Week 3 Assignment
a) Boulmetis & Dutwin use three guiding questions to lead us in resolving the question of why to evaluate:
• What are the benefits and limitations of an evaluation?
• What factors ensure that an evaluation will be successful?
• How might one use evaluation results?
• What are the benefits and limitations of an evaluation?
• What factors ensure that an evaluation will be successful?
• How might one use evaluation results?
Answer the three questions above as they apply to the following scenario. (200-400 words in 1-2-3 order or use an alternative way to answer.)
Rich Kids, Poor Kids
The Maricopa Community College District (MCCD) partnered with Cashflow Technologies, Inc., to design and deliver a course in financial literacy. The course is based on the products - books, games, and videos - created and sold by the company. Components in the course include training sessions for future course instructors and seminars at which attendees play the Cashflow game. MCCD commissioned an evaluation of the program to verify its value to students and the community. In addition, Cashflow Technologies is exploring the possibility of marketing the educational program to educational institutions throughout the nation so an educational evaluation of the program should lend it credibility. Cashflow Technologies has been producing the materials for three years. The course was offered for the first time during the fall 2011 semester. No training sessions or seminars have been performed.
The Maricopa Community College District (MCCD) partnered with Cashflow Technologies, Inc., to design and deliver a course in financial literacy. The course is based on the products - books, games, and videos - created and sold by the company. Components in the course include training sessions for future course instructors and seminars at which attendees play the Cashflow game. MCCD commissioned an evaluation of the program to verify its value to students and the community. In addition, Cashflow Technologies is exploring the possibility of marketing the educational program to educational institutions throughout the nation so an educational evaluation of the program should lend it credibility. Cashflow Technologies has been producing the materials for three years. The course was offered for the first time during the fall 2011 semester. No training sessions or seminars have been performed.
The program will be evaluated by students in Educational Technology at Boise State University. The evaluators have access to sales information for the products, student performance data from the course, and contact information for the students and instructors. The budget for the evaluation is $6,000.
b) Look back at the assignment you did last week. You described a potential program for your evaluation project. Now having read chapter two, you can answer these questions in reference to that evaluation:
1. Would the program you detailed in Chapter One benefit from an evaluation? If so, how?
2. What are the inherent limitations in the evaluation of the program?
3. How might you use the results to benefit the organization, community, schools, or yourself?
2. What are the inherent limitations in the evaluation of the program?
3. How might you use the results to benefit the organization, community, schools, or yourself?
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