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February 19th, 2008

Evaluation of E-Learning

Attwell, Graham

Pontydysgu, 2007

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This guide has been produced as a report on the work of the Models and Instruments for the evaluation of e-learning and ICT supported learning (E-VAL) project. The project took place between 2002 and 2005 and was sponsored by the European Commission Leonardo da Vinci programme. The project was coordinated by Pontydysgu from Wales.

Searching, Lurking and the Zone of Proximal Development - E-Learning in Small and Medium Enterprises in Europe

Attwell, Graham

navreme | publications, 2007

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Over the past few years, there has been increasing interest in the potential uses of Information and Communication technologies for learning in Small and Medium Enterprises. This focus stems from the realisation of the importance of SMEs in sustainable economic development and in the development of regional economies. At the same time, the increasing importance of information and knowledge in the production process and in stimulating innovation has pointed to the importance of continuing education and learning for SMEs. However, most research and surveys have shown that SMEs have only a limited capacity and participation in continuing education and training. Furthermore, the limited available research suggests SMEs are slow to implement new computer based technologies.

A Project Manager’s Guide to Evaluation

Hughes, Jenny and Nieuwenhuis, Loek

ITB Institute Technology and Education, 2005

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Evaluation is becoming an increasingly important activity in project manage- ment. The emphasis placed on evaluation by policy makers, funding bodies, strategists and practitioners is at an all time high. The cycle of innovating, piloting, evaluating and refining together with dissemination of the process and its outcomes is a widely accepted model of development. Yet many project managers are unclear about what evaluation actually means and, more im- portantly, how do they do it in practice.

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    Researching education and training: Notes on cultural approaches
    (2000)

    This paper examines the need for new tools for analysis and for an extended exploration of the functions of vocational education and training within society. Given the paucity of analytical tools available for interpreting comparative VET studies, it is proposed to develop or ‘borrow and adapt tools drawn from a wider range of sciences than in the past. In particular, it is necessary to generate analytical tools which consider not only the nature, aims and practice of VET research but also its values, its meanings and its relationship to VET practice. Such an analytical tool must also be sophisticated enough to take into account the context within which VET operates in the different societies of Europe. From this viewpoint it is suggested that tools and approaches drawn from cultural sciences, in particular Fregeian semantics, Marxism, semiotics, pragmatism,post-structuralism and super-structuralism may prove a fruitful area for VET research. The final section of this essay will provide some examples of these tools and suggest possible lines for further enquiry and analysis.
    A Project Manager’s Guide to Evaluation
    (2005)

    Evaluation is becoming an increasingly important activity in project manage- ment. The emphasis placed on evaluation by policy makers, funding bodies, strategists and practitioners is at an all time high. The cycle of innovating, piloting, evaluating and refining together with dissemination of the process and its outcomes is a widely accepted model of development. Yet many project managers are unclear about what evaluation actually means and, more im- portantly, how do they do it in practice.