ABSTRACT
Evaluation is a crucial part of instructional design. As we discussed in Chapter 9, evaluation is a process that allows for data to be gathered that help determine the level of success of someone or the worth of something. In instructional design, a major purpose of evaluation is to help determine how successful a learner has been as a result of participating in instruction. This type of evaluation is called “learner evaluation.” Although learner evaluation is extremely important, there are two other important evaluation types: formative and summative. These two types concentrate on the instructional design process and the instruction developed as a result of the process. This chapter’s focus is on defining formative and summative evaluations, describing specific approaches of instructional design experts, and how formative and summative evaluations can be designed and implemented.
