Formative Evaluation of a Family Life Education Web Site
Keywords
family life education, internet, online evaluation, web site
Abstract
Hundreds of family life education Web sites are available on the Internet, allowing individuals and families unprecedented access to family life education information. Evaluation is critical to ensuring the quality of and improving these Web sites; yet, few Web site evaluations have been conducted. We formatively evaluated a new family life education Web site, Forever Families (http://www.foreverfamilies.net), assessing site use with Web‐based software and receiving visitor feedback through an online survey. Findings revealed that the site was highly used by individuals throughout the world, that the site was viewed positively and had a positive impact on users, and that site ratings did not substantially vary by user characteristics. Users provided many helpful suggestions for improvement.
Original Publication Citation
Steimle, B. M., & Duncan, S. F. (2004). Formative evaluation of a family life education website. Family Relations, 53, 367-376
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Steimle, Brynn M. and Duncan, Stephen F., "Formative Evaluation of a Family Life Education Web Site" (2004). Faculty Publications. 4735.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/4735
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2004-06-14
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/7541
Publisher
Family Relations
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Family Life
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