The evaluation of online courses
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- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
- Vol. 16 (3) , 259-270
Abstract
Abstract Given the special characteristics of online courses, their quantitative/qualitative evaluation calls for the adoption of specific procedures to assess both the learning process and the participant performance. This paper seeks to shed light on the aspects and issues involved in the evaluation of online courses, focusing on the peculiarities that distinguish such evaluation from that of traditional distance education. Subsequently, a methodological approach will be proposed that was developed and tested during evaluation of online courses for in‐service teacher training and for training of staff in small and medium‐sized enterprises.Keywords
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