IP&T 661

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Educational Product Evaluation

Instructional Psychology and Technology David O. McKay School of Education

Course Description

Introduction to the purposes and methods of evaluating educational products, including strategies for conducting usability evaluations, formative evaluations, summative evaluations, and confirmative evaluations.

When Taught

Winter

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3

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Evaluation Issues

Learning Outcome

Develop an understanding of some philosophical, technical, political, ethical and practical issues typically encountered in evaluating educational evaluands

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Evaluation - LDS Context

Learning Outcome

Explore what evaluation might mean in a Latter-Day Saint Gospel context

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Practical Applications

Learning Outcome

Design an evaluative study for an educational product you or someone else has developed.

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Metaevaluation

Learning Outcome

Conduct a meta-evaluation of another product evaluation.

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Product Evaluation

Learning Outcome

Articulate how a variety of approaches to product evaluation can influence the design of a product, including usability evaluation, formative evaluation, summative evaluation, and confirmative evaluation.