[LTER-education] evaluation methodologies
Marty Downs
downs at nceas.ucsb.edu
Fri Oct 29 08:33:15 PDT 2021
This looks great, Kara. Looking forward to the conversation.
Thanks,
Marty
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Marty Downs (she/her)
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On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 8:04 AM Haas, Kara <karahaas at msu.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Great timing, Scott and I were just finalizing the agenda for next week’s
> meeting. I used this email exchange to craft the Breakout rooms so we can
> try out that idea we pitched last month (of using half of our meeting time
> for smaller breakoutroom conversation on topics of interest…)
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> Here’s what I’ve drafted, please feel free to edit and make suggestions
> (on the outline and the linked slide show)!
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> - Breakout rooms - Working groups/Topics of interest
> - November topic for Discussion: *Evaluation*
> <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DV3mjfwbABN86JXTbXiTUoloCOSwYXhghZQMoxRTV_s/edit?usp=sharing>
> - *Break out rooms - What do you want to evaluate?*
> - K-12 student experiences
> - Online material use
> - On-site visitor experiences
> - K-12 Teacher experiences
> - Others?
> - *Discussion prompts:*
> - What are your goals (for the program, participant or
> product)?
> - What does success/reaching goals look like? What can you
> measure?
> - What can you collect? (participant artifacts, survey,
> photos, link clicks, etc.)
> - *How this is going to work: *We’ll divide into smaller groups
> (4-6), each breakout group should nominate a ‘note taker’, a ‘facilitator’
> and a ‘reporter’. We’ll try to have 20 minutes for breakout room
> conversations, then we’ll gather for the last 10 minutes to share out.
> - Note taker will type the highlights of the conversation into this
> slide show.
> <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DV3mjfwbABN86JXTbXiTUoloCOSwYXhghZQMoxRTV_s/edit?usp=sharing>
> - Facilitator will support the group in staying on task and
> guiding them through today’s prompts
> - Reporter will be in charge of sharing with the whole group the
> highlights of your group’s conversation.
> - As a group we’ll make note of next steps.
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> Thanks!
>
> Kara
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> *Kara Haas *
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> karahaas at msu.edu
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> *From:* education <education-bounces at lists.lternet.edu> *On Behalf Of *Kim
> Eichhorst
> *Sent:* Friday, October 29, 2021 10:42 AM
> *To:* O'Connell, Kari Elizabeth Bisbee <kari.oconnell at oregonstate.edu>;
> Kochmanski, Elizabeth <schulth5 at msu.edu>; Amanda Morrison <
> arcticlter.education at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* education at lternet.edu; Katie Gavenus (Center for Alaskan Coastal
> Studies) <katieg at akcoastalstudies.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [LTER-education] evaluation methodologies
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> We are moving towards formal evaluations for our program. I would love to
> be a part of the conversation, both for sharing what we have and adopting
> things that will help us improve and collaborate.
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> Kim Eichhorst, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
> BEMP Science and Research Director
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> Education and Outreach Director, Sevilleta LTER
> Department of Biology - University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM 87131
> Office: 505-277-0758
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> *From:* education <education-bounces at lists.lternet.edu> on behalf of
> O'Connell, Kari Elizabeth Bisbee <kari.oconnell at oregonstate.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 29, 2021 8:23 AM
> *To:* Kochmanski, Elizabeth <schulth5 at msu.edu>; Amanda Morrison <
> arcticlter.education at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* education at lternet.edu <education at lternet.edu>; Katie Gavenus
> (Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies) <katieg at akcoastalstudies.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [LTER-education] evaluation methodologies
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> * [EXTERNAL]*
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> Hi all,
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> I do research and sometimes evaluation for my whole job these days so I’d
> be glad to discuss this topic. It is near and dear to my heart!
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> There are valuable things you can do with even a small group. It’s just a
> matter of setting reasonable goals and making claims appropriate for the
> data you collect.
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> Kari
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> *From:* education <education-bounces at lists.lternet.edu> *On Behalf Of *Kochmanski,
> Elizabeth
> *Sent:* Friday, October 29, 2021 7:09 AM
> *To:* Amanda Morrison <arcticlter.education at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* education at lternet.edu; Katie Gavenus (Center for Alaskan Coastal
> Studies) <katieg at akcoastalstudies.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [LTER-education] evaluation methodologies
>
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> [This email originated from outside of OSU. Use caution with links and
> attachments.]
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> Agreed, I’d love to discuss this topic!
>
> Liz
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> —
> Elizabeth H. Schultheis (she/her)
> LTER Education & Outreach Coordinator
> Kellogg Biological Station
> @KBSLTER
> @data_nuggets
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> On Oct 29, 2021, at 9:14 AM, Amanda Morrison <
> arcticlter.education at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am definitely willing ti chat as well since we could also improve our
> evaluation at ARC.
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> Amanda
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Oct 29, 2021, at 5:36 AM, Annette Work <abrickley.edu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I’d love to talk sometime, Katie! Also suggested for NES at our recent
> review. It’s a challenge.
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> I think this would be a great committee meeting topic too.
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> Annette
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> Pardon succinctness and typos. Sent from mini keyboard.
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> On Oct 28, 2021, at 6:45 PM, Katie Gavenus (Center for Alaskan Coastal
> Studies) <katieg at akcoastalstudies.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I have been tasked with taking the lead on improving our (not-so-robust)
> evaluation plans for education and outreach at the NGA LTER and BLE LTER.
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> HELP!
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> This is a stretch for my expertise. And it feels tough to do evaluation
> well given that we work with small group sizes at the BLE and NGA (other
> than the virtual materials available through the NGA).
>
> It seems like "pooling" K12 students across a few similar sites for
> program evaluation purposes might be one way to address this? Would any of
> the coastal/marine sites or other Alaska sites be interested in chatting
> about that?
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> Or does anyone have other suggestions for evaluation methods that really
> worked/work for their schoolyard ecology programs?
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> I'd love any suggestions via e-mail, or we could set up a meeting to chat
> if people are interested.
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> Thanks in advance,
>
> Katie
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> Katie Gavenus
>
> Program Director
> Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
>
> 708 Smokey Bay Way
> Homer, AK 99603
> 907-299-0983 (this is my personal cell phone, please call during 'normal'
> work hours during summer when I'm in frequently in the field)
>
> 907-235-1974 (this is my office phone, please leave a message if you need
> to contact me outside of 'normal' work hours)
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