Episodes

Friday Jun 27, 2014
The Big Lebowski and Evaluation
Friday Jun 27, 2014
Friday Jun 27, 2014



Sunday May 04, 2014
The Future of Evaluation: A Chat With Michael Scriven
Sunday May 04, 2014
Sunday May 04, 2014


Saturday Apr 12, 2014
Western vs. Development Evaluation: Commonalties and Differences
Saturday Apr 12, 2014
Saturday Apr 12, 2014
- John Mayne and Contribution Analysis
- Jennifer Greene and Mixed Methods
- European Evaluation Society 2014 conference


Sunday Mar 23, 2014
Fun in Cameroon at AfrEA 2014 & The Quest for Exciting Journal Articles
Sunday Mar 23, 2014
Sunday Mar 23, 2014

- American Evaluation Association Task Force Statement on ‘What is Evaluation?’ (2014)
- Fournier, D. M. (1995). Establishing evaluative conclusions: A distinction between general and working logic. New Directions for Evaluation, 65, 15-32.
- Patton, M. Q. (2000). Overview: Language matters. New Directions for Evaluation, 86, 5-16.
- Gamble, J. (2006). A Developmental Evaluation Primer. Montreal, PQ: McConnell Foundation.
- Dozois, E., Langlois, M., Blanchet-Cohen, N. (2010). DE201: A practitioner's guide to Developmental Evaluation. Montreal, PQ: McConnell Foundation.
- Scheirer, M. A. & Schwandt, T. (2012). Planning evaluation through the program life cycle. American Journal of Evaluation, online, 1-32.
- Evergreen, S. & Metzner, C. (2013). Design principles for data visualization in evaluation. New Directions in Evaluation, 140, 5-20.

Saturday Feb 01, 2014
New Year's Resolutions for Evaluators!
Saturday Feb 01, 2014
Saturday Feb 01, 2014

Thursday Jan 09, 2014
Mobile Data Collection in Evaluation
Thursday Jan 09, 2014
Thursday Jan 09, 2014

- Kylie is curating a Pinterest Board of resources in Mobile Data Collection here. If you have any additional suggestions please let us know.
- Below is the detailed cost comparison we discuss from Tanzania courtesy of Daisy Nathan Kisyombe and PACT.


Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Evaluation Rubrics with E. Jane Davidson
Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Have you joined the rubrics revolution? In this podcast we chat with Jane Davidson of Real Evaluation about the use of rubrics in evaluation.
- slides from the AEA 2013 conference on rubrics:
- Jane's Evaluation Rubrics: What, Why, and How
- Kate McKegg's The Value of Rubrics in Messy Non-Profit Evaluation Contexts
- Better Evaluation and Judy Oakden have a new document on rubrics, Evaluation Rubrics: How to Ensure Clear and Transparent Assessment That Respects Diverse Lines of Evidence
- You can find a number of real-life rubrics from the New Zealand Ministry of Education here
- Jane's blog post on Evaluation specific methodologies: The methodologies that are specific to evaluation
- one of Kylie's favourite articles is Jane's Unlearning Some of Our Social Scientist Habits
- Jane also has a great little e-book, Actionable Evaluation Basics: Getting Succinct Answers to the Most Important Questions, check it out! (Actionable Evaluation is also available in print here.)

Thursday Nov 07, 2013
Reflections on AEA2013 in Washington, DC
Thursday Nov 07, 2013
Thursday Nov 07, 2013

- the Twitter hashtag for Michael Quinn Patton is #omgmqp.
- Sheila B. Robinson gives a great summary on her blog here.
- the evaluation typology map that Kylie mentions is here.

Wednesday Oct 30, 2013
Sheila B. Robinson and AEA365
Wednesday Oct 30, 2013
Wednesday Oct 30, 2013
This week we talk to Sheila B. Robinson about the great AEA365 Blog!
cheers,
Kylie and James

Sunday Oct 06, 2013
Presenting Data Effectively: An Interview with Stephanie Evergreen
Sunday Oct 06, 2013
Sunday Oct 06, 2013
