Educational Technology Program and Project Evaluation [Paperback]

Educational Technology Program and Project Evaluationis a unique, comprehensive guide to the formative and summative evaluation of programs, projects, products, practices and policies involving educational technology. Written for both beginning and experienced evaluators, the book utilizes an integrative, systems-based approach; its practical emphasis on logic models and theories of change will help readers navigate their own evaluation processes to improve interventions and conduct meaningful educational research. Key features include:

• evidence-based guidelines for constructing and conducting evaluations
• practical exercises to support the development of knowledge, skills, and program evaluation portfolios
• a variety of interdisciplinary case studies
• references and links to pertinent research and resources

Using the TELL, ASK, SHOW, DO model first introduced in this series, Educational Technology Program and Project Evaluationprovides comprehensive coverage of the concepts, goals, design, implementation, and critical questions imperative to successful technology-enhanced evaluation.

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1: The Nature of Learning, Performance, and Instruction

Chapter 2: Projects, Programs, Products, Practice, and Policy

Chapter 3: Evaluation Goals and Scope

Chapter 4: Types of Evaluations

Chapter 5: Major Evaluation Tasks

Chapter 6: Needs Assessment

Chapter 7: Symptoms and Underlying Causes

Chapter 8: A Theory of Change

Chapter 9: Outcome Measures and Indicators

Chapter 10: Mediatols4