Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Hello! We are Ioana Munteanu, Evidence Governance Lead, and Clifton Best, Chief Data Architect, at FAS.  For the past five years we’ve worked to build evidence capabilities, including evaluating evidence requirements, observing evidence challenges, and developing an evidence capacity framework and data infrastructure. Our objective is to empower staff across all levels and functions to …

ITE TIG Week: A Framework and a Process for Using Evidence Infrastructure to Inform Dynamic Decision-Making: Lessons Learned from the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), General Service Administration by Ioana Munteanu and Clifton Best Read More »

Hello. We are Mingyu Feng and Kelly Collins with WestEd’s Learning and Technology group. Mingyu is a Senior Research Associate who directs several Institute of Education Sciences, National Science Foundation, and Education Innovation and Research funded experimental studies. Kelly is a Research Associate who is a pro in data manipulation and analysis.  There is no …

ITE TIG Week: Never Assume Anything: Using System Data in EdTech Evaluation Work by Mingyu Feng and Kelly Collins Read More »

Hello! My name is Chndy Rogel (she/her) and I am a research manager at a research, monitoring, and evaluation firm based in Hargeisa, Somaliland. I’ve been living and moving around Africa for the past three years and I would like to share some lessons learned from managing mobile data collection in East Africa. Most evaluation …

ITE TIG Week: Mobile Data Collection in East Africa: Lessons Learned from the Field by Chndy Rogel Read More »

Hello, my name is Diamond St. Thomas, Principal Consultant at Facets Consulting. I began my impact measurement journey over 10 years ago as a program analyst for an arts education organization. My first task as a graduate intern was to input data into a custom database. Like so many other evaluators, you hope your “summer …

ITE TIG Week: Best Practices for Preparing to Implement a New Data Collection Software When You Think Your Legacy System is a Mess by Diamond St. Thomas Read More »

Hi everyone! My name is Elizabeth (Liz) DiLuzio, Lead Curator for AEA365. Today, I want to talk about data management. While I am no data analyst by training, I do have a lot of experience working with nonprofit, government, and foundation staff on their journey with data. I wrote a post a few years ago …

ITE TIG Week: Using Dashboarding Software When a Database Isn’t an Option by Elizabeth DiLuzio Read More »

I am Katie Butler, a 20+ year evaluator of environmental programs. I used to be a director in the EPA’s Office of Inspector General. Now, I run the GeoLiteracy Project, a small consulting company dedicated to improving environmental programs. I’m writing today to invite all of you to consider how the lens of geography can …

ITE TIG Week: Space and Place in Evaluation: How GIS Illuminates Stories by Katie Butler Read More »

Hello. I am John Baek, chair of the Integrating Technology in Evaluation (ITE) TIG. This is my first year as TIG chair, and I’ve had a number of discussions with TIG members this past year and one question keeps coming up, what does technology mean in the context of evaluation today? This week the members …

ITE TIG Week: The Integrating Technology in Evaluation TIG is Cool Hunting for Innovative Ideas by John Baek Read More »

Hello again! It’s Antony, Veronica, and Vidhya back to consider what an expanded and deepened idea of harm and healing means in practice for the integration of technology into evaluation. In much of our work, tools such as information systems, mobile data, biometric registration, and digital dashboards are increasingly used to collect, identify, and track …

ITE TIG Week: Doing no harm with technology in evaluation: Part 2 by Antony Maikuri, Veronica Olazabal, and Vidhya Shanker Read More »

Hello! We are Antony Maikuri of the University of Minnesota, Veronica Olazabal of The Rockefeller Foundation, and independent evaluator/scholar Vidhya Shanker. Today we start a two-part entry that continues an ongoing conversation about harm, healing, and evaluation. Tomorrow, we consider what expanding and deepening our ideas about harm and healing means in practice for the …

ITE TIG Week: Doing no harm with technology in evaluation: Part 1 by Antony Maikuri, Veronica Olazabal, and Vidhya Shanker Read More »

Hi! We’re Ghazia Aslam and Sarah Lunsford of EnCompass LLC, with some tips on the “virtues” of virtual data collection. Virtual data collection has many benefits. With this year’s restrictions on travel, effective virtual data collection has become even more important. It can be quick to deploy, reduce cost and environmental footprint, achieve high coverage, …

ITE TIG Week: Hot Tips for Effective Virtual Data Collection by Ghazia Aslam and Sarah Lunsford Read More »