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AH2 Commission and evaluate work on interpretative and educational media

AH2.3 Evaluate educational and interpretative media

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. Assess the interpretative or educational media against the evaluation criteria
2. Trial aspects of the media where possible
3. Assess whether the media produced meet the specifications of the brief
4. Assess whether the media produced meet the specifications as outlined in the specialist's proposal
5. Assess whether the media produced will deliver the learning and interpretative objectives
6. Obtain feedback from users on the quality of the media
7. Provide feedback on the evaluation to influence the selection process and to revise the media
8. Review the suitability of the evaluation methods and make recommendations for further improvements

Occupational Context

1. Trial
   • Pilot procedures
   • Inviting initial responses and feedback to proposals
   • Speculative investigation using previous research/ practice outcomes
2. Deliver
   • To the targeted audience/s
   • Within the designated time scale
   • According to the proposal / plans for interpretation
   • Utilising the full capacity of organisational resources
3. Further improvements
   • To evaluation measurements
   • To monitoring data
   • To processes and procedures
   • To consultation and negotiation process

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Run trials of materials
• Evaluate the impact of media on users
• Obtain feedback from users
• Review evaluation methods

You need to know about:

• How interpretative media can help people to understand and appreciate cultural heritage
• How educational media can help people to learn

Required Skills

You should demonstrate:

• Evaluation processes and procedures
• How to ssess the validity and reliability of outputs

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can evaluate educational and interpretative media

The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore how they:

• evaluate educational and interpretative media.

The evaluation must include at least one written evaluation of the work of a specialist.

Evidence Rules

The candidate should have been involved in commissioning at least 2 substantive projects.

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