Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates on Learning and Evaluation:
== Program Evaluation & Design meet up at Wikimania 2014 ==
We are organizing a meeting of the Program Evaluation & Design community at
Wikimania. If you are attending the conference, join us! The meet up will
be a loosely structured sessions, where program leaders can share new
findings and experiences on program evaluation. time and date have not been
defined yet. Please vote your most convenient time on the doodle [1] You
can also sign up your name on the event page:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation_and_Design_Meet…
== Upcoming virtual event: Project & Event Grants review [2] ==
The next virtual meet-up will be held on Tuesday, July 29 (1500 hs UTC - 8
am PDT). ‘Project & Event Grants: an Impact Review of 2013-14’ will go over
the 30+ initiatives funded in the past fiscal year, discuss its outcomes
and share recommendations around program planning and funding decisions.
Join us!
As always, stay up-to-date by following our news and events sections [3] and
connecting on our portal [4].
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_>
*Links references:*
[1] Meet up doodle:
http://doodle.com/3yc3i42imxssdzk5
[2] Project & Events Grants: an Impact Review of 2013-14
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c56l0mu03edgtbeqic4g7i607is
[3] Upcoming Events Section in PE&D portal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News#upcoming-events
[4] Program Evaluation & Design Connect:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Parlor
Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates on Learning and Evaluation:
== Evaluation Pulse survey ==
If you haven’t done so, please remember to fill out the evaluation survey
that was delivered last week. If you haven’t seen it in your inbox, or your
link has expired, email us at eval(a)wikimedia.org and we’ll resend it to
you.
== Learning & Evaluation Newsletter starting July 30 ==
At the Learning & Evaluation team (L&E) we work to understand what
activities within the movement work and to replicate initiatives that are
appropriate for each context. To this goal, every month we host virtual or
face-to-face events, to share new resources to evaluate programs, do
research and more.
With the newsletter, that will be issued quarterly, we aim to capture the
highlights of the L&E team and share those with the community, in an outlet
that brings stories to users' inboxes, and to encourage participation. You
can sign up to get the newsletter delivered to your user page by including
your name on this list:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Learning_Qu…
== Beyond Wikimetrics series started ==
If you missed the first edition of Beyond Wikimetrics, don’t panic! You can
watch the video online [1] and revisit the presentation [2]. This was the
opening virtual meet-up of a series of 3 online events that will go deeper
into this same topic. Stay tuned for upcoming events on our portal [3]!
== Join the L&E team at Wikimania 2014! [4] ==
If you are attending the global conference in London, join us for a number
of workshops and activities. Watch our news page to find out more about
Learning & Evaluation workshops and presentations in the movement’s largest
convention.
As always, stay up-to-date by connecting on our portal [5].
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_>
Link references:
[1] Beyond Wikimetrics: Using Databases and APIs for Research (1 of 3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjvZJ6joQD4
[2] Beyond Wikimetrics presentation (1 of 3):
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/presentation/d/1SCD_Yz-cdT6ML2TE0Oq…
[3] Upcoming Events Section in PE&D portal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News#upcoming-events
[4] Wikimania 2014 Homepage:
http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org
[5] Program Evaluation & Design Connect:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Parlor
Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates on Learning and Evaluation:
== Beyond Wikimetrics - Virtual-meet up: July 16 ==
This online meeting [1] is the first in a series of three sessions that
will be hosted by Jonathan Morgan, Learning Strategist of our Learning &
Evaluation team. ‘Beyond Wikimetrics’ is a series that will present a
step-by-step guide to using databases and APIs for evaluation and research.
The workshop will teach you how to use MySQL to make your own queries, and
will also go over some tools on Wikimedia Labs. If you have questions about
how are people editing wiki projects, post them on the event page!
== New Wikimetrics demo available: Metrics for Education Programs ==
Tighe Flanagan, Wikipedia Education Program Manager, hosts this
demonstration video on using Wikimetrics.. This 20 minutes video [2] walks
you through a running a report on an uploaded cohort, spreadsheet
formatting, and basic analysis in the context of an education program
cohort.
== Evaluation Pulse ==
After a year of program evaluation workshops, activities and resources
developed, we kindly invite you to take part in our Evaluation Pulse survey
to briefly feedback on evaluation strategies, resources, and supports. We
will be launching the survey at the end of next week. Be sure to watch your
inbox for your invitation to participate.
== Virtual Meet-Ups Agenda: Send your Suggestions! ==
In the coming months we have slated some interesting virtual meet-ups on
topics from tools and strategies for accessing data about online content
and participation to setting targets, goals, and reporting. The aim of
these meet-ups is to promote and share evaluation strategies and resources
with our broad community of program leaders and evaluators. If you have
suggestions for future topics or if you wish to present your evaluation
work at an upcoming meet-up, please reach out to us! You can post your
comments on our portal discussion page [3] or email us at eval(a)wikimedia.org
.
As always, stay up-to-date by watching the news page [4] and connecting on
our portal [5].
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_>
References
[1] Beyond Wikimetrics: How to Use Databases and APIs for Research
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117126229120807344920/events/ccmjivinemvg2bra…
[2] Wikimetrics for Education Programs
http://youtu.be/DgUcoNBARww
[3] Section to suggest a hangout topic:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Evaluation#Suggestions_for_Goog…
[4] Program Evaluation & Design News:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News
[5] Program Evaluation & Design Connect:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Parlor