Assessment and Evaluation

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Assessment and Evaluation

Course Management System Assessment Methodology

January 1, 2003

Course management system (CMS) products are relatively new to higher education, and many smaller institutions are struggling to determine the best way to support faculty use of these technologies. …

Ubiquitous Distributed Learning and Global Citizenship

January 1, 2003

This presentation will focus on an innovative program of ubiquitous distributed learning at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Several on-line courses and their associated pedagogies will be demonstra…

The Catalyst E-Portfolio: Using Assessment to Shape Enterprise-Wide, Learner-Centered Technologies

January 1, 2003

In 1998, the University of Washington decided to commit significant resources to the Catalyst Initiative, a university-wide, scalable program to help all UW instructors integrate technology into th…

A Rubric for Transformative Assessment Systems

January 1, 2003

The Transformative Assessment Project (TAP) is designed to elicit new ideas about assessment practices and systems that will transform teaching and learning using technology and to help institution…

Transformation through Program Evaluation

January 1, 2003

Every campus technology initiative stems from a need or a good idea. How can we know that our efforts are meeting that need or that our good ideas are paying off and merit further support? How can …

Panel - Transformative Assessment: Step One

January 1, 2002

Panelists discussed their experiences conducting assessment on their own campuses, and described how they went about creating shared goals, choosing meaningful study topics, coordinating and aligni…

Seven Dangerous Questions: Using IT and Assessment to Transform Academic Programs

January 1, 2002

Questions to be tackled during this session include: What is transformative assessment? How do you create shared goals for institutional improvement? What are the powerful questions to study across…

Paying the Piper Now or Later: Improving the Effectiveness of Web-Based Learning

January 1, 2002

What types of training and orientation are you giving your Web-based distance learning instructors and students? Have you thought about the psychological, sociological, and cognitive impact of Web-…

Considerations for Developing Evaluations of Online Courses

January 1, 2002

This study categorizes principles gathered from an extensive literature review, focusing on current best practices for effective teaching and learning online, and compares them with practices glean…

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

January 1, 2002

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 l…