How can the average educator who teaches online, without experience in evaluating emerging technologies, build on what is successful and modify what is not? Written for educators who feel ill-prepared when required to evaluate e-learning initiatives, "Evaluating e-Learning" offers step-by-step guidance for conducting an evaluation plan of elearning technologies. It builds on and adapts familiar research methodology to offer a robust and accessible approach to effectively evaluate a range of innovative initiatives, including those covered in other books in the connecting with e-learning series. This useful guide offers a multi-level approach that allows both beginners and experienced professionals to follow the level of text that suits their current needs. Practical applications discussed include: (1) how to develop broad evaluation questions; (2) how to use an evaluation framework; (3) how to determine the sources of data to be used; (4) how to develop an evaluation matrix; and (5) how to collect, analyze and interpret the data. Readers will find this jargon-free guide is a must-have resource that provides the proper tools for evaluating their own e-learning practices with ease. Following a preface, the book is divided into two parts: (1) Setting the Scene; and (2) Theory.