Assignment - Project Part 2: Evaluation Approach
Overview
In your previous assignment, you completed Part 1 of your Evaluation Project by providing a basic description and conducting an initial assessment of your chosen program. Part 2 of your project (this assignment) asks you to recommend an evaluation approach that is ppropriate for your selected program, identify guiding questions, and anticipate how stakeholders might be impacted.
Make sure you have a sound understanding of the four approaches to program evaluation:
Outcome, process, impact, and summative.
Instructions
Recommend an evaluation approach that is appropriate for your chosen program. Make sure to include support for your arguments. Do the following in 3 to 4 pages:
? Justify an evaluation approach that is appropriate for the program.
? Justify three guiding questions intended to drive the evaluation plan, including why they are appropriate for the selected approach.
? Describe how three key stakeholders may plausibly be impacted by the evaluation approach.
Requirements
? 3 to 4 pages in length.
? One of your resources should be your textbook.
? Use at least three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citations, access the library or review library
guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
? Analyze elements of an educational program relevant to an evaluation.
Activity: Evaluation Goal Analysis
Overview
In your week 10 assignment you will be designing your evaluation plan. The first step in that process is to identify your primary goals for the evaluation. This is a very important step that will guide your evaluation planning. In this activity, formulate and analyze the goals of the evaluation.
Instructions
Write one page explaining your three, primary program evaluation goals. Justify why they are appropriate and likely to serve as effective guides for program enhancements.
? Include introductory and summary paragraphs.
? Use Strayer Writing Standards.
Readings:
Online Education Program Evaluation
By Taya Hervey-McNutt