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OUT8102 - Education Program Evaluation
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 This course provides participants with an overview of conducting evaluation for education and outreach and an opportunity to practice skills in designing and using evaluation tools. These evaluation tools, which include surveys, interview guides, and observation forms, can be used to discover information about experiences, expectations, demographics, intentions, and beliefs of the audience. The tools can also be used to improve existing programs.
College Credit 2 semester hours  
Who Should Attend: Outdoor recreation planners; employees involved with partnerships, public affairs, education, and outreach; project leaders; biologists; and anyone designing or implementing education and outreach programs, projects and exhibits.
Objectives:

* State purposes, benefits, and importance of educational program evaluation
* Define front-end, formative, and summative program evaluation
* State when and how to use at least three data collection tools appropriately
* Develop evaluation tools—specifically survey, interview guide, and observation form
* Analyze and interpret data from simple evaluation tools
* Identify common errors associated with program evaluation, such as developing questions and analyzing and interpreting data
* Present results of a team’s evaluation of an exhibit, program, and/or product

Length: 3.5 days/25 hours Availability: Every other year
Contact:
Julie Study
Email:
Julie_Study@fws.gov
Phone:
304/876 7651

 


Last Updated: June 12, 2009
National Conservation Training Center
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