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Zakrzewski, Stan; Steven, Christine; Ricketts, Chris – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
There are three purposes for evaluation: evaluation for action to aid the decision making process, evaluation for understanding to further enhance enlightenment and evaluation for control to ensure compliance to standards. This article argues that the primary function of evaluation in the "Catherine Wheel" computer-based assessment (CBA)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Stakeholders, Risk, Quality Control
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Usher, Wayne; Skinner, James – ACHPER Australia Healthy Lifestyles Journal, 2008
One of the factors that have contributed to the explosive popularity of the World Wide Web (WWW) is the ease with which almost anyone can become a web publisher. It has been estimated that 30 million new websites are created every day on the WWW, with a vast majority of these being health related. It is further asserted that there is a healthy…
Descriptors: Criteria, Confidentiality, Journal Articles, Internet
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Moore, David Richard – International Journal on E-Learning, 2008
Quality assurance in instructional development demands an exhaustive formative evaluation effort and applied testing. Unfortunately, this process is expensive and requires large numbers of user testers with characteristics similar to the intended audience. This article presents a procedure for increasing the efficiency of quality assurance efforts…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Formative Evaluation, Quality Control, Technology Integration
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Crowther, Michael S.; Keller, Chris C.; Waddoups, Gregory L. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
Brigham Young University's Center for Instructional Design (CID) creates online courses and multimedia instructional applications for university faculty. This paper asserts that including usability testing as a part of evaluation improves the quality and effectiveness of computer-mediated instruction. The paper describes the fundamental purpose…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Quality Control, Online Courses, Instructional Design
Cooke, Alison – 1999
This guide assists Internet users in searching for quality information sources available via the Internet and assessing the quality of materials. Chapter 1 provides an introduction and background to the concept of quality in relation to the information available via the Internet. Chapter 2 presents a guide to the different types of online search…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
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Steimle, Brynn M.; Duncan, Stephen F. – Family Relations, 2004
Hundreds of family life education Web sites are available on the Internet, allowing individuals and families unprecedented access to family life education information. Evaluation is critical to ensuring the quality of and improving these Web sites; yet, few Web site evaluations have been conducted. We formatively evaluated a new family life…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Formative Evaluation, Family Life Education, Web Based Instruction
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Zirkle, Chris – T.H.E. Journal, 2000
Describes multiple delivery systems offered through Indiana State University to meet the need of distance students, including instructors from technical institutes who need to pursue additional degrees to move to community colleges. Discusses satellite, videotape, and Internet possibilities; interaction; assessment; faculty development; time…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Cartwright, David W.; Thompson, Robert J.; Poole, Max C.; Kester, Diane D. – 1999
This paper describes efforts at East Carolina University (North Carolina) to develop a survey instrument and related procedures to assess distance learning courses. The survey was conducted during the 1998-99 academic year via the World Wide Web and combined the Student Opinion of Instruction Survey (SOIS) with additional questions that assessed…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Course Evaluation, Distance Education, Evaluation Methods
1997
This document contains 39 papers and 13 poster presentations from a conference on technological education and national development. The following are among the papers included: "The Future of Technological Education and Vocational Education: UNESCO's (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's) Perspective" (Adnan…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Case Studies, Change Strategies