The BiLinked project will be accompanied by a research-oriented evaluation throughout the entire project. The evaluation focuses on the perspectives of students and teaching staff, instructors, lectures on the design and implementation of innovative digital teaching/learning formats. With the help of various instruments, the experiences from the project-related courses are documented, jointly reflected upon and evaluated. The focus lies on the following topics: self-learning, collaboration, practice and project orientation with digital media.
Furthermore, the interdisciplinary cooperation in the development of digital teaching/learning formats (Communities of Practice) as well as support services for students and teaching staff, instructors, lectures (Digital Learning Lab, Student Participation and Collaboration, Legal Advice) will be considered in the evaluation. On this basis, recommendations for the future design of teaching and learning with digital media, the curricular anchoring of the digital teaching/learning formats developed in the context of the project, and the expansion of digital infrastructures at Bielefeld University will be developed.
The evaluation measures and instruments presented below, as well as the insights into the previous evaluation results, are divided into two project phases: 'Project Phase 1: October 2021-July 2024' and 'Project Phase 2: August 2024-December 2025'.
The research-oriented evaluation in the BiLinked project addresses both media pedagogical and higher education strategic issues:
The evaluation in the project BiLinked combines evaluation formats with a descriptive character with the aim of documenting concepts, measures and offers as well as evaluation formats with a reflexive character with the aim of analyzing individual experiences, perspectives and assessments. It works according to the formulated goals and questions with different formative and summative evaluation measures.
In the project extension, the following thematic focuses are at the center of the evaluation:
These will be addressed using the ongoing evaluation measures and instruments from the first project phase, as well as new evaluation measures and instruments supplemented according to the thematic focuses.
During the course of the project so far, the following thematic focuses have been at the center:
These have been addressed using the following evaluation measures and instruments.
The results from the evaluation in the "BiLinked" project are based on the previously mentioned evaluation instruments and measures. These have been summarized as part of the completion of "Project Phase 1: October 2021-July 2024." The project report details the objectives and dimensions, the key findings, and the conclusions drawn from them.