Approaches to evaluating the effect of ICT on student
What is meant by evaluation?A useful broad definition of evaluation is “Providing information to make decisions about the product or process”. However, when we try to apply this definition to “evaluating the effect of ICT on student learning”, we run into problems. What is the product? What is the process? These are questions that are difficult to answer when applied to learners. Because human beings are complex creatures, and learning is a complex, multifaceted activity, we are led from evaluation into research. While we might evaluate the usefulness of ICT in an educational context, we also need to research how ICT can affect the processes of learning, and what learning outcomes are achieved. We can call this activity evaluation research. When many people think about evaluating the effect of an ICT innovation, they think of “asking the students”, usually by giving them a survey. While students’ perceptions about the merit of an ICT innovation are valuable, they are only one source...




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