Integrating Technology into Evaluation – Page 11

Susan Kistler on Learning From and Reporting Subscriber and Pageview Data

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and I contribute each Saturday’s aea365 post. The start of the year seemed like a good time to look reflectively at 2010 monitoring data for aea365. Lesson Learned – Compile information from multiple sources: Back in May, I wrote about monitoring blog use using Feedburner and …

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Luisa Guillemard on Using Diigo to Facilitate the Research Process

Hello, I’m Luisa Guillemard, and I’m a psychology professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. I want to share a tool that is very helpful for organizing your bookmarks and sharing them with others. I’m talking about Diigo, a social bookmarking tool that is available for free in the Internet. Rad Resource: Diigo …

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Stuart Henderson on Using Screen Recording and Think Alouds in Evaluation Practice

Leave a Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / December 20, 2010 December 4, 2010

My name is Stuart Henderson. I am the Associate Director of Evaluation for the Clinical and Translational Science Center at the University of California, Davis. We recently used a combination of screen recording software and think aloud methodology to conduct an evaluation of an innovative software program. I’d like to share how screen recording software …

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Sudharshan Seshadri on Resources for Program Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Use, Extension Education Evaluation, Human Services Evaluation, Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Social Work / December 19, 2010 September 6, 2011

Hello! My name is Sudharshan Seshadri and I am currently pursuing my Masters degree in Professional Studies specializing in Humanitarian Services Administration. I started to realize that “data” is being considered as a most promising feature to understand the activity of evaluation. To abstract the data needs, I believe as an evaluator, we should be …

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Steve Fleming on Using Data Visualization to Communicate with Stakeholders

6 Comments / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / November 30, 2010 October 18, 2010

My name is Steve Fleming, and I am a Senior Systems Analyst for the National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) in Austin, TX. NCEA is a department of ACT, Inc., a not-for-profit organization committed to helping people achieve education and workplace success. NCEA builds the capacity of educators and leaders to create educational systems of …

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Felix Blumhardt on Simplifying the Data Collection Process with User-Friendly Workbooks

7 Comments / Evaluation Use, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / November 15, 2010 October 21, 2010

My name is Felix Blumhardt and I am a Lead Evaluator at The Evaluation Group, an independent evaluation firm in Columbia, SC. My colleague, Michael Pesant, and I have had the pleasure of working with a Teacher Quality Partnership Project over the last year and one of the challenges that we have come across has …

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VSA Week: Ellenbogen on Evaluating Identity Development in Informal Learning Environments

Leave a Comment / Arts, Culture, and Museums, Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / October 28, 2010 November 24, 2010

My name is Kirsten Ellenbogen. I’m Director of Research & Evaluation at the Science Museum of Minnesota and President of the Visitor Studies Association. I hope you’re enjoying VSA Week on AEA365. Rad Resource: Development of individual identity has for some time been considered an outcome of informal learning environment experiences. But identity has recently …

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Susan Hibbard on Conducting Anonymous Focus Groups

2 Comments / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / September 16, 2010 September 2, 2010

Hello Colleagues. My name is Susan Hibbard and I am an Assistant Professor of Research & Evaluation at Florida Gulf Coast University. Through my work conducting research on evaluation, I experienced difficulty in recruiting participants for focus groups due to political sensitivity. I wanted to conduct focus groups with personnel who conduct program evaluations as …

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Mario Lurig on Becoming a Survey Rockstar

2 Comments / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / September 13, 2010 September 1, 2011

I’m Mario Lurig, the Technical Training Manager at SurveyGizmo, an online survey software tool. Translation: I help evaluators become survey rockstars for their clients. Hot Tips: There are 3 unique questions that evaluators need to keep in the forefront of their mind when surveying respondents: Is there an easier way to get my data? How …

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Poster Week: Anna Douglas on Using Asynchronous Discussion Groups for Evaluation

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / September 9, 2010 August 26, 2010

Hi. My name is Anna Douglas and I’m a PhD student in Evaluation, Measurement, and Applied Research Methods at Purdue University. I’ve been using asynchronous discussion groups online to evaluate a new learning tool. Online asynchronous discussion groups are discussions through an online media where participants are responding to each other, but not simultaneously. While …

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