Evaluation of the Netbook trial
Staff
P. Griffin, E. Care, J. Pettigrew
The study is designed to:
- monitor the effectiveness of the trial of the netbooks;
- involve a process of continuous monitoring and reporting over the period of the trial;
- involve assessment of the effectiveness of the netbooks in making progress towards achieving student, teacher, school and system objectives;
- assess the trial program’s implementation strategy and identify procedures to facilitate any further rollout of the devices across schools;
- collect benchmark data to assist in the measurement of the netbook’s effectiveness on a range of criteria;
- identify opportunities for improvement over a two year period;
- adopt a participatory approach that will support the active involvement of the DEECD Project Team and school-based stakeholders;
- implement a reporting schedule for trial schools to report to the team at several points over a two-year period regarding their use of the netbooks to facilitate and identify opportunities for continuous improvement of the implementation.
Funding Source
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development