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The Practitioner Research and Evaluation Skills Training (PREST) series is published by COL in collaboration with the International Research Foundation for Open Learning.
The PREST training resources provide practitioners working in open and distance learning (ODL) with convenient access to basic knowledge on how to conduct research and evaluation in their everyday work. Written for ODL practitioners by ODL practitioners, the interactive materials aim to develop practical skills through engagement in research tasks that draw on research and evaluation methods from education and social science, but use illustrative examples from international open and distance learning contexts.
PREST fills a gap in current provision for practical, first-rung research and evaluation skills training of immediate relevance in the workplace and aims to promote research and evaluation as an part of professional development for all ODL practitioners. The materials provide a strong foundation for progress to higher-level research programmes and qualifications.
The PREST materials are designed for use by two target groups - ODL practitioners wanting self-study or reference materials and training providers looking for flexible research training resources to integrate into a variety of training contexts (e.g., face-to-face workshops, e-learning or reference materials).
View PREST brochure (135 Kb. Acrobat PDF download)
View PREST review (103 Kb. Acrobat PDF download)
The Core Modules and Handbooks listed below are being made available for download published.
NOTE ON COPYRIGHT:
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User Guide -
User Guide download (82 Kb Acrobat PDF download)
PREST Core Modules - providing a foundation in research and evaluation methods explored within ODL contexts for inexperienced researchers
(20 to 40 reading hours each + activities)
PREST (PRINT FILES):
A1 : Doing educational research and evaluation in ODL
by Alan Woodley (an introduction)
A1 Module download (549 Kb Acrobat PDF file)
A1 Module download (1.2 Mb MS Word .doc file)
A1 Module download (225 Kb Open Office Document .odt file)
Reading resources download (1.9 MB Acrobat PDF)
A2 : Planning research and evaluation
by Anna Robinson-Pant
A2 Module download (308 Kb Acrobat PDF file)
A2 Module download (514 Kb MS Word .doc file)
A2 Module download (206 Kb Open Office Document .odt file)
Reading resources download (140 Kb Acrobat PDF)
A3 : Getting and analysing quantitative data
by Alan Woodley
A3 Module download (78 Kb Acrobat PDF file)
A3 Module download (1870 Kb MS Word .doc file)
A3 Module download (550 Kb Open Office Document .odt file)
Resource files: (right-click and save to download Excel spreadsheets)
A3Analysing1.xls
A3Analysing2.xls
A3Correl.xls
A3M101.xls
A3Summarising.xls
A3Women.xls
A4 : Getting and analysing qualitative data
by Rob Walker
A4 Module download (322 Kb Acrobat PDF file)
A4 Module download (585 Kb MS Word .doc file)
A4 Module download (209 Kb Open Office Document .odt file)
Reading resources download (858 Kb Acrobat PDF)
A5 : Mixed research methods
by Christine Spratt, Rob Walker & Bernadette Robinson
A5 Module download (406 Kb Acrobat PDF file)
A5 Module download (542 Kb MS Word .doc file)
A5 Module download (245 Kb Open Office Document .odt file)
Reading resources download (1.1 MB Acrobat PDF)
