A few days ago I wrote, "one value I have embraced is designing ways participation and outcomes in my MOOC can't be measured." Terry Freedman considers this approach to evaluation and somewhat agrees with it. It's true that "you have to come up with various criteria that can, in theory, be measured and which, also in theory, actually matter," he writes, but "you can end up being so focused on measurable criteria that you miss really important stuff — because you weren't looking for it." Exactly. He concludes, though, "you still need to satisfy the bean-counters." Maybe the bean-counters might come up with a worthwhile evaluation criterion, but it seems so unlikely, especially if they're aiming for something that can be applied generally or universally.
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