Entry #1
The evaluation process is one of the most important steps to understand. This step will let you know if all the time you spent on the project was worth it or not. It is important to develop an evaluation strategy. This helps you to determine the level of evaluation and how you are going to measure them. In the book the evaluation strategy is separated into 4 components. The learning strategy tells you want you wanted to get out of the project. The e-learning strategy lets you know what you need to invest in technology wise. The evaluation strategy lets you know what criteria to base things on and the evaluation plan is developed for each project. Once you know the evaluation strategy it will be help you know how you will rate the project as a success or failure and what needs or doesn’t need to be changed.
Entry #2
The semester is winding down. We only have 2 more weeks of school. We finished up our Wiki projects last week and only have a few more people to make their presentations. The rest of the semester is going to be finishing up our design project. We have submitted our reviews of our first Camtasia video and the reviews of our modules. I’m not sure what our assignments are going to be regarding the design project. I know we have to finalize our modules and create at least one Camtasia video for out modules per group member. After that then the project is done. So far I think we have done a great job on our design project which was on the introduction to learning how to use GIMP. I can’t wait to see it all put together. We also have a quiz 3 to do. Thankfully she gave us to Dec 10th to turn it in. Hopefully I can get that done this weekend.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Blog #10 week ending Nov 13, 2007
Entry #1
When the project has been completed and implemented it is time to move onto the evaluation process. Through evaluation you are able to see if all your hard work paid off. The book talks about the four levels of evaluation. They are reaction, knowledge, performance, and impact. The reaction measures the participants’ initial response and impressions to what is being introduced. This is important because what you developed was to be tailored to those who are going to be using it the most. Overall you want to make sure they like what is being introduced. Knowledge measures if the participants’ acquire the right skill from what is being introduced. You want to make sure they are able to do what is asked of them and that is doesn’t involve too much training. Performance measures behavior and attitude. If the participants’ do not seem to accept what is being introduced then it will be hard to implement and could result in extra money being spent. Finally, impact measures the ROI. When you implement a new project/program you want to make sure your business will be making some sort of revenue. Going through the levels of evaluation you will be able to decide if your project/program is a success or a failure.
Entry #2
The semester is winding down and so are our projects. Last week we wrapped up our discussions on our Wiki project. Mine did not move as smoothly as I had wanted, but hopefully everything will come together for the presentation next week. The design project is moving along nicely. We are in the process of adding our screen shots and making sure everything looks the same. With the screen shots some of us ran into problems with GIMPshop loading properly. It would not open without an error. Thankfully we were able to overcome this obstacle and got the screen shots we needed for our modules. We will be doing the second evaluation of our modules before we move onto making the videos and transferring the modules from a Word document to the web. Due dates are coming fast and it is important not to lose track of time. I can’t wait to see how ours will look in the end…our team has done a great job so far.
When the project has been completed and implemented it is time to move onto the evaluation process. Through evaluation you are able to see if all your hard work paid off. The book talks about the four levels of evaluation. They are reaction, knowledge, performance, and impact. The reaction measures the participants’ initial response and impressions to what is being introduced. This is important because what you developed was to be tailored to those who are going to be using it the most. Overall you want to make sure they like what is being introduced. Knowledge measures if the participants’ acquire the right skill from what is being introduced. You want to make sure they are able to do what is asked of them and that is doesn’t involve too much training. Performance measures behavior and attitude. If the participants’ do not seem to accept what is being introduced then it will be hard to implement and could result in extra money being spent. Finally, impact measures the ROI. When you implement a new project/program you want to make sure your business will be making some sort of revenue. Going through the levels of evaluation you will be able to decide if your project/program is a success or a failure.
Entry #2
The semester is winding down and so are our projects. Last week we wrapped up our discussions on our Wiki project. Mine did not move as smoothly as I had wanted, but hopefully everything will come together for the presentation next week. The design project is moving along nicely. We are in the process of adding our screen shots and making sure everything looks the same. With the screen shots some of us ran into problems with GIMPshop loading properly. It would not open without an error. Thankfully we were able to overcome this obstacle and got the screen shots we needed for our modules. We will be doing the second evaluation of our modules before we move onto making the videos and transferring the modules from a Word document to the web. Due dates are coming fast and it is important not to lose track of time. I can’t wait to see how ours will look in the end…our team has done a great job so far.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Blog #9 week ending Nov 5, 2007
Entry #1
It is getting towards the end of the semester and we are beginning to wrap things up in TSTM 544. On Tuesday Dr. Keane told us a number of the remaining classes are going to be labs so that we can focus on our design project due at the end of the semester. We are to decide what we would like to do during class time and what we would like to do out of class time. I feel neutral about this idea. I like the idea of having class time to get assignments done. However, I also like to do work at home or at my job if I have down time. It is always nice to be able to decide where you want to do something I just don’t want to be penalized i.e. occur absences because I feel I didn’t need to go to class. The only problem I have with this class is that there is a lot of downtime. I either like to do these on my own time, i.e. at home or at work, or during class, but it doesn’t take 1hour and 15 minutes to complete the task. Sometimes we are not allowed to leave early and I feel that then time is wasted. I think if there are days when nothing is scheduled that we can make the decision to stay or leave.
Entry #2
Things are wrapping up on both our Wiki project and design project. It is the last two weeks of our Wiki project and things didn’t quite go as I had planned for my topic. I didn’t get as much of a discussion going as I would have liked. I think this is because my topic was a little harder to understand than others. I didn’t get some feedback from my post, but not as much as others to carry on a good discussion.
As with the Wiki project, the design project is moving on smoothly. We are finishing up the drafts of our modules and soon will begin to make our videos and post things to our website. My modules are almost done; I just have to add some challenges for the learner. I’m not sure how I am going to do the challenges. I will have to look at the GCF website to get an idea of what the learners can do to better understand the program. I can’t wait to see what everything will look like when we are done.
It is getting towards the end of the semester and we are beginning to wrap things up in TSTM 544. On Tuesday Dr. Keane told us a number of the remaining classes are going to be labs so that we can focus on our design project due at the end of the semester. We are to decide what we would like to do during class time and what we would like to do out of class time. I feel neutral about this idea. I like the idea of having class time to get assignments done. However, I also like to do work at home or at my job if I have down time. It is always nice to be able to decide where you want to do something I just don’t want to be penalized i.e. occur absences because I feel I didn’t need to go to class. The only problem I have with this class is that there is a lot of downtime. I either like to do these on my own time, i.e. at home or at work, or during class, but it doesn’t take 1hour and 15 minutes to complete the task. Sometimes we are not allowed to leave early and I feel that then time is wasted. I think if there are days when nothing is scheduled that we can make the decision to stay or leave.
Entry #2
Things are wrapping up on both our Wiki project and design project. It is the last two weeks of our Wiki project and things didn’t quite go as I had planned for my topic. I didn’t get as much of a discussion going as I would have liked. I think this is because my topic was a little harder to understand than others. I didn’t get some feedback from my post, but not as much as others to carry on a good discussion.
As with the Wiki project, the design project is moving on smoothly. We are finishing up the drafts of our modules and soon will begin to make our videos and post things to our website. My modules are almost done; I just have to add some challenges for the learner. I’m not sure how I am going to do the challenges. I will have to look at the GCF website to get an idea of what the learners can do to better understand the program. I can’t wait to see what everything will look like when we are done.
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