User talk:Joshp

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Evaluation
I'm not sure which direction you are heading with evaluation, but there are some resources at Instructional design/Evaluation that you might find useful. It's still a work in progress, but there may be something there you can salvage. Let me know if you need any assistance, Wiki-wise. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 02:08, 10 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Right now I'm using the Engineering school as a model and trying to build up the framework for the School of Evaluation Joshp (discuss • contribs) 02:12, 10 March 2014 (UTC)


 * We tend to have two different types of approaches at Wikiversity: Top-down people who have a vision for what could be, but not enough time to develop it, and bottom-up people who have a great vision for a particular course, but don't tie it into the bigger overall picture of available content. School:Engineering is a reasonable example to follow.  Just don't give yourself the impression that you need to have anything that extensive in order to have something useful and functional.  A couple of good courses on evaluation supported by a school to discuss them would be much more valuable than a big school design and no content to go with it.


 * One other thing before you get too far down the road. The School: and Topic: namespace are for organization and discussion of content, but not content itself.  The content should be in the main (no prefix) namespace.  And we're trying to put lessons beneath the course that supports them.  For example, Evaluation Theories should have Evaluation Theories/ or Evaluation Theories/ .  All of the lessons or content for the course can be organized under the course.  It makes finding and navigating the content much easier, because back-links are built in.  Take a look at Computer Support as one example of how this can be structured.  There are many other examples, some with top navigation, some with bottom navigation in different formats.


 * Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 04:06, 10 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks Dave; are these hierarchies built simply by the tags put in at the end of the article, or does where I start make a difference for which namespace it is under? – Joshp (discuss • contribs) 18:04, 15 March 2014 (UTC)


 * A School: namespace article would start with School:. It does make a difference.  Only articles that don't have a namespace are accessible in a standard search.  Until you know you need a different namespace, it is best not to use one.  Regarding structure, notice how Week 3 is now Evaluation Domains/Week 3.  This approach will keep all of the Evaluation Domains content together.  Thanks!  -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:30, 15 March 2014 (UTC)


 * So I would link it as Evaluation Domains/Week 3]? - No! You can use a /, as in: [[/Week 3/> - ] brilliant! I was looking for a way to quickly create a page within a specific hierarchy! – Now, I think there should be a dictionary for the terminology used in these courses, along with lots of disambiguation pages, to deal with the specialized terminology that will be used. Is this an acceptable use for Wikiversity, and does it require a new namespace? Thanks! Joshp (discuss • contribs) 19:45, 15 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I would recommend creating a dictionary for Evaluation Domains at Evaluation Domains/Terminology, or using /Terminology/ from the Evaluation Domains page. The temptation to create a lot of root pages and disambiguations should be avoided.  Because everything can be created under Evaluation Domains, there's no confusion, because the content is tied to this learning project.  I could see a disambiguation page specifically for Evaluations that might link to this learning project and some of the other projects under Instructional design, but that's about it.  Keep up the good work.  -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 20:47, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Renaming
I've moved Introduction to Evaluation Theories to Evaluation Theories. This helps other users find the content in a search. Searching for Introduction finds hundreds of introductions, and searching for Evaluation Theories by itself wouldn't find the introduction otherwise.

Likewise, Domains of Evaluation is now Evaluation Domains. There are many other kinds of domains. Starting with Evaluation gets people to the right one.

Finally, ‘Why Evaluation Theory is Who We Are’ is now Evaluation Theories/Why Evaluation Theory is Who We Are. We don't use quotes in titles, because no one would search with the quotes on it. Also, unless you are planning to create an entire course on Shaddish's 1998 message, the proper location for this article is under the course it supports.

Thanks! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 04:23, 10 March 2014 (UTC)