Harnessing Technological Change to Serve a Changing Student Demography: Strategies for Integrating Asynchronous Teaching and Learning Approaches. Videoconference #6; Good, Better, Best: Evaluation and Effective Indicators for IT-Supported Instruction

This videoconference explores issues, concerns, and approaches to documenting, assessing, and evaluating online instructional initiatives. How do we measure cost-effectiveness? How do we assess learning outcomes? How can we use student and peer feedback to improve online materials. How can we take something that is very good and make it better?

Between November 2001 and April 2002, AN-MSI sponsored a series of six two-hour interactive videoconferences dealing with online instruction and the changing technology that supports the new culture of asynchronous teaching and learning. The series facilitated the dialogue and planning that is needed to move MSIs toward more effective use of innovative networking and telecommunications technology for distance-developed instruction. The series emphasizes the broad set of changes that are needed to launch successful online instruction that responds to the needs of a changing and culturally diverse student demography.