Evaluating a course

Planning, preparing and delivering courses can be stimulating, enjoyable, or just plain hard work. The important point for educators is, how successful has the course been? Did the learners learn anything? How can you tell? This user-friendly guide examines many evaluation issues surrounding the learner and the course itself. The authors show how to go about planning for evaluation, the place of different types of assessment, what the results of evaluation might mean, and how to use those results constructively. Practical advice is given on such topics as:Formal assessment Qualitative assessment The iterative evaluation cycle Evaluation for learner improvement