Definitions Project（定义项目）.pdf

Definitions Project The Definitions Project group met in a series of 4 meetings in 2006 with 20 attendees repre- senting federal agencies, professional organiza- tions, and other NGOs. The following defini- tions resulted from those meetings. DEFINITIONS Assessment Measurement of a learner’s performance. (Adapted from Accessibility Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) A general term used to describe the degree to which a facility, pro- Related Terms: Evaluation, Evaluation Research, Visitor Studies gram, or product is usable by as wide a group of people as possible. (Adapted from Wikipedia) Audience A person or group of persons for whom messages and/or services Accreditation are designed or delivered. Synonymous terms might include: visi- The recognition of a program or institution that maintains stan- tors, learners, customers, users, recreationists, stakeholders, guests, dards of professional practice. buyers, consumers, clients, patrons. Action Learning Audience Research A process in which a group of people comes together more or less The systematic gathering of information (descriptive, psychologi- regularly to help each other learn from their experience. (Adapted cal, contextual) about audiences or visitors. from Dick, B. (1997)) Related Terms: Visitor Studies, Ev