A Tid Bit: Assessment/Evaluation of learning is on my mind again

I read Donald (Don) Clark's Blogs called  Big Dog and Little Dog's Bowl of Biscuits - in particular the Big Dog Little Dog's Performance Juxtaposition (Home Page of the Juxtaposition) 

Today on the feed in my mailbox was a link to an article discussing the four steps of evaluation.  His focus is instructional design. Mine is faculty and student online learning support. In my opinion these two over lap greatly, especially when talking to faculty about evaluating how well their course is doing. Don starts out with a reference to Donald Kirkpatrick's Four Level Evaluation Model

The four steps of evaluation consist of:

• Step 1: Reaction - How well did the learners like the learning process?
• Step 2: Learning - What did they learn? (the extent to which the learners gain knowledge and skills)
• Step 3: Behavior - (What changes in job performance resulted from the learning process? (capability to perform the newly learned skills while on the job)
• Step 4: Results - What are the tangible results of the learning process in terms of reduced cost, improved quality, increased production, efficiency, etc.?

He further refines the model coming up with the graphic here. I especially like this graphic because it would help faculty to see relationships between Planning and Level of Evaluation of learning. Anyway this is just a tiny tidbit (or in the case of my little Corgi, tidbite!). Take a minute and read the article - it will make more sense in its entirety. I truly meant to wet your appetite with these snips.
 


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