tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455468843833525066.post3488319416395930668..comments2023-08-17T10:18:24.628-04:00Comments on Multilitteratus Incognitus: Week 7 - Evaluation (OLDSMOOC)Apostolos K. ("AK")http://www.blogger.com/profile/02198465120131968928noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455468843833525066.post-90777509861257676022013-02-24T16:12:42.895-05:002013-02-24T16:12:42.895-05:00Apostolos, you have identified an interesting set ...Apostolos, you have identified an interesting set of evaluation decisions and questions. As you noted, you have mixed decisions and questions together. This is OK, but I generally promote the idea of identifying decisions at one level and then having one or more questions<br />aligned with each decision to be made. Evaluation planning is difficult to be sure. When you are wearing your evaluator hat, you may find yourself in the position of having to persuade your collaborators of the value of<br />anticipating difficult decisions, asking certain questions, or addressing specific issues by engaging in evaluation. Unwilling or unable to confront the complexities involved in most evaluation contexts, some people may demand<br />direct and simple answers to complex questions. But direct and simple answers are extremely rare in the context of learning design, and “it depends” and<br />other conditional statements are part of even the best evaluations. A thorough evaluation plan will expose as many of these conditionals as possible up-front, but the trick is doing so without having the team decide to abandon evaluation altogether. <br /><br />One of your decisions is: “Does one facilitator work? Or should we employ many more facilitators?” My<br />experience in online teaching is that you need at least two facilitators, and most MOOCs have several (as the OLDS MOOC does). The biggest issue is that one<br />person can have an adverse event (e.g., illness, death of a family member, hurricane, etc.) occur during the course, and be unable to keep up with the demands of the course. Here is a link to a MOOC focused on Learning Analytics and Knowledge that my friend, George Siemens, kicked off earlier this month: https://www.canvas.net/courses/learning-analytics-and-knowledge You’ll notice that he has six world class facilitators for eight week course. <br /><br /><br />Good luck with your project and your upcoming PhD studies.Apostolos K. ("AK")https://www.blogger.com/profile/02198465120131968928noreply@blogger.com