Evaluation in educational technology

Done by: Mi Al-Nasri

Kareema Al-Siyabi

Outline:

First Study:

Evaluation methodology in Educational technology

Second Study:

Evaluation of specific technology features

First Study:

Evaluation methodology in

Educational technology

Title of Study

The Integrated Studies of Educational

Technology: A Formative Evaluation of the

E-Rate Program

purpose

This study focused to answer these two main

questions:

To what extent is the E-Rate helping to equalize

access to the types of digital technology eligible for

program discounts?

Are schools and teachers able to use the technology

that E-Rate supports? How is it being used in the

classroom?

Instruments

The data -for answering two questions- was collected using the following data sources:

1. ISET surveys conducted during school year 2000–2001, including the following surveys:

a survey of technology coordinator in all 50 states and the District of Columbia,

The Survey of District Technology Coordinators The Survey of School Principals The Survey of Classroom Teachers.

Instruments

2. E-Rate administrative data covering all E-

Rate applications and funded commitments

through January 2000.

Second Study:Evaluation of specific technology

features

Title of Study

Statistics E-learning Platforms Evaluation: Case Study

Purpose

This study aims to examine the effect on using e-

learning platforms in statistics course, through the

study course, gender, previous experience with e-

learning, understanding statistics, study level,

structured format, and self-study, the flexibility and

freedom in dealing with the course, interactive

environment and e-learning problems.

Evaluation of e-learning platforms Features

Flexibility: This feature is evaluated using this question: “Do

you think that e-learning platforms give you the

freedom and flexibility to work with the course?”.

The question is re-classified into 4 categories:

Yes, partial, no, I do not know.

Evaluation of e-learning platforms Features

Structured format:

The question was evaluated by students using

the following question: What is your opinion about

the structured format of e-learning platform which

you have used?

This variable is re-classified into 4 categories:

Good, acceptable, bad, I do not know.

Evaluation of e-learning platforms Features

Self-study:. The following question was distributed to

students: Do you think that e-learning platforms

improves and increases your self-study?

This variable is re-classified into 4 categories:

Yes, partial, no, i do not know.

Evaluation of e-learning platforms Features

Interactive environment: The question was to the students: What are your opinions

about the interactive environment of e-learning platforms?

This variable is re-classified into 4 categories:

Good,

acceptable,

bad,

I do not know.

Reference

J. Puma.M, D. Chaplin.D, M. Olson.K, C. Pandjiris.A. (October 2002).

The Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: A Formative

Evaluation of the E-Rate Program. The Urban Institute. Washington,

DC 20037-1207.

Ahmad .T, H¨ardle.W.( August 31, 2008)Statistics E-learning Platforms

Evaluation: Case Study _ CASE - Center for Applied Statistics and

Economics Humboldt-Universit¨at zu Berlin. Spandauerstrasse 1,

10178 Berlin, Germany. Retrived on 14/2/2008 from:

http://www.econbiz.de/archiv1/2008/58778_statistics_elearning_platforms.pdf