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

  1. Effective Practice with e-Learning publication (pages 20-37) and CD-ROM. Read and download the Effective Practice with e-Learning publication.
  2. Innovative Practice with e-Learning publication and CD-ROM. Read and download the Innovative Practice with e-Learning publication.
  3. 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]
  4. 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]
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