== Welcome our new interns! ==
Dan Higgins and Brett Gibbs will be working with our Learning and
Evaluation team remotely to assist with program evaluation reporting
projects. You can welcome them via their listed emails, as this is an
announcement only list.
Dan Higgins
Dan joins us remote from the UK after returning from Uganda where he has
been engaged in evaluation work while completing his recent Masters in
Impact Evaluation in International Development. His experience includes
analyzing qualitative and quantitative impact data, for programs in an
education NGO and, separately, in a women’s microfinance organization. Both
entities based in Uganda, where he lived during his study. Looking forward
to expand on his experience, he will be helping our team to clean,
validate, analyze and report on our second round of voluntary programs
reporting [1].
dhiggins(a)wikimedia.org
Brett Gibbs
Brett, also known as User:Pine, joins us from Washington state (USA) and
has a range of interests that include economics, data visualization, and
the intersection of technology and society. He writes for the Signpost
(recent work includes the Wikipedia in Education series and the story of
Wikimedia Bangladesh) and he was a founding member of the Individual
Engagement Grants Committee. Brett will be working with our team on the
curation and organization of our learning pattern library [2]. Importantly,
he will work with our team to identify relevant learning patterns from
grants and voluntary reporting; and he will work with program leaders to
develop those for the library. bgibbs(a)wikimedia.org
*María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
[1] Programs Reporting Round II:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Round_II_Announcement
[2] Learning Pattern Library
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns
Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates from Learning and Evaluation:
== New video available «Storytelling strategies for improved reporting» [1]
==
Session 1 of the new learning series «Telling your program story» [2] is
now available online via our Youtube channel [1]. In the virtual event, we
shared story and reporting elements, as well as a variety of resources to
bring stories forward in reporting. Kaarel Vaidla, ED of Wikimedia Estonia,
shared his experience building good practice in reporting. The session is
now available on the Evaluation Portal on Meta. Watch and share!
== Share your data to help us improve Wikimedia Programs! ==
If you coordinated editing contests, photo events or a Wikipedia Education
Program - from September 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014 - you can share
your data on the II Round of Data Collection [3]. Deadline to fill out the
survey is November 3rd. You can review the reporting items before you start
the survey [4] and reach out to us if you have questions. Once you are
ready, find the collector here:
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD
== Second Issue of Learning Quarterly is out! [5] ==
The second issue of Learning Quarterly is out. Through this means we seek
to share the learning about programs and practices taking place in the
movement, including information around new learning resources, blog posts
written by the Learning and Evaluation team, learning patterns, and recent
initiatives in IdeaLab that need community support. Subscribe online and
have the next issue delivered to your wiki of preference [6].
As always, stay up-to-date by connecting on our portal [7].
On behalf of the Program Evaluation and Design team, thank you for your
time and attention!
Keep calm and grow the awesome!
*María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
[1] Session 1: Storytelling strategies for improved reporting (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rf-Et5w784
[2] Learning Series “Telling your program story”:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Reporting_and_Storytelling
[3] Data Collection Round II:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Round_II_Announcement
[4] Preview the reporting items for Round II:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CG-K8I1d9JPqyRRyHTIQ5x7fASQXcHZsEMKutdA…
[5] Second Issue of Learning Quarterly:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Newsletter/2014/1/2
[6] Subscribe to Learning Quarterly here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Learning_Qu…
[7] Upcoming Events Section in PE&D portal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News#upcoming-events
Greetings Program Leaders!
I will be having another office hours for the next two hours from 1400 to
1600 UTC!. Have questions about reporting? not sure where to start? Have
questions about Wikimetrics?
Ask them here!
See you soon!
--
Edward Galvez
Program Evaluation Associate
Wikimedia Foundation
Greetings Program Leaders!
Just a reminder that I will be on IRC in about one hour from 00 to 0200
UTC! I will be available to help you with any questions about voluntary
reporting! [1]
Not sure what something means in the reporting form?
Have questions about Wikimetrics?
Not sure where to report a number you really want to share?
Come on by! Find me at IRC chat at #wikimedia-ped.[2]
We will have one more office hours 15 hours from now on October 16 from
1400 to 1600 UTC (7 to 9am PDT). If there is demand for another, I'd be
happy to schedule one.
Please email eval(a)wikimedia.org or myself if you have any questions or need
additional help.
All the best,
Edward
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Round_II_Announcement
[2]
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-ped
--
Edward Galvez
Program Evaluation Associate
Wikimedia Foundation
Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
TL;DR: New Storytelling Learning Series; We need your DATA and are standing
by to support you!
Important updates from Learning and Evaluation:
== New Learning Series! Telling Your Program Stories [1] ==
Starting next week, the new learning series will focus on the use of
reporting for storytelling. If you strive to showcase your efforts to
promote Wikimedia programs and projects, you can gain new skills and find
resources that will help you develop this skill. We will include case
studies from community members, and eventually develop a new resource on
the Evaluation portal for future reference and continuous dialogue around
this topic. Sign up for the first session, next Wednesday [2]!
== Round II of Voluntary Program Reporting: Deadline approaching for
editing workshops and editathons! ==
If you coordinated editathons or editing workshops from September 1, 2013,
to September 30, 2014, you can submit your data to the II Round of Data
Collection. Deadline to fill out the survey is October 20. You can review
the reporting items before you start the survey [5]. Once you are ready,
find the collector here:
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD
== Office Hours for Voluntary Program Reporting==
Those who are struggling with program reporting or have questions for Round
II of Data Collection [3], can join us on the coming Office Hours next
week. They will take place via IRC on #wikimedia-ped channel [4]:
* Oct 13, from 1500 - 1700 UTC (8 to 10 am PDT)
* Oct 16, from 00 - 0200 UTC (October 15, 5 to 7pm PDT)
* Oct 16, from 1400 - 1600 UTC (7 to 9am PDT)
As always, stay up-to-date by connecting on our portal [6].
On behalf of the Program Evaluation and Design team, thank you for your
time and attention!
Keep calm and grow the awesome!
*María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
[1] Learning Series “Telling your program story”:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Reporting_and_Storytelling
[2] Session 1: Storytelling strategies for improved reporting:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117126229120807344920/events/ckb257l46rlrt48q…
[3] Data Collection Round II:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Round_II_Announcement
[4] IRC channel #wikimedia-ped:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-ped
[5] Preview the reporting items for Round II:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CG-K8I1d9JPqyRRyHTIQ5x7fASQXcHZsEMKutdA…
[6] Upcoming Events Section in PE&D portal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News#upcoming-events
Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates from Learning and Evaluation:
== New Office Hours to Assist you with Voluntary Reporting [1] ==
The team will host office hours with program leaders to give support on
reporting and Wikimetrics. If you are struggling to get at the data you
need for reporting, join us on Monday and we’ll help you out via IRC chat
#wikimedia-ped.
* Monday, October 6 from 15:00 -17:00 UTC (8 - 9 am PDT)
* Tuesday October 7 from 0:00-2:00 UTC (Monday October 6, 5 - 7 pm PDT)
We will also be hosting more times in the next month! Help us find the best
times for everyone by filling out this meeting time poll those times that
work best for you [2]!
== New Editor Engagement Vital Signs (EEVS) dashboards [3] ==
Analytics has been working hard to expand metrics and Wikimetrics ability
to measure project-level cohorts to populate the new EEVS dashboards for
project level metrics. Metrics included in the dashboard include:
-
Namespace Edits
-
Newly Registered
-
Pages Created
-
Rolling Active Editor
-
Rolling New Active Editor
-
Rolling Surviving New Active Editor
Learn more about the project with the Metrics meeting overview presented
yesterday [4] or the metrics definitions [5]. You can also visit the
dashboards to check them out directly!
https://metrics.wmflabs.org/static/public/dash/
== Changes in Wikimetrics ==
Wikimetrics [6] was updated yesterday with changes to the metrics "Edits"
and "Pages Created."
These metrics now have a new option to include counts on deleted or
archived pages. “Include Deleted” is the default option - it will be
already checked off in the “Pick Metrics” section. To find the number of
“bytes added” or “edits” from existing pages only, uncheck the box.
Cautions:
- The new EEVS dashboards for project level metrics include the counts of
“edits” and “pages created” from deleted and archived pages. If you want to
make a comparison between your cohort and your project level metrics, you
will want to be sure you are using the same measurement parameters.
- In some cases, the results of “edits” and “pages created” may be a lot
higher when counts are included from deleted pages.
- Recurring reports that started beforehand and are still running daily
will now count deleted / archived pages. These will show a jump on October
3.
Bonus: On both these metrics, you now have the ability to count across all
namespaces. This is now the default setting. Just leave the namespaces
field blank on these two metrics to count edits made to all namespaces in
the selected project(s).
== Changes to definition of Active Editor ==
Some may have already seen that the metrics standardization work for the
new EEVS metrics led to metrics research and decision-making that ended up
in a change to the definition of an “Active Editor.” Where before the
definition included only edits to the main article namespace, the new
definition of “Active Editor” is any user which makes five (5) or more
edits to any project namespace in a 30 day period. This new definition is
used within the new “Rolling Active Editor,” “Rolling New Active Editor,”
and “Rolling “Surviving New Active Editor.”
Please direct any questions to the Wikimetrics mailing list [7].
As always, stay up-to-date by connecting on our portal [8].
On behalf of the Program Evaluation and Design team, thank you for your
time and attention.
*María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
[1] Voluntary Reporting Announcement
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Round_II_Announcement>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Round_II_Announcement
[2] Office hours scheduling <http://doodle.com/auva5y8c2d5gezdk>
https://doodle.com/kn9cfsc96q9dddsp
[3] <https://metrics.wmflabs.org/static/public/dash/>Wikimetrics dashboards
for project level m <http://doodle.com/auva5y8c2d5gezdk>etrics:
https://metrics.wmflabs.org/static/public/dash/
[4] EEVS Introduction
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monthly_Metrics_2014-10_-_Vital_Sig…>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monthly_Metrics_2014-10_-_Vital_Sig…
.pdf
[5] Metrics Definitions
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Metrics_standardization
[6] Wikimetrics:
https://metrics.wmflabs.org/
[7] Wikimetrics mailing list
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimetrics
[8] Upcoming Even
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Metrics_standardization>ts
Section in PE&D portal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News#upcoming-events