This document discusses online evaluation for online courses. It raises three primary questions for evaluating online courses: 1) Is it going to work? 2) Is it working? 3) Did it work? It also discusses components of quality instruction, methods for spot-checking courses, key assessment criteria, and provides a scenario-based discussion on evaluating online courses.

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Online Evaluation
Julie Finlay, Nancy Hill
Chapter 11
Technology Leadership for Improvement

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Online  Is it going to work?
Evaluation
3 Primary Questions
 Is it working?
 Did it work?

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Hilary & Bill Debate
Online vs. Face-to-Face Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch? Created at
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Instruction
Components
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 Effective communication with students
 Quality delivery
 Feedback on assignments
 Fostering a positive classroom climate
Instruction on preparing quality materials
http://netc.org/digitalbridges/online/community/
teachers2.php

6. + Spot-
Checking
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 Beginning: checklists, another pair of
eyes, testing the technology
 Middle: monitoring
the course
website to measure engagement &
usage
 End: formal assessment, surveys

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Key
Assessment
Criteria
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 Teacherresponsiveness to questions
and proactive announcements
 Discussion interactions
 Input into course assignments

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Substantive
Interaction
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 Responses to questions
 Discussion
 Assignments

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Resource: Rubric for Online
Instruction
http://www.csuchico.edu/celt/roi/index.shtml

13. Scenario #1: You’re 3 weeks into your
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online course and everything seems to
be going well. Then you get an email
Online from a student claiming that he is
being cyber bullied by someone else
Evaluation in the course. As the instructor, what
do you do?
Small Group  Scenario #2: One requirement for your
Discussion online course is weekly participation
in a discussion board. While most
students consistently participate,
there’s a handful who never join the
online conversation. What do you do?
 Scenario #3: Your principal asks you to
present at a conference on the value of
online courses. What evidence will you
use to make your presentation
convincing?

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Online
Evaluation
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