Program research & evaluation for decision-making
Timeline
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January 18, 2021Experience start
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January 23, 2021Program Evaluation Project Scope Initial Meeting
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February 6, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Proposal
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February 27, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Approval
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April 24, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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January 18, 2021Experience start
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January 23, 2021Program Evaluation Project Scope Initial Meeting
Meeting (web-conference or face-to-face if local) between students and company to confirm: project scope, expectations, deliverables, communication styles, and important dates. Meeting space can be arranged at Innovation Works in London, or at Fanshawe's London campus.
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February 6, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Proposal
Students will deliver their program evaluation proposal, fully defining what will be measured, analyzed and delivered to the company.
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February 27, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Approval
Supervising professor and company stakeholders give feedback outlining any changes to the project proposal and/or approving the submission to allow students to begin the evaluation work. Future milestones requested by the company and/or supervising professor will be negotiated at this time.
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April 24, 2021Experience end
General
- Graduate
- 40 learners; teams of 4
- 100 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 1/3 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any
- Any
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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January 18, 2021Experience start
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January 23, 2021Program Evaluation Project Scope Initial Meeting
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February 6, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Proposal
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February 27, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Approval
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April 24, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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January 18, 2021Experience start
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January 23, 2021Program Evaluation Project Scope Initial Meeting
Meeting (web-conference or face-to-face if local) between students and company to confirm: project scope, expectations, deliverables, communication styles, and important dates. Meeting space can be arranged at Innovation Works in London, or at Fanshawe's London campus.
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February 6, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Proposal
Students will deliver their program evaluation proposal, fully defining what will be measured, analyzed and delivered to the company.
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February 27, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Approval
Supervising professor and company stakeholders give feedback outlining any changes to the project proposal and/or approving the submission to allow students to begin the evaluation work. Future milestones requested by the company and/or supervising professor will be negotiated at this time.
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April 24, 2021Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Initiatives of all types involve the use of resources, which are limited and in high-demand. Good evaluation of the use of our resources is essential. Program evaluation serves this purpose as it is the systematic process of assessing the value of any activity. The assessment delivered is then immediately useful to inform important program decisions.
Our students will provide your group with a detailed systematic evaluation of the design, implementation, or results of one of your initiatives.
- Learner skills
- Project planning, Business analytics, Data analysis, Research, Project evaluation
- Deliverables
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Students will submit a full-colour print-copy and PDF version of the final project evaluation report which will contain any or all of the following that is relevant to the company's specific program evaluation project:
- Project Overview
- Key Terms and Definitions
- Evaluation Framework
- Evaluation Process
- Data analysis and findings
- Discussion, conclusions and recommendations
- Evaluator Observations
If requested, students will also present their findings to interested company stakeholders, either in person (if local) or via web-conferencing software. Students will endeavour to be available to explain and answer any questions related to their work, both during the evaluation process and after the final report is submitted.
Project Examples
Starting in January, student researchers in groups of 3-5 will spend 100 hours each working with your organization to develop a detailed systematic evaluation of the design, implementation, or results of one of your initiatives. Project examples include but are not limited to:
- Students could review or define the logic model of a program (e.g., an intervention was quickly implemented without clear definition of some or all of the actual or desired inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes).
- Students could develop valid measurement tools (e.g., surveys) and collect appropriate data in order to accurately measure the inputs, activities, outputs or outcomes of a program.
- Students could conduct qualitative analysis (e.g., how a variable of interest is portrayed in online print news), identifying recurring or commonly reported (or even missing) themes.
- Students could conduct quantitative analyses, testing for significant differences between groups, describing how variables factor (or participants cluster) together, or report significant relations between multiple variables.
- Students could create actionable internal reports and/or web-ready info-graphic information to help communicate program goals and outcomes to interested groups and stakeholders.
- Students could perform a literature review of an initiative focus to report on what initiatives have been implemented in similar or related populations, and report on past program outcomes and evaluations related to that initiative domain.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
Timeline
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January 18, 2021Experience start
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January 23, 2021Program Evaluation Project Scope Initial Meeting
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February 6, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Proposal
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February 27, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Approval
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April 24, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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January 18, 2021Experience start
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January 23, 2021Program Evaluation Project Scope Initial Meeting
Meeting (web-conference or face-to-face if local) between students and company to confirm: project scope, expectations, deliverables, communication styles, and important dates. Meeting space can be arranged at Innovation Works in London, or at Fanshawe's London campus.
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February 6, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Proposal
Students will deliver their program evaluation proposal, fully defining what will be measured, analyzed and delivered to the company.
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February 27, 2021Program Evaluation Capstone Approval
Supervising professor and company stakeholders give feedback outlining any changes to the project proposal and/or approving the submission to allow students to begin the evaluation work. Future milestones requested by the company and/or supervising professor will be negotiated at this time.
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April 24, 2021Experience end