We are now in the final module of our Program Inquiry and Evaluation course. It has been an interesting semester learning about the various forms of evaluation use and program design. When I read Facilitating the Use of Evaluations by Sara Vaca this week, it calmed my nerves that after five years of evaluation she… Read More PME 802 – Final Steps of Program Evaluation Design
In Module 2, we have been tasked with constructing a program theory- theory of action and theory of change-and rationalizing it. It has been a bit of daunting task as there seem to be so many theories and templates, but I remain passionate about my evaluation project. To clarify previous posts, my program evaluation is… Read More PME 802 – Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science
On September 22nd, I wrote a post on the program I wish to evaluate. It was fairly general and I received quite a few responses in our online educational community about it. The feedback was positive on the topic, and there were questions about co-op vs. internship as well as professional input on the effectiveness… Read More PME 802 – Focusing My Evaluation
Welcome to my PME 802 program evaluation design (PED) process. After exploring the Ontario Ministry of Education website for examples, I have decided to evaluate internship programs and the benefits of them to students. My combination of the stream in the Master of Education program (classroom specialist) and my personal interest in inspiring students led me to… Read More PME 802 – Program Evaluation Design
I have had the opportunity to walk through the doors of Loyalist College on many occasions. As a child, I entered the college as the daughter of two alumni; my Dad was also instructing at the college part-time. After graduating from Queen’s, I decided to attend the post-grad public relations program. While I didn’t think… Read More Walking Through The Door
Today I began my next course in my Master of Education: PME 801 – Collaborative Inquiry. Our first task was to share a little “about me” as a collaborator. This was my response: I dabbled on the idea of doing a multitude of different technological projects for this, but in the end I settled with… Read More About Me as a Collaborator
This blog is part of a four week series for my Professional Master of Education class on self-regulated learning. The project is to pick a long-term goal (distal) and break it down into short-term goals (proximal). For my goal I selected the following: My goal is to begin the process of developing my teaching manual;… Read More Final Product – Week Four
This blog is part of a four week series for my Professional Master of Education class on self-regulated learning. The project is to pick a long-term goal (distal) and break it down into short-term goals (proximal). For my goal I selected the following: My goal is to begin the process of developing my teaching manual;… Read More A Rough Draft – Week Three
This blog is part of a four week series for my Professional Master of Education class on self-regulated learning. The project is to pick a long-term goal (distal) and break it down into short-term goals (proximal). For my goal I selected the following: My goal is to begin the process of developing my teaching manual;… Read More Developing Outline – Week Two
This blog is part of a four week series for my Professional Master of Education class on self-regulated learning. The project is to pick a long-term goal (distal) and break it down into short-term goals (proximal). For my goal I selected the following: My goal is to begin the process of developing my teaching manual;… Read More Time of Reflection – Week One
