::4th week:: WEB EVALUATION...

For this week, we have learned and discussed deeply on web evaluation. Regarding to my reading on a few models of interaction design, some of them include evaluation steps in their models? IS EVALUATION SO IMPORTANT??well, we will discuss more in here my friends....

According to the lecture by Dr Dayang, web evaluation can be divided into two. There are FORMATIF evaluation and SUMATIF evaluation.

Before going further, why we need those evaluation??Hmm...in my point of view, evaluation is important to make sure that the web has quality content and the web is usable due it become the main resource of learning nowadays.

Okay, now we move on to FORMATIVE evaluation.

Formative evaluation must has been done along the process of web development. This type of evaluation typically examines process rather than product. It is evaluated by the experts or the developer himself of herself. It is done with a small group of people to "test run" various aspects of instructional materials.

For example, you might ask a friend to look over your web pages to see if they are graphically pleasing, if there are errors you've missed, if it has navigational problems. It's like having someone look over your shoulder during the development phase to help you catch things that you miss, but a fresh set of eye might not. At times, you might need to have this help from a target audience. For example, if you're designing learning materials for Form 1 students, you should have Form 1 students as part of your Formative Evaluation.

Hmm...but, how learning assessment can differentiate between these two evaluations?Hmm...For example, you might assess an entire class of students, but you are assess them individually to see how each did.


In the other hand, SUMATIF evaluation involve the evaluation at the end of the process and evaluated by the end users. This evaluation is more focus on the outcome of the web...

For example, did the learners learn what they were supposed to learn after using the instructional module. In a sense, it lets the learner know "how they did," but more importantly, by looking at how the learner's did, it helps you know whether the product teaches what it is supposed to teach.

Moreover, in terms of learning assessment in SUMATIF evaluation, it look at more than one learner's performance to see how well a group did on a learning task that utilized specific learning materials and methods. By looking at the group, the instructional designer can evaluate the learning materials and learning process.