Participatory evaluation

Implications for improving electronic learning and teaching approaches

Bibliographic Data

ID19379625
AuthorsRobyn Benson (Monash University, corresponding author), Gayani Samarawickrema (0000-0003-4091-7027, Deakin University), Margaret O’Connell (0000-0001-6001-4082, University of Canberra)
Year2009
Volume34
Issue6
Pages709-720
Publication date2009-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAssessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0260-2938 • E-ISSN: 1469-297X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02602930802474201
OpenAlexW2159353316
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

This paper examines the participatory approach used by a group of academic support staff in evaluating an academic professional development resource designed to support e‐learning and teaching. The resource, titled Designing Electronic Learning and Teaching Approaches (DELTA), showcases examples of electronic learning and teaching approaches developed at Monash University, Australia. The evaluation included individual and collective reflection, dialogue and action, drawing on the features of participatory action research. This paper explores the value of this critically reflective, participatory approach for evaluation to improve the use of new learning technologies, demonstrating how it provided a clear decision‐making framework for iterative improvement of the DELTA site by identifying consensus items for action and recording other items for later consideration, while also contributing to team members' own professional development.

Citizen journalism · Educational technology · Electronic learning · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Teaching method · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Online and Blended Learning · Psychology

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