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B-learn seminar, Porto, 13.11.06. Evaluation of projects Presented by Bodil Ask, Harald Haugen & Svein Ove Lysne HSH/NITOL. Outline for evaluation. Introduction to project Evaluation of activities ; WPs Evaluation of products; deliverables Summary. Project description.
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B-learn seminar, Porto, 13.11.06 Evaluation of projects Presented by Bodil Ask, Harald Haugen & Svein Ove Lysne HSH/NITOL
Outline for evaluation • Introduction to project • Evaluation of activities ; WPs • Evaluation of products; deliverables • Summary
Project description • Establishing the project • Workplan and budget • Partnership agreement • Communication & collaboration • Website and listserv • Partner meetings • Physical & virtual • Overall project organisation, management
Evaluation of activities • Alternatives • Focus on partner activities, efforts • Focus on project work activities, WPs • Collecting information • Observation, registration by evaluators • Reports from actors, WP leaders • Questionnaires to ?? • Report by project adm. / leader
Our choices • Alternatives • Focus on partner activities, efforts • Focus on project work activities, WPs • Collecting information • Observation, registration by evaluators • Reports from actors, WP leaders • Questionnaires to ?? • Report by project adm. / leader
Collecting and storing data • Activities registered through questionnaires to WP leaders • Structured forms to collect info on • Framework of WP • Objectives • Actions, division of labour • Adjustments (what, why, how; consequences) • Results • Data submitted to database
Structure of database http://ans.hsh.no/lu/inf/blearn/
Evaluation of products Evaluators judge quality and relevance • Outputs, deliverables listed in proposal, workplan, WP description • Products made available • Publicly at web site, in print, as pamphlets etc. • Internally on protected web location, as reports • as drafts, internally during project period
Evaluation of each product • Content related to ’promise’ • Check proposal and WP plan • Structure and format, language • Quality, relevance and information value • Total value and quality
Total product evaluation • Weighting of public vs. internal products • Overall outcome of project rel. to goals • Has the Commission got ’value for money’ • Advise to project administration and WP leaders
Project management • General management • Subjectively(!) judged/evaluated by team • Economy, accounting • Budget distribution and control • Plan, handling centrally • Distribution among partners; local use • Documentation, auditing • Deviations from plan, correct procedures • Documentation, reporting
Use and value of evaluation • as formative feed-back to project administration and actors • as part of project report to sponsors • as an independent deliverable • as a basis for new project proposal(s)
Suggestions for improvement • Overall? • Method ? • Collecting data ? • External / internal evaluation ? • Subjective / objective ? • Summing up / conclusions ?