Learning at a Distance in South Dakota: Description and Evaluation of the Diffusion of a Distance Education.

Autor/inn/en	Simonson, Michael; Bauck, Tamara
Titel	Learning at a Distance in South Dakota: Description and Evaluation of the Diffusion of a Distance Education.
Quelle	(2001), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affiliated Schools; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Uses in Education; Cooperative Programs; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Distance Education; Educational Development; Educational Planning; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Program Evaluation; School Districts; State Programs; South Dakota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Computernutzung; Auswertung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsplanung; Unterrichtsmedien; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; School district; Schulbezirk; Regierungsprogramm; South-Dakota
Abstract	One major component of the efforts to promote the use of technology and distance education in South Dakota and specifically of Phase III of the Connecting the Schools Project-an initiative announced in the spring of 1999 by Governor Janklow that built a statewide intranet among all 176 school districts--was a comprehensive evaluation activity. The process of evaluation included active participation in the project by evaluators, collection of quantitative and qualitative data, and submission of several comprehensive evaluation reports. The overall evaluation plan was built around the AEIOU approach (Fortune & Keith, 1992; Sweeney 1995; Sorensen, 1996). The AEIOU evaluation process provides a framework for identifying key questions related to the project's implementation. This approach has five components that permit examination of the Phase III of the Connecting the Schools Project from a number of different perspectives: accountability; effectiveness; impact; organizational context; and unanticipated consequences. Interviews, focus groups, journals, and surveys that asked for narrative information were used to identify interesting and potentially important consequences of implementing the Project. The goal of the evaluation effort was to provide leaders in the state of South Dakota with information about the implementation of the distance learning infrastructure phase of the Connecting the Schools Project. Results are discussed in this paper in terms of the five components, and suggestions that were identified as a result of the evaluation are provided. (Contains 10 references.) (AEF)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC