Tuesday 30 March 2010

Assessing learning spaces

Hunley, s and schaller, m. Educause paper [2006]
Assessment framework must address where the focus of evaluation lies - teaching or learning
A learning focus would look at student outcomes, a teaching focus would look a student perception of teaching. as a comment, I don't see this division as that useful.

the paper then gives 4 general models for assessing change or learning. These focus predominantly on learning outcomes, but little discussion is made to say how effects of learning spaces can be separated from the other background effects.

Methods are listed as, focus group, surveys and photographic studies. 2006 are early days in the development and evaluation of learning spaces. Yes, these spaces do need to be evaluated, but the answer is still problematic.

Hunley, s and schaller, m. Educause paper [2006]
Assessment framework must address where the focus of evaluation lies - teaching or learning
A learning focus would look at student outcomes, a teaching focus would look a student perception of teaching. as a comment, I don't see this division as that useful.

the paper then gives 4 general models for assessing change or learning. These focus predominantly on learning outcomes, but little discussion is made to say how effects of learning spaces can be separated from the other background effects.

Methods are listed as, focus group, surveys and photographic studies. 2006 are early days in the development and evaluation of learning spaces. Yes, these spaces do need to be evaluated, but the answer is still problematic.

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