Introducing Evaluation The final stage of the ADDIE model has arrived. Evaluation has been reached. Yet, is it the end? Evaluation is an integral part of the ADDIE model, but it is also an integrated part. In this chapter, evaluation itself will be evaluated, and by the end of this chapter you will be able to: Summarize the theoretical foundations of evaluation and its application. Define evaluation. Categorize tasks roles within the three types of evaluation. Explain the process of evaluation and its role within instructional design. Recognize leaders in the domain of evaluation. Develop a plan for ongoing evaluation in an instructional design project. Figure 1: ADDIE Model of Design (Fav203, 2012) Why do we evaluate? Evaluation helps us to determine whether our instructional implementation was effective in meeting our goals. As you can see in figure 1, evaluation sits at the center of the ADDIE model, and it provides feedback to all stages of the process to continually imp...
Implementation Phase of the ADDIE Model Formative assessment The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments: o help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work o help faculty recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately Formative assessments are generally low stakes , which means that they have low or no point value. Examples of formative assessments include asking students to: o draw a concept map in class to represent their understanding of a topic o submit one or two sentences identifying the main point of a lecture o turn in a research proposal for early feedback. ¹ Formative ...