ERIC Number: ED670764
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Nov
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Evaluation Tool: Examining Progress towards Future Ready Professional Learning
Marshal Conley, Contributor; Catherine Green, Contributor; Michelle Perry, Contributor; Claudette Rasmussen, Contributor
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education
This tool is a simplified version of the evaluation framework developed by Wenger, Trayner, and de Laat (2011), building upon Kirkpatrick (1976, 1994). These internationally recognized experts on professional learning and collaboration developed their value creation framework to address the dual challenges of attending to the diversity of types of value and providing systematic analysis that is timely and efficient. Using this framework as a guide, the reader will determine their evidence collected over time, how to make sense of the evidence, and how to share the results with others. There are two primary reasons to evaluate the efficacy of professional and connected learning: (1) To make evidence-based decisions about how to improve the activities that are implemented; and (2) To share effective practices and comparison of results. This evaluation tool presents a process of self-evaluation that captures diverse types of value fairly rapidly, as part of the process of implementing professional learning and collaboration programming to increase student learning. The tool can also provide a useful complement to more traditional evaluation approaches.
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Professional Education, Evidence, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Evidence Based Practice, Program Improvement, Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Worksheets
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 202-401-1444; Fax: 202-401-3941; Web site: https://tech.ed.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Department of Education (ED), Office of Educational Technology; American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDPEP10C0059
Department of Education Funded: Yes
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