Evaluating Trans‐national Tele‐learning Demonstrator Projects:: Design and Methodology
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Betty Collis [1] ; Jolandc Vingerhoets [1]
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[1] University of Twente
University of Twente
Países Bajos
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- Localización: Innovations in education and teaching international, ISSN 1470-3297, Vol. 33, Nº 3, 1996, págs. 229-241
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
What is an effective methodology for the evaluation of trans‐national projects whose purpose is to demonstrate some aspects of telecommunications‐supported distance education, or tele‐learning? By their nature, such tele‐learning demonstrator projects frequently involve technologies new to many of the participants as well as many organizational complexities given the number of partners ‐ course providers, educational institutions in different countries, telecommunications providers, and educational specialists — involved. This paper suggests a methodological framework and design features for the evaluation of such projects built upon the assumption that finding a key focus for the evaluation, of interest to all of the major stakeholders, is a critical step. In addition, the value of a responsive rather than a preordinate model or the evaluation as well as the choice of case‐study methodology is argued. A generic evaluation plan is developed, involving on‐going multiple case studies transected at regular intervals by cross‐case analysis events. The plan is illustrated by its current application to a major trans‐national tele‐learning project, TeleScopia, involving courses developed by six course providers, adapted for trans‐European offer via a variety of applications of advanced telecommunications.
