http://jiscpm.jiscanswers.org daily 1 2009-05-27T11:09:10Z http://jiscpm.jiscanswers.org/questions/evaluating-project-outputs/hi-jackie-if-you-are-looking-to-ev <p>Hi Jackie - if you are looking to evaluate the product from the project perspective, wouldn't this be more about metrics that relate to its usage and distribution? Metrics relating to quality could simply be that x respondents 'rated the object as good or excellent'</p> <p>If however you are trying to find out more about the value that users place on the content, then I'd favour a simple free text commenting and rating system. I've always thought that surveys have a habit of channeling responses rather than encourgaing free thought.</p> <p>Just a thought...</p> No publisher James Toon James Toon 2009-10-28T11:02:18Z Answer http://jiscpm.jiscanswers.org/questions/evaluating-project-outputs/just-a-thought-may-be-an-approach <p>Just a thought - may be an approach you could adopt could be based on an information literacy approach to validating resources&nbsp; looking at this Berkeley site gave me the idea http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html e.g. audience (is it aimed at particularly learners), is it up-to-date etc, guidance of reuse and whether this adequated reflected in the metadata. Another important issue is accessibility e.g. are there text alternatives for audio and video material.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> No publisher Vicki McGarvey Vicki McGarvey 2009-10-29T12:58:16Z Answer http://jiscpm.jiscanswers.org/questions/evaluating-project-outputs/jackie-ive-been-waiting-to-see-if-y <p>Jackie</p> <p>I've been waiting to see if you got any further replies before I added my thoughts. In our Project Team we included a team member who had a very good knowledge of 'research methods' and who had a deep understanding of user engagement tools etc. If you are still looking for advice maybe you could e-mail me at paul.mayes@gmail.com and we can see if we can help.</p> No publisher Paul Mayes Paul Mayes 2009-11-12T12:14:10Z Answer