This is the third course offered as part of the Program Evaluation Series. The Program Evaluation Series is intended to provide educators and administrators with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to participate in and lead program evaluation activities at their organization.
Registration fee: $150.00
Upcoming Dates: This course is not being offered at this time.
Delivered by Wyetta Bontempo, Ph.D., Founder and Principal Consultant with Mountain Measurement, Inc. More info about the faculty members teaching this course is available in the faculty section of the "Find out More" page.
Prerequisites and Target Audience
There are no prerequisites to attend this course. The first part of this course is targeted to educators new to evaluating student engagement. The second part of this course is targeted to educators interested in leveraging LMS technology to evaluate student engagement.
Purpose
The purpose of the course is to prepare educators to evaluate student engagement as part of their course and program evaluation activities.
Learning Outcomes
The objectives of the course are as follows. Upon course completion, participants will be able to:
- Evaluate an individual student’s level of engagement in a learning activity
- Evaluate an individual student’s level of engagement in a course
- Evaluate student engagement for a course
- Evaluate student engagement for a program
Format
Course 335 is delivered as a 3-hour synchronous, web-based experience which includes a 2.5 hour lecture and a 30-minute Question and Answer session. Participants are expected to independently complete a 30-minute end-of-course assessment immediately after the course concludes.
Continuing Education
3.5 contact hours are awarded through the Alabama Board of Nursing (Provider Number ABNP1516 Expires 2/4/2025) to all individuals completing the course and the end-of-course assessment.
Topics
The topics covered during the Program Evaluation 335 Course are:
- Student engagement terminology
- Student engagement factors
- Student learning models
- Sources of student engagement data found in an LMS
- Converting student engagement data sources into useable metrics
- Non-LMS assessments available to measure student engagement
- Defining individual student success with engagement
- Defining course/program success with engagement
- Analyzing student engagement data
- Interpreting student engagement data
