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Formative evaluations improve and develop the object being tested. By
examining the delivery of the program or technology it helps shaping
and reshaping it accordingly, the quality of its implementation, and the
assessment of the organisational context, personnel, procedures,
inputs 312 . Summative evaluations, according to McKavanagh et al, 313 .
“examine the effects or outcomes of an object; they summarise it by
describing what happens subsequent to delivery of the program or
technology, assessing whether the object can be said to have caused
the outcome, determining the overall impact of the causal factor beyond
only the immediate target outcomes, and estimating the relative costs
associated with the object”
For the purpose of this study both types were used. The formative
evaluation was used through the whole study for the purpose of
analysing and improving its performance, and at the later stage a
summative analysis was used to examine the outcome and the effect of
the VDS. Experience evaluation consists of the tools that the
researcher used to achieve the results and feedback.
For the final product the following scheme was used (see Figure 7.1):
Figure 7.1: Evaluation Scheme for VDS 3
312 William, M. K. (2006). Research Methods Knowledge Base.2 nd ed. Atomic Dog Publishing.
313 McKavanagh et al. (2001) ‘Evaluation of web-based flexible learning: findings and implications’. In:
9th International Conference on Post-compulsory Education and Training. Queensland, Australia.
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