Evaluating e-Learning: Guiding Research and Practice

Author:   Rob Phillips ,  Carmel McNaught ,  Gregor Kennedy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415881937


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   18 July 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Rob Phillips ,  Carmel McNaught ,  Gregor Kennedy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9780415881937


ISBN 10:   0415881935
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   18 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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""Education scholars Phillips, Carmel McNaught , and Gregor Kennedy offer a step-by-step guide to designing and conducting a study evaluating electronic learning, particularly addressing acknowledged weaknesses in the quality of research so far. They intend the book to be used by practitioners and researchers in formal and informal settings.""--Reference and Research Book News Julie-Ann Sime Lancaster University (Areas of speciality: E-learning, evaluation, research methods) I would recommend this book to my distance learning, doctoral students in e-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, as it provides a good source of evaluation methods, models and frameworks as well as presenting international examples of practice. This book is particularly appealing because it is not based on a single approach to evaluation of e-learning but gives an overview of a range of methods appropriate for a variety of situations from an educator wanting to improve practice in small ways to evaluation of development projects. It adopts a pragmatic approach and is illustrated by case studies including mixed methods approaches that adopt 3 different perspectives on evaluation. This multi-perspective approach is particularly distinctive and appealing. Alejandro Armellini, University of Leicester (Areas of specialty:Peadagogy in online learning environments, learning technologies) It certain would sell copies overseas, especially given the origins of the authors and likely endorsements. I would steer clear of topics on which hundreds of books have already been written (eg the typical research methods stuff, such as instruments, validity, triangulation, paradigms…) instead, I’d focus on the specifics of evaluating e-learning – what makes e-learning evaluation different from other forms of educational research?


Education scholars Phillips, Carmel McNaught , and Gregor Kennedy offer a step-by-step guide to designing and conducting a study evaluating electronic learning, particularly addressing acknowledged weaknesses in the quality of research so far. They intend the book to be used by practitioners and researchers in formal and informal settings. --Reference and Research Book News Julie-Ann Sime Lancaster University (Areas of speciality: E-learning, evaluation, research methods) I would recommend this book to my distance learning, doctoral students in e-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, as it provides a good source of evaluation methods, models and frameworks as well as presenting international examples of practice. This book is particularly appealing because it is not based on a single approach to evaluation of e-learning but gives an overview of a range of methods appropriate for a variety of situations from an educator wanting to improve practice in small ways to evaluation of development projects. It adopts a pragmatic approach and is illustrated by case studies including mixed methods approaches that adopt 3 different perspectives on evaluation. This multi-perspective approach is particularly distinctive and appealing. Alejandro Armellini, University of Leicester (Areas of specialty:Peadagogy in online learning environments, learning technologies) It certain would sell copies overseas, especially given the origins of the authors and likely endorsements. I would steer clear of topics on which hundreds of books have already been written (eg the typical research methods stuff, such as instruments, validity, triangulation, paradigms...) instead, I'd focus on the specifics of evaluating e-learning - what makes e-learning evaluation different from other forms of educational research?


Education scholars Phillips, Carmel McNaught , and Gregor Kennedy offer a step-by-step guide to designing and conducting a study evaluating electronic learning, particularly addressing acknowledged weaknesses in the quality of research so far. They intend the book to be used by practitioners and researchers in formal and informal settings. --Reference and Research Book News


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Rob Phillips is Associate Professor in the Educational Development Centre at Murdoch University, Australia. Carmel McNaught is the Director and Chair Professor in the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Gregor Kennedy is Director of e-Learning and Associate Professor of Educational Technology in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at The University of Melbourne. His current work involves leading the university's strategy in technology-enhanced learning and teaching, supporting staff in the use of learning technologies, and undertaking research in the area of e-Learning. He has a background in psychology and has spent the past 15 years conducting and overseeing research and development in educational technology in higher education.

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