Laurillard – evaluation framework

Various evaluative frameworks have been suggested for VLEs. A Conversational Framework was developed as an educational model and applied to the use of learning technology in higher education by Laurillard (1993).
 
The Conversational model has its roots in Gordon Pask’s Conversation Theory and was opted for by Britain & Liber (1999) because Laurillard’s seminal work entitled ‘Rethinking University Teaching’ led the way in exploring and clarifying ways in which Learning Technology could be employed to improve elements of teaching and learning in HE. According to Laurillard, conversations are “the conscious processes accessible to the learner to consider and modify” (Laurillard, 1993 Pg 102). She also considered ways in which ICT supports and enhances teaching and learning associated with the four ‘thinking domains’ below:

Discursive
Adaptive
Interactive
Reflective