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RTD TIG Week: Augmenting Expert Opinion with Data-driven Approaches by Ian Hutchins

Leave a Comment / Research, Technology and Development Evaluation / November 20, 2022

I’m Ian Hutchins, and I am an Assistant Professor of Data and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Information School. I use quantitative analysis of information networks to find ways to improve the research enterprise and accelerate biomedical research advances. Research evaluations, like those conducted for science funding agencies in policymaking, are entering …

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Government Eval TIG Week: Layering Data Placemat Sessions by Elise Garvey

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / December 3, 2022

Hello, I’m Elise Garvey, a senior management auditor from the King County Auditor’s Office in Seattle, Washington. I have become a huge fan of using data placemat sessions for my projects ever since learning about them at Eval 2015 and learning more from Kylie Hutchinson’s tips and tricks. Data placemats are large sheets of paper with themed snippets of raw or basic data analysis, and a data placemat session is when you review and discuss those placemats with stakeholders. This has been a really valuable tool for ensuring I’m understanding the data I’m using and getting the perspective of people closest to the data.

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

Leave a Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / October 23, 2022

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 …

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

Leave a Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / October 15, 2022

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 …

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Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) Week: Best Practice Analysis to Improve M&E Systems in Pakistan by Myra Imran Rafiq, Muhammad Adnan and Eman Haider

Leave a Comment / Global Evaluation Initiative / September 20, 2022

Hi, we are Myra Imran Rafiq (Intern Policy Advisory), Muhammad Adnan (Program Manager Policy Advisory) and Eman Haider (Program Manager Policy Advisory). We are part of EvalPCA, hosted at the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), an implementing partner of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI). Our mission is to improve decision-making through the use of evidence and to build monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacities in Pakistan and the Central Asian region.

AEA’s Digital Data & Technology Working Group Week: Responsible Data in the Digital Age by Talitha Hlaka

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 12, 2022

Hello there! I’m Talitha Hlaka, and I’m a communications officer at the Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results, in Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA). Over the past two years I’ve been supporting work to improve responsible data management in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) sector, in collaboration with MERL Tech. It’s been an amazing ride!

AEA’s Digital Data & Technology Working Group Week: (Re)shaping Evaluation with Insights from the MERL Tech Community by Linda Raftree

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 12, 2022

Hi all, I’m Linda Raftree and I have been leading the MERL Tech community of practice since 2014. MERL Tech is a term we use to describe technology-enabled Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL). Our vision is a world where the use of digital tools, technologies, and data for MERL in humanitarian, development, human rights, peacebuilding, and social impact programming is inclusive, ethical, responsible, safe, and sustainable.