PROJECT EAGLE II, "online learning project"
EVALUATION PLAN
St. Petersburg College is committed to both formative and summative evaluation
of project objectives throughout the period of Eagle II. Recall that one of
the six key objectives of Eagle II is to define and disseminate information
on best practices and focus on crafting a system for assessing the quality and
effectiveness of online courses.
There are multiple layers of evaluation across the key aspects of the program.
The College will evaluate the need for new course development (and revision
of existing courses). The results of the templates and checklists developed
will serve as benchmarks for program assessment.
Funds have been set aside for the services of an external evaluator; technical
consultants are expected to assist us with both ongoing research on programs
and outcomes, and with broad-based electronic dissemination of research questions
and findings.
Furthermore the College is very fortunate to have identified a highly qualified
Project Coordinator for Eagle II, Dr. Jennifer Lechner. Dr. Lechner has been
in the field of higher education since 1984; she received her doctorate in Higher
Education in 1995. She became Project Eagle I Coordinator during its final year,
learning its financial, organizational and operational intricacies, which will
be essential knowledge to properly direct the research and evaluation aspects
of Project Eagle II.
In addition to the Eagle II-specific evaluations, all College programs and activities
take part in the ongoing, College-wide unit plan review process which calls
for an annual examination of objectives, accomplishments, and a cycle of planning
that takes the results of evaluation and incorporates them into the next iteration
of objective-setting. The “bottom-line” of Project Eagle II is that
by the end of the funding period, the College will have created a variety of
new courses, materials, programming and learning objects (and revised current
ones) that will greatly expand access to educational opportunities in Pinellas
County and beyond. There are multiple processes in place and proposed to monitor
success in achieving that goal.
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