AEA365 – Page 371 – A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators

Lars Balzer on The Evaluation Portal Event Calendar

1 Comment / Uncategorized / January 14, 2014 January 12, 2014

My name is Lars Balzer, I am head of the Evaluation Unit at the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) and also responsible for the Evaluation Portal. Congresses, conferences, workshops, lectures, and continuing education programs are excellent opportunities to learn new things about evaluation, discuss interesting topics and exchange ideas with colleagues. …

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Viengsavanh Sanaphane and Katie Moore on Dynamic Data Presentation and Recording for an Empowerment Evaluation Approach

We are Viengsavanh Sanaphane and Katie Moore from Catholic Relief Services. We are working on an Inclusive Education (IE) project in Southeast Asia. Currently, IE efforts are expanding. Experienced partners that have worked on IE for years in the local context were planning to share qualitative data about their project with stakeholders new to the …

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Kylie Hutchinson on Are Logic Models Passé?

5 Comments / Uncategorized / January 12, 2014 January 11, 2014

My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. In addition to my usual evaluation contracts, I deliver regular webinars on evaluation topics, Twitter weekly at @EvaluationMaven, and co-host the monthly evaluation podcast, Adventures in Evaluation along with my colleague @JamesWCoyle. Logic models (logical frameworks, …

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Sheila B Robinson on Fulfilling Your New Year’s Resolution (if it’s upping your evaluation game, that is!)

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 11, 2014 January 11, 2014

Greetings! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. If you’re a confessed evaluation nerd, perhaps one of your resolutions this year was to devote yourself to learning even more about our field. What better way to do that than to begin your quest by exploring the nooks and crannies of our …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Leah Christina Neubauer and Suzanne Carlberg-Racich on Evaluation and Public Health: Examining MPH Coursework, Curriculum & Culminating Experiences

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education / January 10, 2014 January 4, 2014

We are Leah Christina Neubauer and Suzanne Carlberg-Racich from Chicago. Neubauer is based in DePaul’s MPH Program and is President of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association (CEA). Carlberg-Racich is a Visiting Assistant Professor in DePaul’s MPH Program. We are both interested in evaluation-related coursework, curriculum, and culminating experiences in Master of Public Health (MPH) programs. In the …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Grisel M. Robles-Schrader on Increasing Research Literacy, Evaluation, and Engagement led by and with Latino Communities

Leave a Comment / Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / January 9, 2014 January 5, 2014

Saludos! My name is Grisel M. Robles-Schrader, President of Robles-Schrader Consulting and lead organizer of the Consortium for Latino Access to Research Opportunities (CLARO), based in the Chicagoland area. CLARO is a collaboration of diverse community sectors involved in Latino-focused healthcare, evaluation, and research. CLARO is interested in promoting research literacy, evaluation and engagement aimed …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Jonathan Margolin on Online Activity Logs: Low Cost and High Impact for Multisite Evaluations

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / January 8, 2014 January 4, 2014

My name is Jonathan Margolin, and I am a senior researcher in the Education Program at American Institutes for Research, where I work primarily in the State and Local Evaluation Center. One common challenge when evaluating the implementation of educational programs is to understand how the program is interpreted and adapted by teachers and schools. …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Chelsey Leruth on Nuts and Bolts of Telephone Survey Administration

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 7, 2014 January 6, 2014

Hello everyone! This is Chelsey Leruth, an internal evaluator at Access Community Health Network in Chicago. I am currently wrapping up the analysis for a phone survey of participants in one of our maternal and child health programs, Westside Healthy Start. Today, I would like to share some tips and lessons learned during the survey …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Sarah Rand, Amy Cassata, Maurice Samuels and Sandra Holt on iPad Survey Development for Young Learners

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Uncategorized, Youth Focused Evaluation / January 6, 2014 February 3, 2014

Greetings from the University of Chicago! We are Sarah Rand, Amy Cassata, Maurice Samuels and Sandra Holt from Outlier Research and Evaluation at the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education. Our group recently evaluated two Chicago-based elementary education programs: Purple Asparagus, a nutrition education program and Science, Engineering, and Technology for Students, Educators, and Parents (SETSEP), a science …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Leah Christina Neubauer on Chicago-Based Evaluators and Including AEA Local Affiliates in Your 2014 Evaluator Learning Resolution Plans

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 5, 2014 January 4, 2014

Welcome to the Chicagoland Evaluation Association’s (CEA) week of AEA365. My name is Leah Christina Neubauer and I am CEA President. CEA is back for its second featured week of AEA 365. **Our first week was in November of 2013. I hope that this early January CEA week serves to increase your knowledge of CEA …

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