Evaluating Technology-Supported Teaching Learning: A Catalyst to Organizational Change |
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| Authors: | Mike Dobson Janet McCracken William Hunter |
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| Institution: | 1. Western Carolina University , Cullowhee, NC, USA jlebaron@email.wcu.edu;3. Western Carolina University , Cullowhee, NC, USA |
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| Abstract: | Lessons Learned1 1 The name of the project was deliberately chosen to focus attention on the organizational learned outcomes expected from the initiative. The paper makes an adjective from the project title to form, lessons learned team, lessons learned project and lessons learned materials. This was a feature of the project and we hope it does not distract the reader. was a provincially funded educational technology project based at the University of Calgary in Canada. Within a broader technology-enhanced learning program, Lessons Learned set out to provide project development support, evaluation support, and dissemination mechanisms. The paper describes some of the resources and communication structures provided. A short case study reviews the benefit of the approach through the experience of evaluating a virtual reality multimedia toolkit developed for use in biological science. We make several observations about the role of evaluation as a catalyst to improved teaching and learning as well as its contribution to desirable organizational change. |
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| Keywords: | leadership change transformation technology teaching learning |
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