Week+6+Application-Choosing+Data+Collection+Strategies

For this week’s Application, you will conduct two unstructured interviews as part of a program evaluation and then write a short report of your findings. The program being considered is this graduate program in Instructional Design and Technology (IDT). You are required to interview two fellow students separately. (Check the **Doc Sharing** area for interview assignments.) The objective of the interviews is to get their explanation for what they consider to be the most appropriate and effective data collection strategies for evaluating this IDT program.

Please use the colors code below to answer your questions Use the following color codes by clicking on the T (with the color palette) to change colors (feel free to change the color selections to your liking; this is done to get us started): Also please feel free to add your set off questions so the other members can email there answer to your Walden email account by Wednesday or Thursday, so we will have a chance to get the written assignment done dy Sunday.***

Cassandra Middleton Sonia.Mcphail Yvonne Musgrove

Cassandra's Questions: 1. Who do you consider to be the primary stakeholders in the ITD Program? What are the interests of these stakeholders? 2. Do you feel there are any minor stakeholders in the ITD Program? If so what are their interest in the program. 3. What would be your main purpose for conducting an evaluation of this program? 4. Based on the purpose of your evaluation what evaluation method would you use? 5. Provide at least 2-3 questions you would use in the evaluation. 6. What sources would you use for the evaluation? 7. What would be your sampling strategy? 8. What do you consider the most effective and appropriate way to collect your data?

Sonia Mc. Phail

1. Who are your stakeholders, and what are their interest in this evaluation?

2. What do you think is the purpose for evaluating the IDT program?

3. Explain why you think that that is the purpose.

4. Formulate 3 evaluation questions which reflect your focus?

5. Based on your questions: Indicate the most effective data collection:


 * design
 * sampling strategy
 * sources
 * methods

for the evaluation.

Yvonne's Questions:


 * How important are the methods and theories in an evaluation?


 * What steps should be taken before evaluating a program?


 * How important is data analysis collection in an evaluation? Explain.


 * What are some advantages of implementing an evaluation with the Quantiative and Qualitative methodologies?


 * Explain the importance of the buy-in of the stakeholder to the success of an evaluation?


 * What is defined as Formative and Summative Evaluations?


 * List some of the limitations.


 * What is the political implementation of an evaluation?


 * If using the mixed methods which 2 have you selecting for your evaluation assignment for this class.