Major components of evaluation plan

Reeding: Reeves, T. & Hedberg, J. (2003). Interactive learning systems evaluation (pp. 69-78).

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.

An evaluation plan is usually a written document that spells out the "who, what, when, where, why, and how" of an evaluation effort.

Advantages of evaluation plan;

- the process of preparing a plan helps you understand the size and scope of an evaluation project. meaning timeline and reasonable budget

- the planning process gives you an opportunity to establish good rapport with your clients (the people paying for the evaluation) and other audiences (any people who may use the information provided by the evaluation for decision making).

Major components of evaluation plan

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Purposes

4. Audiences

5. Decisions

6. Questions

7. Methods

8. Sample

9. Instrumentation

10. Limitations

11. Logistics

12. Timeline

13. Budget

Background

This section describes any information that is needed to provide the reader with an understanding of the background of the interactive learning system being evaluated.

Purposes

This section thoroughly describes the purposes of the evaluation.

Audiences

This section specifies all the primary and secondary audiences or consumers of the evaluation.

Decisions

This section is the most difficult part of a plan to prepare, but it should be included if the evaluation is to have meaningful impact on decision making.

Questions

A key element of a sound evaluation plan is careful specification of the questions to be addressed by the evaluation design and data collection methods.

Methods

The "Methods" section describes the overall evaluation design and data collection strategies to be employed in your evaluation.

Sample

This section specifies exactly which learners, instructors, experts, and other personnel will participate in the evaluation.