Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Background

Anamarie and Rebecca created blogs regarding evaluation and decided to collaborate and combine research to create questions that are meaningful and relevant for evaluation purposes.

Rebecca's previous focus was to find an evaluation tool for systematic measurement of podcasts to ensure they are timely and effective for the end users?

Anamarie's previous question was How do we know that podcasts contribute quality to professional development? Anamarie also considered: How are podcasts intended to be used as part of quality professional development? How do we know that podcasts are being utilized the way they were intended in quality professional development? and How do we know that podcasts contribute quality to professional development?

Essential Questions

1. What are some benefits to using, or learning to use, this technology . . . for yourself? . . . for the end user?

2. How will you and how could you know if the end user has or hasn't benefitted from what you are trying to do with the Podcast?