This eStudy course will occur in four 90-minute sessions and will include preparation materials sent before, between, and after the sessions.

Day 1 - Measures of central tendency & dispersion (e.g., means & std deviations), the basic General Linear Model, and the t-test

Day 2 - Extend session 1 to ANOVA models

Day 3 - Extend the application of the GLM to correlational analyses, i.e. bivariate correlation

Day 4 - Finish with multiple correlation, i.e. linear regression

All 4 sessions will make a conceptual tie to the GLM and show how tests of means (e.g., t-tests & ANOVAs) and tests of correlation (bivariate and multiple regression) are extensions of the GLM and are therefore related.

This evaluation approach involves partnering relationships between social innovators and evaluators in which the evaluator's role focuses on helping innovators embed evaluative thinking into their decision-making processes as part of their ongoing design and implementation initiatives. DE can apply to any complex change effort anywhere in the world. Through lecture, discussion, and small-group practice exercises, this workshop will position DE as an important option for evaluation in contrast to formative and summative evaluations as well as other approaches to evaluation.

This eStudy will occur in four 90-minute sessions and will include preparation materials sent before, between, and after the sessions.

Day 1 - The specific niche for which developmental evaluation is appropriate and useful.

Day 2 - Understanding and distinguishing five different types of DE and the implications of those types.

Day 3 - Implications of complexity concepts for DE theory & practice.

Day 4 - Practical frameworks and innovative methods for use in DE.

Through lecture and homework, the course will introduce you to different evaluation perspectives and how they can influence how we evaluate. We'll use the Evaluation Theory Tree categorization system to gain a fuller understanding of one's own framework preferences, then compare, contrast, and explore theories from different branches to identify their application at each step in designing and conducting an evaluation.

This eStudy will occur in two 90-minute sessions and will include preparation materials sent before, between, and after the sessions.

Day 1 - This session will discuss a system for categorizing and comparing evaluation frameworks and the key tenants of prevalent evaluation frameworks for practice included in the categorization schema.

Day 2 - This session will cover the ways in which evaluation frameworks can inform, guide, and be used in practice.

This evaluation approach involves partnering relationships between social innovators and evaluators in which the evaluator's role focuses on helping innovators embed evaluative thinking into their decision-making processes as part of their ongoing design and implementation initiatives. DE can apply to any complex change effort anywhere in the world. Through lecture, discussion, and small-group practice exercises, this workshop will position DE as an important option for evaluation in contrast to formative and summative evaluations as well as other approaches to evaluation.

This eStudy will occur in four 90-minute sessions and will include preparation materials sent before, between, and after the sessions.

Day 1 - Emergent methods in practice: The challenges of designing & budgeting developmental evaluation studies

Day 2 - Co-evolution and interdependence: The challenges of the relationship between the developmental evaluator and social innovators (primary intended evaluation users)

Day 3 - Making "real time" feedback meaningful and valid: The challenges of evaluation in a fast-paced, real-time world