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Mike Fuller -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALT workshop: Evaluating Courseware Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 20:03:50 -0000 From: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [...] [log in to unmask], [...] [log in to unmask], [...] CC: [log in to unmask] (Apologies for cross posting, please circulate on your distribution list.) ****************************************************** Booking deadline is MONDAY 29 NOVEMBER 1999 EVALUATING COURSEWARE & LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES a one-day workshop from ALT DATE: 6 December 1999 TIME: 10.00–16.30 LOCATION: University of North London PRESENTERS: Dr Grainne Conole (University of Bristol), Dr Martin Oliver (University of North London), and Mr Robin Shaw (University of Glasgow) COST: stlg 70.00 for ALT members; stlg 120.00 for non-members OVERVIEW Evaluation is a topic that is becoming increasingly important, both academically and politically, and which has been the focus of much ground-breaking research in recent years. This workshop will provide an introduction and overview of approaches to courseware evaluation. It is aimed at lecturers and support staff with an interest in enhancing the quality of the courses they offer. TOPICS TO BE COVERED The morning session will introduce a well-established, flexible method for course evaluation. It will cover the effective integration of the resource, and assessments of worth. The afternoon activities will focus on evaluation design, introducing a range of alternative methods and explaining how these can be used. Participants will consider several key decisions: (1) the identification of stakeholders (2) the specification of evaluation questions (3) the selection of an evaluation methodology (4) the choice of data capture techniques (5) the selection of data analysis techniques Participants will receive materials that guide them through these stages, each of which will be supported by discussion. Within the activities, two choices are available: participants can either work with a pre-prepared example, or can use one of their own courses and design an appropriate evaluation strategy. WHO SHOULD ATTEND Teaching and support staff involved in the use of Learning Technology in further or higher education. PREREQUISITES No prior experience or expertise is required. EXPECTED OUTCOMES By the end of the workshop, participants will have: * an appreciation of the range of evaluation methods available * a detailed overview of an integrative evaluation methodology * guidelines for evaluation design, and an example of a course for which an evaluation strategy has been devised. PROGRAMME 10.00 Registration and coffee 10.30 Introduction 10.45 Tools and Techniques: Robin Shaw 11.15 Workshop on Integrative Evaluation 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Tools for designing evaluations: Martin Oliver & Grainne Conole 14.00 Practical session: Designing an evaluation strategy 15.15 Tea/Coffee break 15.30 Feedback and discussion forum: Issues in evaluation 16.30 Close and depart VENUE This workshop is being hosted by the University of North London. THE PRESENTERS DR GRAINNE CONOLE is Director of the Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol. DR MARTIN OLIVER is a Research Fellow on the BP Evaluation of Learning Technology project. After completing a first degree in Maths and Philosophy at the University of York, he went on to study for a PhD in Educational Technology at the Open University. He has worked on a range of projects, concentrating on evaluation and on-line learning, including the TLTP projects EFFECTS and FOCUS. ROBIN SHAW took an MA in English and History at the University of Glasgow and an MA in English at Western Washington University. He has been a freelance computing consultant since 1989, and has worked on the EMASHE and TILT projects at the University of Glasgow. Since 1996 he has been a Research Fellow and Consultant for the Glasgow TLTSN and is the Project Manager of the TLTP3 project "Drawing and Learning". TRAVEL Travel information including online maps of the University of North London can be found at: http://legacy.unl.ac.uk/unl/local/html ACCOMMODATION Overnight accommodation information is available on the ELT conference page at: http://www.unl.ac.uk/tltc/elt/places.htm ******************************************************** ALT WORKSHOP BOOKING FORM Workshop : Evaluating courseware and learning technologies Date: 6 December 1999 Time: 10.00 – 16.30 Location: University of North London Cost: stlg 70.00 for ALT members; stlg 120.00 for non-members Name: ____________________________________________ Department: _______________________________________ Institution: ________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Postcode: _________________________ Tel: ______________________________ Fax: ______________________________ Email: ____________________________________________ Please indicate membership status: Individual / Institutional / Corporate ___ Please send me ALT membership details Please indicate any special dietary or physical requirements: ___________________________________________________ PAYMENT DETAILS a) I enclose a cheque for stlg _______ made payable to the Association for Learning Technology and drawn on a UK bank b) Debit stlg _________ from my Visa/Mastercard Account no: ______ ______ _______ ______ Expiry date: ___ /___ Cardholder's name: ___________________________ Cardholder's address: _____________________________ _______________________________________________ Signed: ________________________ Date: __________ c) Please invoice against purchase order number ____________ Please note that bookings will only be confirmed on receipt of payment and that cancellations after 29 November will incur a 50% cancellation fee. Please complete the booking form & return it NO LATER THAN 29 NOVEMBER 1999 to: ALT Administration, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Hill Hall, OXFORD OX3 0BP, UK. Fax: 01865 484812 Association for Learning Technology Oxford Brookes University, Headington Hill Hall Oxford OX3 0BP, UK Tel: +44 (0)1865 484647 Fax: +44 (0)1865 484812 [log in to unmask] http://www.alt.ac.uk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%