Evaluation as a Strategic Tool
Brief outline of Kirkpatrick's levels of evaluation of learning reosurces, by Kirkpatrick. Useful quick reference. More...
Mission d'évaluation du partenariat renforcé entre Pôle Emploi et les Missions Locales
L'UNML attire l'attention sur le fait qu’un important nombre d’enquêtes complétées par des Missions Locales reste à ce jour en attente de validation. Or, seules les enquêtes « validées » pourront être prises en compte. L'UNML remercie les structures de vérifier ce point. Plus...
Conceptualisation de l'évaluation ou comment préparer l'évaluation d'un projet de formation (et tout autre)
Avec cette entrée, je veux encourager la réflexion sur l'évaluation en tant que processus qui a sa logique. Je recommande ici un dessin animé qui est vraiment cool – « c’est moi Zagloba qui l’ai fait ». Plus...
A Method of Evaluating Training
A Method of Evaluating Training
Nice short white paper describing what the author calls the DMAIC methodology for training return on investment (ROI). DMAIC stands for Design, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control. More...
The Maine Event
The Maine Event
Overview article describing the Maine laptop program and the evaluations - uniformly positive - that followed. "Students, teachers, principals, and parents across the Pine Tree State are relaying success stories for which the portable computers are credited. Stories of sullen truants transformed into outgoing school leaders. Stories of leveling the playing field. Stories of environmental projects or oral histories benefiting and uniting not just the school community, but the community at large. Stories of teachers reinvigorated by a new way of teaching that encourages real-world problem-solving and individual student initiative." There is, however, a downside to the laptop experiment: it ends. More...
Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of Online Courses
Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of Online Courses
Good document listing criteria for the evaluation of online courses. Categories include general information, accessibility, organization, language, and more. More...
Arbitrating the Use of Student Evaluations of Teaching
By Colleen Flaherty. An arbitrator ordered Ryerson University in Canada to amend its faculty collective bargaining agreement to ensure that student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are not used to measure teaching effectiveness for promotion or tenure. More...
Will Trying New Teaching Techniques Tank My Evaluations?
By Doug Lederman. Many professors fear that students will punish them for classroom experimentation. A new study suggests otherwise. More...
SPRO Sud - Evaluation des compétences et capacités professionnelles
Critical Thinking Criteria for Evaluating Online Discussion
Critical Thinking Criteria for Evaluating Online Discussion
Arla G. Bernstein, CaroI Isaac, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018/07/26
This study asked instructors what they thought would constitute evidence of 'critical thinking' in online discussions. The responses fell into two distinct categories: "1) demonstrates logic and reasoning (described as offering accurate supporting evidence and strategies and solutions); and 2) creative critical thought processes (described as novel perceptions, bias refutation, and alternative-seeking)." More...