Session 6: Describing and evaluating practice
Presentation: describing and evaluating practice
The rationale for collecting case studies and other evidence of
practice for sharing and evaluation.
Presentation 6 [Powerpoint]
Handout: Effective practice evaluator
Designed to be used in conjunction with the Effective practice
planner, a tool to help practitioners reflect on and evaluate the
outcomes of a learning activity.
Effective
practice evaluator [Word]
Example evaluator
[Word]
Handout: Case study template
A template for describing examples of e-learning practice in greater
detail, incorporating issues covered in the planner and evaluator. Designed
for use by evaluators and researchers, this version developed in
collaboration with the HE Academy Subject Centres.
Case study
template [Word]
Outcomes
Any specific proposals arising from workshop discussion, e.g. for collation
of case study resources, will be posted here.
Further resources
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Effective Practice with e-Learning publication (pages 20-37) and
CD-ROM. Read and download the Effective
Practice with e-Learning publication.
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Innovative Practice with e-Learning publication and CD-ROM. Read
and download the Innovative
Practice with e-Learning publication.
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A typology of effective interventions to support elearning
practice Rhona Sharpe (2004) Designed for use by staff and
educational developers, service managers, and others responsible for
supporting e-learning - a tool for planning and evaluating effective
interventions in practice. Sharpe (2004) [PDF]
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Evaluation of the Practitioner Trial of LAMS Liz Masterman and
Stuart Lee (2005) An example of the pedagogical model and case study
template used to develop robust evaluation tools for the practitioner
trial of a new Learning Design system in the UK. Masterman and Lee
(2005) [PDF]