Evaluating for Distance Learning [microform] : Feedback from Students and Faculty / Joan S. Thomson and Sharon B. Stringer
- Bib ID:
- 5620390
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Thomson, Joan S
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED422879
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- Description:
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- [Washington D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998
- 7 p.
- Summary:
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This paper describes the development and evaluation of a World Wide Web-based component for a required freshman seminar at the Pennsylvania State University College of Agricultural Sciences. Students (n=170) were given a pre-test to assess their access to, knowledge of, and proficiency with computers. The pre-test was designed to address four broad categories: computer use, ability, and perceptions; Internet perceptions and use; communication preferences; and demographic information. This formative evaluation assessed student needs and helped the project team to continue to develop course content for the semester. A summative evaluation was given at the end of the semester to ascertain students' perceptions of web-based assignments and needed changes for future courses. In addition, one faculty member from each section participated in a phone survey, answering questions about their experiences with the course. It was concluded that using a computer-based asynchronous teaching model is quite different from the more traditional model and requires special considerations; practitioners should incorporate formative and summative evaluations to enhance learner satisfaction, to ensure goal attainment, and to demonstrate accountability. (DLS)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: In: Distance Learning '98. Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning (14th, Madison, WI, August 5-7, 1998); see IR 018 976.
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- Subject:
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- Access to Computers
- College Freshmen
- Computer Assisted Instruction
- Computer Literacy
- Computer Mediated Communication
- Course Evaluation
- Delivery Systems
- Distance Education
- Evaluation Methods
- Formative Evaluation
- Higher Education
- Instructional Design
- Instructional Development
- Student Needs
- Student Surveys
- Summative Evaluation
- Teacher Surveys
- Teaching Models
- Technology Integration
- User Satisfaction (Information)
- World Wide Web
- Course Development
- Pennsylvania State University Virtual Classrooms
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Stringer, Sharon B, author
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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