Evaluating The Acceptance Of An Innovative Learning Design Environment Within Communities Of Practitioners

Abstract The METIS project intends to foster innovation in the educational systems by providing educators with an innovative environment, called Integrated Learning Design Environment (ILDE), and a workshop ‘format’ for training educators in using the ILDE to support effective learning design practices. A crucial project activity is the evaluation of whether and to what extent both the ILDE and the workshops actually meet the real needs of their users. This paper provides an extensive overview of the literature in the field and illustrates the evaluation model developed by METIS to assess both the workshops and the ILDE, to evaluate the degree of acceptance of this innovative environment within a number of communities of practice of prospective target users in the field of learning design.

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