| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Building 4-H Evaluation Capacity Through Learning Communities: Tales From the National 4-H Evaluation Learning Communities Project |
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Roundtable Presentation 273 to be held in Suwannee 19 on Thursday, Nov 12, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Extension Education Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Sarah Baughman, Virginia Tech, baughman@vt.edu
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| June Mead, Cornell University, jm62@cornell.edu
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| Benjamin Silliman, North Carolina State University, ben_silliman@ncsu.edu
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| Mary Elizabeth Arnold, Oregon State University, mary.arnold@oregonstate.edu
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| Nancy Franz, Virginia Tech, nfranz@vt.edu
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| Abstract:
The National 4-H Evaluation Learning Communities are exploring the use of learning communities as a means to increase evaluation capacity in four state 4-H programs; Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Virginia. Each learning community is unique to the culture and context of its members. Presenters will discuss state-level learning communities in practice and the lessons learned from this collaborative process. The focus will be on the process of engaging and sustaining 4-H Youth Development professionals in evaluation learning. Each learning community has used the 'Evaluating for Impact: Educational Content for Professional Development', as a guiding framework for the learning process but at the same time, each learning community is autonomous and operates differently. Presenters will explore lessons learned and best practices gleaned from this project for increasing evaluation capacity among 4-H Youth Development professionals
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Building an Extension Community of Practice in Evaluation |
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Roundtable Presentation 273 to be held in Suwannee 19 on Thursday, Nov 12, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Extension Education Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Benjamin Silliman, North Carolina State University, ben_silliman@ncsu.edu
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| Heather Boyd, Virginia Tech, hboyd@vt.edu
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| Michael Lambur, E-Extension, lamburmt@vt.edu
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| Abstract:
The national eExtension Evaluation Community of Practice (E-CoP) is a virtual community of university and local educators engaged in teaching and applying best practices in evaluation. The purpose and work of this new organization is described and discussed in three themes: 1) the purpose and work of eXtension communities of practice; 2) interactive webcasts sponsored by the E-CoP; and 3) links between E-CoP and the AEA E&E Topical Interest Group. Communities of practice facilitate relevant, ongoing, interactive learning and collaboration critical for building evaluation capacity. Virtual communities maximize synchronous and asynchronous learning with minimal fiscal and time expenditures. Evaluators have key roles in assessing how and why these organizational and technological innovations build organizational or individual capacity. This roundtable provides participants with opportunities to explore how to make the most of a community of practice in our own field of evaluation.
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