARNING Language English ISBN-10 0415881935 ISBN-13 9780415881937 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2011 Imprint Routledge Subtitle Guiding Research and Practice Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2011-07-18 NZ Release Date 2011-07-18 UK Release Date 2011-07-18 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Connecting with E-learning Publication Date 2011-07-18 Alternative 9780415881944 DEWEY 378.17344678 Illustrations 32 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 236 We've got this

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