Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates on Learning and Evaluation:
== Next virtual meet up ==
Jonathan Morgan, Learning Strategist of the Learning & Evaluation team,
will begin hosting a series of virtual meet-ups that will go over tools for
analyzing on-wiki data, beyond Wikimetrics. The first session will be held
on July 16th, at 3 PM UTC. Sign-up in the event on our Google + page![1] A
detailed look at each tool will take place in different webinars July
through September. Watch our portal news page for updates and details.[2]
== New blogpost on survey resources ==
The Program Evaluation & Design team members are working on building
different resources to build better surveys. The first step in this track
was the launch of the learning module ‘Designing Effective Questions’ [3],
that provides theories behind how survey work, and is filled with examples.
Check out other resources in the blogpost, read and share![4]
== June virtual meet-ups(s) available online ==
It has been a couple busy weeks on air for the Learning and Evaluation
team! If you missed one or both our hangouts, don’t panic: you can watch
them online:
1. Survey Strategies
Daria Cybulska (Wikimedia UK) and James Hare (Wikimedia DC) shared their
experiences using surveys to evaluate programs and activities. Watch the
video of the meeting online [5], check out the resource overview [6] and
Daria’s presentation and links [7].
2. Annual Plan Grants: Results of Year 1
Jessie Wild Sneller overviews a first round of impact reports of the Annual
Plan Grants program. Nearly 11 million USD went toward programmatic work.
What do we know about how far those efforts reached? Read the presentation
[8] and find out more on the video! [9]
== Community Dialogue: Comment before July 15th ==
About a month ago, we opened a request for comment on the current
evaluation capacity building initiative, program evaluation metrics, and
how to evaluate grantmaking. The planned closing date for that dialogue is
July 15th. If you have not commented yet, don’t forget to do so at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Evaluation/Parlor/Dialogue
Don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or comments.
Best regards,
*María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
References:
[1] “Beyond Wikimetrics” virtual meetup sign up:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117126229120807344920/events/ccmjivinemvg2bra…
[2] Evaluation Portal news and events page
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News
[3] Learning module: Designing effective questions
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Learning_modules…
[4] Blogpost: Asking the right questions.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/asking-the-right-questions-resources-f…
[5] Live meet-up: Survey strategies (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxcBosHc4jE
[6] Surveys overview presentation
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fe6J0IF3WZadmBtWZnPmoXG1wLwxzadAZvp…
[7] Daria Cybulska’s presentation on survey strategies, with useful links
to surveys and resources:
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/file/d/0B7uZ08mzX5bvQl90TUIyNktU…
[8] Annual Plan Grants: Results of Year 1 (presentation)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Learning_and_Evaluation._FDC_Impact…
[9] Annual Plan Grants: Results of Year 1 (video)
http://youtu.be/3rGCnfDBrpY
Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates from the PE&D team:
== New blogpost on Community Dialogue ==
Read about the metrics discussion
We want to reach out to program leaders and evaluators in the movement and
engage them in dialogue about metrics. In our new entry in Wikimedia blog,
we expand on the reasons that inspired the discussion around metrics and
evaluation. Read and share the blog post: Defining Impact Together [1].
Join the conversation
We want to know if our team's building capacity is working for wikimedia
program leaders all over the world. What resources are useful? What do you
think is still weak? Do you need more help with some other aspect of
program evaluation? Tell us! Join the conversation here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs_talk:Evaluation_portal/Parlor/Dial…
== WikiConference USA ==
WikiConference USA [2] was held in New York City last week and attracted
wikimedia volunteers, program leaders and professionals from aroung the
United States who work on open education and culture inside and outside the
movement. Grantmaking team members hosted sessions on evaluation, metrics,
and IdeaLab. Check out the presentations Growing The Awesome In Your
Programs [3] and Wikimetrics Overview [4] and the Wikimetrics Training
Module [5] and visit the idea lab to see the new ideas generated [6] at the
event! Conference video documentation should be available soon, for now
you can find many presentation slides on commons [7].
== Virtual Meet-up next week ==
Let’s talk about surveys: Join the next virtual meet-up on June 12 from 4-5
p.m. UTC
Tuesday, June 12 you can find us on a virtual meetup to review survey tools
and resources. This will be an occasion for program leaders to share
experiences in piloting survey strategies. The program evaluation and
design team will be joined by Daria Cybulska (WMUK) and James Hare (WMDC),
who will share their experiences piloting online surveys for program
evaluation. Join the event [8]!
Would you like to present an evaluation strategy or results of programs you
are implementing? To offer suggestions or to present your project at a
future virtual meet-up, message us directly at eval(a)wikimedia.org.
As always, stay up-to-date by watching the news page [9] on our portal or
reach out to us in the parlor [10].
On behalf of the Program Evaluation and Design team, thank you for your
time and attention.
.~
María Cruz
Community Coordinator, PE&D
Wikimedia Foundation
References:
[1] New blogpost:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/30/building-metrics-together/
[2] WikiConference USA page on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_USA
[3] Growing The Awesome In Your Programs:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1g8pbeyA_uQsLxysKQkc-xAqFvxpy0mMxgYp…
[4] Wikimetrics Overview:
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/presentation/d/13G33WDKthPjEEK-RQGf…
[5] Wikimetrics Training Module:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Learning_modules…
[6] IdeaLab projects that seek participants:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Ideas#idealab-participants
[7] WikiConference USA 2014 in Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiConference_USA_2014
[8] June 12 virtual meet up:
https://plus.google.com/b/117126229120807344920/events/c1kgb4kkpn72dahhapka…
[9] Program Evaluation & Design News:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News
[10] Program Evaluation & Design Parlor:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Parlor