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From Ad Hoc to Function: Vancouver Foundation's Journey to Learning Through Evaluation

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This case narrative details the Vancouver Foundation's (VF) journey from ad‐hoc reporting to a core internal learning and evaluation function. Catalyzed by the pandemic and motivated by the increasing need, VF established the Engagement Department to house evaluation independently.
Vincent Tom
wiley   +1 more source

Building Computational Literacy in Undergraduate Sociology Using Software: An Example in Teaching Social Network Analysis. [PDF]

Teach Sociol
Wolff T, Varela G, Eastwood J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mentoring in Evaluation and Communication: Lessons From Action‐Research

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reviews the main elements of the Designing Evaluation and Communication for Impact (DECI) project approach to enhancing the learning function of evaluation. A capacity development project that provided mentoring in utilization‐focused evaluation and research communication, the DECI project incorporated a dual role as service ...
Ricardo Ramírez, Julius Nyabuto Nyangaga, Wendy Quarry, Dal Brodhead   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociology and The Complexity of What Is Missing. [PDF]

Br J Sociol
Poulis K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Two‐Way Learning Through Evaluation: The Story of an Innovative Australian Aboriginal‐Led Initiative Strengthening Good Governance at the Cultural Interface

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article we share our story of using a developmental evaluation approach over seven years to facilitate two‐way learning between Yapa (Warlpiri language for Indigenous people from the Australian Western Desert region) and Kardiya (Warlpiri language for non‐Indigenous people).
Samantha Jayne Togni, Robyn Napurrurla Lawson, Roger Japaljarri Jurrah, Valerie Napaljarri Martin, Cyril Japanangka Tasman, Natalie Napurrurla Morton, David Japanangka McCormack, Belinda Napaljarri Wayne, Karina Menkhorst, Peter Marin   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

"There's no place like home, but…": dependent older adults' narratives on the health and well-being limits of ageing in place. [PDF]

Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being
Escapa S, Julià A, Marí-Klose M, Cursach M, Gallo P.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reinterpreting the Local Context in Development Projects Through the Lens of Positive Thinking

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing complexity of the international development cooperation system necessitates the strengthening of the evaluative function as a means of facilitating learning. Despite the growing global focus on these issues, evaluation practices within the field of development often appear to struggle in serving as an effective tool for drawing ...
Laura Fantini
wiley   +1 more source

Differentiated trust: navigating credibility landscapes in community-engaged research. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Arxer SL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Learning From and Through Evaluation: An Examination of Practice

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we provide an analysis across the foregoing practice‐based case exemplars to understand antecedent conditions and influences, learning‐oriented evaluation strategies, estimates of strategy success or potential success, and factors that either enable or hinder the extent to which learning from and through evaluation occurs. The
J. Bradley Cousins, Jill Chouinard
wiley   +1 more source

Requirements and attitudes toward eHealth content in human medicine studies: A cross-sectional study to improve the curriculum. [PDF]

Ger Med Sci
Traulsen P, Stamer T, Steinhäuser J.
europepmc   +1 more source