This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Notion calls itself an all-in-one workspace for notes and documents, wikis, tasks and projects, and spreadsheets and databases. Although I still prefer Todoist as my task manager (I wish Todoist and Notion could integrate!), Notion has become my project management software tool. I’ll […]
What is Research on Evaluation (RoE)?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com The RoE TIG convened a working group to help promote the field of RoE, and one of our first tasks was to come to a consensus on the definition of RoE. There are many definitions of research on evaluation (RoE), which can make […]
Adventures in Teaching: Concept Demonstration Final Project for Intro Psychology
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Although there is much to change in my intro to psychology course I taught for the first time this semester, one thing I know I will keep next semester is the concept demonstration project that students did at the end of the semester. […]
Adventures in Teaching: Exam Post-Mortem
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com I have been crazy busy with my first semester as an assistant professor of psychology in evaluation at University of Wisconsin-Stout, but I wanted to share with you an activity that I found very beneficial after our first exam in Introduction to Psychology. […]
Evaluation as a Bridging Profession
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com This blog is largely inspired by some recent conversations with colleagues (read below), the theme of the Canadian Evaluation Society’s 2019 conference of Bridges, and the blog post by Jade Malone about “un-boxing” evaluation in reference to the theme of the Australian Evaluation […]
Looking back on 2018… and forward to 2019
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com This year was jam-packed with excitement! Some of my highlights of 2018 are shared below. I got my first two publications! In a Survey Methods class in 2015, three other students and I did a survey project creating a scale measuring aesthetic experiences, […]
Adventures in Teaching: Redoing Assignments
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com As many of you are aware, I am teaching my first undergraduate-level course this semester. I have posted about how I didn’t realize how much work the syllabus and planning a course takes (blog post 1 and 2) as well as how I found […]
Adventures in Teaching: Taking Advantage of Peer Review
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Due to the Thanksgiving holiday this week, I cancelled our Monday morning class. However, this would mean 3 weeks of not meeting in class given two Monday holidays this year, so I made the class an online one instead. I decided to have […]
Questions, Methods, and Budget, oh my!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Most evaluators are quick to say that the evaluation questions drive the methods. I think most evaluators would agree with this statement. However, what do you do about that pesky budget? How does the budget play a role in determining the questions and/or […]
Tips for Getting the Most Out of #Eval18
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com During our latest #EvalTwitter chat, I asked people to write up tips for attendees of the AEA Evaluation Conference (hashtag #Eval18). I got some great responses and wanted to collect them here to share easily with others. First, I would like to mention […]