75// Evaluation and the Judgement of "What Is" against "What Should Be" with Dr. David Williams

Today’s guest is my father Dr. David Williams. Dr. Williams is an emeritus professor from the Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University where he conducted and studied evaluations of teaching and learning in various settings. He currently serves as a missionary with his wife Denise for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints.Today we discuss: Everything Evaluation, what it is, and all of the moving parts associated with itThe difference between evaluation, measurement, and assessment Dr. Williams’ 10 part evaluation model, along with multiple examples ResourcesDr. Williams Evaluation Model (image): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VEGkVJMQYoJRX2SP4iSEVd8wqYtaRvRQ/view?usp=sharing Seven North American Evaluation Pioneers (Book) https://books.google.com/books/about/Seven_North_American_Evaluation_Pioneers.html?id=8HpTDAAAQBAJ Twenty-Nine Evaluation Lives (Book) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev.20273 Dr. Williams blog with entries about various individual evaluation lives: https://evaluationlives.blogspot.com/2017/08/introduction-and-invitation.html?m=1Dr. Williams Qualitative Inquiry book (open access) mentioned in the end of our conversation - https://edtechbooks.org/qualitativeinquiryInterview with Dr. Bonnie Beresford (episode 44) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797613/8659885Interview with Megan Torrence (episode 63) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797613/8659853 Interview with Sam Whitney (episode 26) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797613/8659853Interview with Beth Wilkins (episode 49) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797613/8659879 Malcolm Gladwell and testing (podcast episode) https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/puzzle-rush/ Join the conversation on the LX Leader LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/learning-experience-leader-podcast Support the show

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