Comparer des méthodes

	Évaluation des programmes numériques	Recherche-action en éducation
Domaine	Méthodes de terrain	Méthodes de terrain
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	2000s–2010s (formalized alongside proliferation of digital programs and online data)	1940s (Lewin); educational context developed 1970s–1980s
Auteur d'origine	Evolving practice; rooted in Rossi, Lipsey & Freeman's evaluation tradition; extended by digital methods scholars in the 2000s–2010s	Kurt Lewin (action research foundations); Lawrence Stenhouse and John Elliott (educational adaptation)
Type	Applied evaluation methodology	Participatory qualitative research design
Source fondatrice	George, S., & Leidner, D. (2020). Digital Evaluation: Leveraging Digital Data and Methods for Program Assessment. Routledge.	Elliott, J. (1991). Action Research for Educational Change. Open University Press. ISBN: 978-0335096190
Alias	technology-enhanced evaluation, digital evaluation, e-evaluation, online program evaluation	EAR, practitioner research, teacher action research, classroom action research
Apparentées	5	6
Résumé	Digital program evaluation applies the systematic logic of program evaluation to programs that operate fully or partly in digital environments, using digital tools and data — web analytics, online surveys, platform logs, social media metrics, and digital trace data — to assess program reach, implementation fidelity, and outcomes. It retains the core evaluative commitment to rendering a defensible judgment about program merit and worth while exploiting the speed, scale, and granularity that digital data sources offer. Applications span online education, digital public health campaigns, e-government services, and technology-mediated social programs.	Educational action research is a cyclical, practitioner-led inquiry method in which educators systematically investigate a problem or opportunity in their own classroom or school, implement a change, observe its effects, and reflect on findings to guide the next cycle. Rooted in Kurt Lewin's action research framework and developed for educational contexts by Lawrence Stenhouse and John Elliott, it bridges the gap between educational theory and classroom practice by making teachers agents of rigorous inquiry.