Evaluation Report of the Course for Distance Education Policy-Makers in Southern Africa

Abstract

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) contracted the writer of this report to evaluate the online course for policy-makers working in open and distance learning (ODL) institutions in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Specifically, the contract required the writer to determine whether the online course met course participants’ needs (i.e., increasing their understanding and knowledge of policy development processes) and whether the delivery strategies were efficient and effective. The writer was required to focus on the worthiness of the two aspects of course delivery: that is, online delivery using the Internet (e-mail facility and the CD-ROM) and the one-week face-to-face workshop in Maputo, Mozambique