Pilot Testing and Revision of the Module

Abstract: This module outlines in detail a pilot testing model that is an iterative process, that is it is used to continually revise the module until the students can successfully master the specified objectives.


Estimated Working Time: 10 minutes


Prerequisites:


This is the final module in the systematic design of modular instruction:

  • Objectives
  • Criterion Test Items
  • Prerequisites
  • Sequencing of Instruction and Selection of Media
    Pilot Testing and Revision of the Module


    Target Audience: Although this module deals specifically with evaluating a module, the explanations presented here are geared to anyone – faculty, TAs, faculty developers, instructional designers, educational administrators, etc. – who would like to pilot test any of their instructional materials.


    Name of the author of the module and her collaborators:

    Elizabeth Campbell, Instructional Designer, Centre for e-Learning, University of Ottawa
    Patricia Ambroise, Web Developer, Centre for e-Learning, University of Ottawa
    Steve Rokeby, Graphic Artist, Centre for e-Learning, University of Ottawa
    Sébastien Leduc, Programmer – Teaching/Learning Activities Support, Centre for Mediated Teaching and Learning, University of Ottawa