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project, connections (to other projects, to the institution, to educational intentions of the institution,
etc.), management and organization concept, and other.
After this pre-design phase being assessed and approved, the phases of the system development life
cycle follow.
1. Analysis of the resources, subjects contents, readiness of the institution.
2. Design of author requirements, teaching and learning objectives, concept of the content,
specification of the study matter, teaching structure, teaching strategies and teaching forms
determination, learning management plan layout, specification of feedback mechanisms, learning
aids, instructional units, personal coverage and time schedule of the project, maintenance and
operation plan, operation and instruction termination.
3. Development involves assigning roles or tasks to developers, task definition and specification,
milestones and deadlines layout, development of the educational environment graphic design,
creation of instructional objects, subjects behaviour setup, individual components check up, study
supports completion, subject(s) complex check up, functionality verification before the pilot operation.
4. Implementation starts with experimental or pilot operation, followed by feedback adjustments and
preparation for routine operation, i.e. ensuring operation conditions, subject administration, student
activities evaluation. We must not leave out the project and its parts updates.
5. Evaluation of the project When evaluating an eLearning project it is necessary to distinguish the
evaluation of the project as a whole from the evaluation of the individual subjects. It is also essential
to distinguish evaluation from the executors’ point of view and those who participate in the project
implementation: learners, teachers, personnel concerned, etc.
For the evaluation of the project as a whole we analyse data acquired from evaluation materials, e.g.
study support evaluation reviews, but also the quality of the evaluation ‛secondary products’, for
example the content and composition of the study support evaluation form. In the final evaluation the
whole eLearning project construction view is also considerable, what will for example happen, if we
take out one of the subjects?
4.2 Evaluation phases
Individual phases of an eLearning project life cycle can be assigned with evaluation phases. In these
we determine:
Objectives of evaluation phase;
Activities necessary to be carried out and by whom, or who is responsible for their execution;
Input information are to be required for each of the activities;
Output information;
Measures of a feedback.
Table 2: Example of the eLearning project evaluation activities
eLearning
project phase
readiness of the
institution
analysis
curricular accord with the
educational
orientation of the
institution
technical functional
hardware,
software, internet
evaluation phase activity who performs it
(is responsible)
assess the
institution
comparison of
the content of
instruction with
the orientation
ICT requirements
with available
technologies
360
activity
inputs
manager comparison
of the
educational
technician,
manager
content
comparison
of ICT
equipment
activity outputs
evaluation
statement, e.g.
completed
checklist
evaluation
statement, e.g.
completed
checklist