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Research vs Eval Week: Kirk Knestis on Dissemination as a STEM Education Research Imperative

Hello! I’m Kirk Knestis, CEO of Hezel Associates. The US Office for Human Research Projections defines “research” as any “systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.” (Emphasis mine.) We often get wrapped up in narrow distinctions like populations but I’m increasingly of the opinion that the …

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ACA Week: Kathleen Tinworth on the Need to Communicate with Creativity and Innovation

I’m Kathleen Tinworth and I co-chair the recently re-named Arts, Culture, and Audiences TIG of AEA with Don Glass, who began this week’s AEA365 series. I lead the Audience Insights department at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and also consult via my alter ego, ExposeYourMuseum. Lessons Learned Don started this week with a …

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IC Week: Gail Barrington on Small is Beautiful–but Our Knowledge Transfer (KT) Opportunities Are Huge!

I’m Gail Barrington, an independent consultant with more than 25 years of experience in program evaluation and applied research, and a published author. I’m a senior evaluation adviser to a number of organizations, I teach on-line, present workshops and webinars, and write as much as I can. Our clients hire us for our expertise and …

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APC Week: Gabrielle Watson on Internal Utilization of External Evaluations

Greetings! I’m Gabrielle Watson, and I work at Oxfam America, a global humanitarian and development organization working to end social injustice around the world. As the Manager for Campaign Evaluation, I work with policy advocacy teams to assess their campaigns and facilitate learning. We periodically commission external evaluations. They are a big time and resource …

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