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Running Head: FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF THE ONLINE MODULE

A Formative Evaluation of the Online Learning Module:

II: Ameri!a"# Involvement and $Evolvement" During the

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Martha M% Hill

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*eorgia +outhern Univer#it,

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FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF THE ONLINE LEARNIN* MODULE'

A Formative A##e##ment of the Online Learning Module

  It i# im-ortant to evaluate ,our module in a -rofe##ional

manner to re!eive !riti.ue#/ -rai#e/ and #ugge#tion# for

im-rovement% I a--roa!hed thi# evaluation 0ith !on1den!e that I

0ould have .uali1ed and intere#ted -eer# that 0ould give me the

feed2a!3 ne!e##ar, to ma3e im-rovement# and to 2ol#ter m,

!on1den!e in !ontinuing to utili4e an online module for future

tea!hing endeavor# #o to ma3e a!!ommodation# for tho#e that

have #-e!i1! learning #t,le# and -referen!e#%

  I u#ed a #urve, from htt-:55000%#urve,mon3e,%!om to develo-

a #hort .ue#tionnaire for a .ui!3 re#-on#e to m, online module%

Five tea!her# an#0ered the #urve, and -rovided the follo0ing

re#-on#e to the .ue#tion#:

For .ualit, vi#ual im-a!t and ea#e of navigation/ the #urve,

#ho0ed that I re!eived a unanimou# !riti.ue of e6em-lar,7 0hi!h

too3 into a!!ount the ae#theti!# of the #ite/ and the a2ilit, tomove in tran#ition from ea!h -age to the ne6t% The ne6t t0o

!riteria of the #urve, a#3ed for the !ontent of the module and it"#

a--ro-riatene## for the #tandard# and grade% Thi# again/

re!eived an e6em-lar, grade/ 0ith no di##en#ion#% In the realm of 

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te!hnolog, and 0hether the ta#3 0a# a--ro-riate 0ith the

te!hnolog, o8ered/ and if it -rovided rigor for in#tru!tion/ four of

the #urve, -arti!i-ant# thought it 0a# indeed a--ro-riate/ and

one -arti!i-ant gave a #!ore that indi!ated that the ta#3# 0ere

a--ro-riate/ 2ut not rigorou#% I then -rovided the individual ta#3

for the -ro9e!t2a#ed learning #o that ea!h !hild 0ould 2e

!hallenged to -rovide eviden!e for inde-endent re#ear!h and

initiative for their o0n !hallenged -od!a#t or -o#ter% I 3e-t the

grou- -ro9e!t/ a# I feel it i# im-ortant

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for #tudent# to 2e !olla2orative and to 0or3 !oo-erativel, to

#hare talent# and 3no0ledge/ 2ut the inde-endent -ro9e!t

2e!ame the rigorou# a!tivit, #o to -rovide for !riti!al thin3ing/

and to a##e## ho0 #tudent# 0ill a--l, thi# to a deadline/ 0ith

!riteria for re#ear!h and a !reative -ro9e!t 2a#ed element%

  Organi4ation and re#our!e# to addre## di8erent learning #t,le#

and -referen!e# 0a# another #urve, element/ and all -arti!i-ant#

gave a--roval for the module"# element#% One -arti!i-ant/ 0ho i#

not #-e!i1!all, te!hnologi!all, #avv,/ !ommented that #he felt

that a #tudent 0ould en9o, the di8erent #!enario# and re#our!e#

that 0ere availa2le for -eru#al% +he a!tuall, 0ent through the

entire online module/ and -lan# to utili4e man, of the re#our!e#/

ta#3#/ and #ite# for her in#tru!tional unit%

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  The .ue#tion# that 0ere dire!ted to0ard m, in#tru!tional

!om-eten!e 0ith organi4ation and !overage of #tandard# for the

unit/ 0a# given high mar3#7 e#-e!iall, 0ith the #tandard# that

0ere !overed and 0ith the ta#3# that 0ere given% The -rovi#ion

of adding 0riting element# to a +o!ial +tudie# Unit 0ere a huge

hit 0ith the -arti!i-ant#/ a# it i# -roviding 0riting a!ro## the

!urri!ulum/ and i# fo#tering the !ommuni!ation ideal that 0e mu#t

2e a2le to e6-re## our#elve# in all di#!i-line# of edu!ation%

  I then intervie0ed three more tea!her# from a #!hool in +outh

*eorgia/ +alla# Mahone Elementar,/ and #ome #ugge#tion# 0ere

-re#ented/ and a!!ommodation# 0ere made for !lari1!ation%

Fir#t/ #im-le mi#ta3e#/ #u!h a# formatting for te#t# 0ere

addre##ed for #im-li!it, for the #tudent#" under#tanding/ and for

vi#ual ea#e of !om-rehen#ion% Ne6t/ di#!u##ion for the module"#

ta2# on the #ite 0a# addre##ed% Man, felt that the, 0ere di;!ult

to

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navigate/ and I a!tuall, !hanged the tem-late to one that had a

vi#ual #im-li!it,% The re#t of the !onver#ation 0a# for the

a--roval of the #ele!tion of the re#our!e#/ and ho0 it gave in#ight

into man, -ha#e# of the II era that mo#t #tudent# 0ere not

a0are of% Thi# 0a# im-ortant to me/ a# I have al0a,# #truggled

0ith the a2ilit, to -rovide in#tru!tional material that I deem age

a--ro-riate% All of the -arti!i-ant# from #outh *eorgia felt that

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not onl, 0a# it age a--ro-riate/ 2ut that it -rovided the rigor that

i# ne!e##ar, for -u#hing #tudent# to evaluate and #,nthe#i4e their

o-inion#%

  All eight -arti!i-ant# are -eer# in the elementar, 1eld of

edu!ation tea!hing grade# from third to 1fth% +even have

advan!ed degree# 0ith four having +-e!iali#t# of Edu!ation

degree#/ and three ha# their Ma#ter# in Edu!ation% T0o have

o2tained their *ifted Endor#ement#/ and one i# -ur#uing her

Online Tea!hing Endor#ement% The, all are intere#ted in the

te!hnologi!al a#-e!t of integration in the !la##room/ and mo#t of

the eight utili4e te!hnolog, element# from the I=ad and +mart

>oard to a--li!ation# and e2 '%? tool# that are availa2le for their

#!hool and #!hool di#tri!t%

  Thi# ha# 2een an intere#ting and in#tru!tional element of thi#

!la##/ and I have learned man, a#-e!t# of online edu!ation that I

0ill utili4e in the future% In -arti!ular/ it ha# o-ened m, e,e# to

the amount of -re-aration and re#ear!h that goe# into the

develo-ment of a highl, #tru!tured and fun!tional online learning

module% For thi# alone/ I have gro0n a# an in#tru!tor and a# a

#tudent%

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