| Session Title: Better Evaluation - A Toolbox of Evaluation Methods and Applications That Supports Quality and Methodological Diversity |
| Demonstration Session 270 to be held in Texas C on Thursday, Nov 11, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM |
| Sponsored by the |
| Presenter(s): |
| Patricia Rogers, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, patricia.rogers@rmit.edu.au |
| Suman Sureshbabu, Rockefeller Foundation, ssureshbabu@rockfound.org |
| Abstract: Evaluation quality depends on having both skilled evaluators and savvy evaluation commissioners. For both groups ongoing learning is needed about how to select, adapt and implement evaluation methods to suit a range of situations. This session will demonstrate a new on-line resource “BetterEvaluation” that supports evaluators and evaluation commissioners to make better choices of evaluation approaches and methods, to implement these methods better, and contribute to learning from practice by sharing their experiences. It is built explicitly on Web 2.0 principles of interactive information sharing, user-centered design (including the use of folksonomies, or user-developed classifications), dynamic content, and scaleability. These align with and reinforce the project’s emphasis and commitment to methodological diversity, adaptation and innovation to suit diverse evaluation requirements. The session will present the main features of the site, its main purposes and discuss challenges such as avoiding paradigmatic schisms, and ensuring the quality, accessibility and utility of material. |