Question: Academic fields of study are not static entities. The knowledge base within a field evolves through research, professional application, and the discourse in which participants in the field engage. The relationship between these three practices may be seen as bidirectional and cyclical in effect. Research and application affects discourse, and discursive communication affects how research and application is conceptualized, designed, and practiced.

You begin a course-long project called an Environmental Scan. The Environmental Scan is a survey of evaluation topics and discourse in the professional community of evaluation. For this activity, you will observe listservs and blogs dedicated to evaluation topics and record in your own blog your notes and reflections on what you read. The purpose of this scan is to track topics and activity over a meaningful period of time in order to observe and synthesize knowledge being discussed or generated by evaluation professionals.

This work requires you to record your work in an individual blog within the classroom (your "log") that will be accessible to both your peers and your Instructor at all times. Access at least two listservs and at least two active blogs in order to follow topics and trends ( Course Evaluation) I am looking for at least 3 active sites (blogs) that are discussing the topic Course Evaluation (student, teachers, course etc) and you will write a description of the topic and write what each person had contributed and the date at least (4 people feedback or comments) Cite all work. The blog should include periodic reflection on the content.