Students from my UQ Evaluation Course carried out a number of small evaluation exercises to practice their skills. What was interesting was that many included ‘observation’ as one of their evaluation tools – whether evaluating learning, events or activities. They found it a useful method of supplementing interviews, surveys or other data collection approaches! The
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Using ‘observation’ as an evaluation tool
The pointy end of evaluation
The pointy end of evaluation is impact evaluation. When we use a whole project logframe – such as the QualDATA log frame – it covers the total project from inputs, process through to long term impacts. The Key Result Areas (or Key Performance Indicators) level is where the rubber hits the road in demonstrating that
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Evaluation Action/Activity Table – taking the next step
One of the great traps of MER is that you do a great Log frame and everyone is happy with it – but then it gets put aside as more urgent tasks take precedence. Sometimes this is because people are not sure ‘what to do’. That brings us to one of QualDATA’s Golden Rules –
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Why a Log Frame?
Working in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) arena has never been more interesting – nor demanding! We constantly need to push the limits to ensure that new more comprehensive government and stakeholder reporting requirements are being met.