Designing and Evaluating Education-Based Change Initiatives

Catalog description

Students examine the planning cycle of instructional design applicable to school settings and other contexts where educational practice is conducted. Students learn to identify important learning characteristics of the people with whom they are working, using that information and the learning outcomes on which they are working to develop focused educational plans. This course takes the stance of program evaluation and other forms of outcomes assessment as being an integral part of an effective learning organization. Best practices in the evaluation of education-based change initiatives and programs are discussed and explored in reference to the student’s areas of interest.