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Transformational Eval Week: Principles for Evaluating Transformation by Michael Quinn Patton and Weronika Felcis

We are Michael Quinn Patton and Weronika Felcis, both Board Members of the International Evaluation Academy, on which Weronika serves as Vice President. This post presents a work-in-progress on Principles for Evaluating Transformation. These principles illustrate the kind of global thinking and engagement that constitutes a core part of the vision of the International Evaluation …

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Transformational Eval Week: Decolonising National Evaluation Systems by Ian Goldman, Candice Morkel, Edoe Dimitrij Agbodjan, and Thokozile Molaiwa

We are Ian Goldman (President of the IEAc, Advisor Global Evaluation Initiative), Candice Morkel (IEAc Board member and Director CLEAR Anglophone Africa, Edoe Dimitrij Agbodjan (Director CLEAR Francophone Africa) and Thokozile Molaiwa (Chief Director: Evaluation, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, South Africa). In today’s post, we build upon a seminar organised by the Academy …

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Case Collaborative Week: Reflective Practice for Teaching and Learning with Cases by David Ensminger and Tiffany Tovey

Hi, I’m Kim Norris, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for American Institutes for Research (AIR)’s International Development Division. Part of my role is to lead a MEL practice. As part of our initial strategy, our practice team determined to focus on localizing our work. For us this means we seek out ways to increase local partnering and leadership in and around MEL efforts – from business development to MEL direction and execution. This involves local team leadership, capacity strengthening and engagement on local terms.

Case Collaborative Week: Developing and Using Cases Centering Culturally Responsive Evaluation by Elissa Frazier and Leanne Kallemeyn

Hi, I’m Kim Norris, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for American Institutes for Research (AIR)’s International Development Division. Part of my role is to lead a MEL practice. As part of our initial strategy, our practice team determined to focus on localizing our work. For us this means we seek out ways to increase local partnering and leadership in and around MEL efforts – from business development to MEL direction and execution. This involves local team leadership, capacity strengthening and engagement on local terms.

Case Collaborative Week: Case Teaching and Learning Requires Connection and Contextual Relevance by Caitlin Mapitsa and Christine Roseveare

Hi, I’m Kim Norris, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for American Institutes for Research (AIR)’s International Development Division. Part of my role is to lead a MEL practice. As part of our initial strategy, our practice team determined to focus on localizing our work. For us this means we seek out ways to increase local partnering and leadership in and around MEL efforts – from business development to MEL direction and execution. This involves local team leadership, capacity strengthening and engagement on local terms.

Case Collaborative Week: Current Practices in Case-Centered Teaching and Learning by Isabelle Bourgeois, Lauren Wildshut, and Marla Steinberg

Hi, I’m Kim Norris, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for American Institutes for Research (AIR)’s International Development Division. Part of my role is to lead a MEL practice. As part of our initial strategy, our practice team determined to focus on localizing our work. For us this means we seek out ways to increase local partnering and leadership in and around MEL efforts – from business development to MEL direction and execution. This involves local team leadership, capacity strengthening and engagement on local terms.

Case Collaborative Week: What does research about teaching with cases tell us? by Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead

Hello! I am Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut and a member of the Case Collaborative. I know from personal experience how powerful cases can be for building others’ capacity, be it in the evaluations I do or the evaluation classes I teach. I am excited to share a brief summary …

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Case Collaborative Week: The Characteristics of Cases Used to Teach and Learn Evaluation by Leanne Kallemeyn and David Ensminger

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about cases evaluators have developed to teach and reflect on their professional practices. We are Leanne Kallemeyn and David Ensminger, members of the Case Collaborative. I (Leanne Kallemeyn) am an Associate Professor at Loyola University Chicago and have been practicing and teaching evaluation for almost 20 …

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Case Collaborative Week: Introducing a Week on Case Teaching and Learning in Evaluation by Tiffany Tovey and Ken Linfield

Hello! We’re Tiffany Tovey and Ken Linfield, members of the Case Collaborative, a global group of evaluators who began meeting in 2018 to share insights and work together on research and publications around the use of evaluation cases. I (Tiffany) am the director of the Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Services at the University …

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The Evaluation Center at WMU Week: Managing Student-evaluator Anxiety and Interpersonal Communication by Brandon Youker

¡Hola! Salam aleikoum! Salut!, Bozho! Olá! Osiyo! Wilujeng enjing! Sawubona! My name is Brandon Youker and I am the founding director of the Evaluation Lab, which is housed in The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Evaluation Lab employs undergraduate and graduate students to design and conduct evaluations with Kalamazoo area public …

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