Evaluation: Proposal and Challenges

For this lab, select a learning game (from the list below or choose your own), and propose an evaluation methodology. You should include in your plan:

What knowledge are you measuring? What are the educational objectives?
How will you assess learning? (for example, pre and post test, attitude measurement, interview?)
Who will you measure the learning of?
What will be the evaluation environment... in the homes of the evaluator? self report on a form online?
How will you be sure the learning occurred from the game itself?

Remember, you are evaluating the learning, not the popularity of the game or the interface. Finally, be prepared to discuss in your response paper (due next week) the challenges related to your evaluation plan. What are you not able to measure? How can your evaluation give inaccurate or invalid results? What is more important than developing the "ideal" evaluation plan is understanding the ways in which any evaluation will fall short.

Possible sites:

Food Label Reading: Nutrition Decision
Pedophile Prevention: Ditto's KeepSafe Adventure
Kids' Nutrition: Feed the Monster
Physics: Kinetic City
Geography: one of the games from National Geographic
Moving more and eating less: one of the games from Kidnetic


Scope and Objectives	Projects and Assignments	Required Readings and Games	Schedule	Instructor & Participants
Evaluation: Proposal and Challenges For this lab, select a learning game (from the list below or choose your own), and propose an evaluation methodology. You should include in your plan: What knowledge are you measuring? What are the educational objectives? How will you assess learning? (for example, pre and post test, attitude measurement, interview?) Who will you measure the learning of? What will be the evaluation environment... in the homes of the evaluator? self report on a form online? How will you be sure the learning occurred from the game itself? Remember, you are evaluating the learning, not the popularity of the game or the interface. Finally, be prepared to discuss in your response paper (due next week) the challenges related to your evaluation plan. What are you not able to measure? How can your evaluation give inaccurate or invalid results? What is more important than developing the "ideal" evaluation plan is understanding the ways in which any evaluation will fall short. Possible sites: Food Label Reading: Nutrition Decision Pedophile Prevention: Ditto's KeepSafe Adventure Kids' Nutrition: Feed the Monster Physics: Kinetic City Geography: one of the games from National Geographic Moving more and eating less: one of the games from Kidnetic