Confirming readiness for collaborative evaluation
This report contributes workshop findings on readiness for building an evaluation culture: At the heart of evaluation work is learning-by-doing, or experiential learning; when evaluation users are engaged in deciding what to evaluate, what questions to ask, what evidence to seek, and what tools to use to collect and analyze findings, they learn about evaluation and take ownership of the results. “Readiness” is a term used for describing the enabling and limiting factors behind collaboration.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Zaveri, Sonal, Ramirez, Ricardo, Brodhead, Dal
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Workshop Report DECI-2 Team Meeting Cape Town May 2016
Teams from the Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI-2) met in a one-off event to present findings in relation to DECI-2 project objectives: capacity development outcomes, partner/project level changes, and production of a learning and dissemination review. The workshop meeting was an opportunity to reflect and find ways to improve and consolidate work during the last year of the project, strengthen mentoring, simplify the DECI-2 approach, and plan strategically for knowledge sharing.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Ramirez, Ricardo
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Emerging benefits from utilization focused evaluation and research communication
This poster introduces the Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) process, which invites users to consider a wide learning agenda, not just accountability or impacts. Engaging stakeholders early for "audience research" can shape project priorities and evaluation uses. Key Evaluation Questions on communication outcomes can yield findings that feed into communication practices.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Zaveri, Sonal, Ramelan, Vira
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U-FE as strategic framework for scaling-up the adoption of ICTs by schools in Colombia.
This DECI-2 (Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research) case study reviews mentorship provided to the research team at EAFIT University, focusing on strategies for better communication of research findings to policy-makers and funders. EAFIT’s I+D Unit objective is to identify good practices for adoption of ICTs in schools while developing models for transferring and scaling-up such practices. EAFIT followed the Utilization-Focused Evaluation (U-FE) approach to evaluate two components of a project already in process. U-FE allowed EAFIT’s evaluation team to identify information gaps and consider new ways of using findings. Special attention was given to process documentation.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Navas, Joaquin
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Mentoring three ISIF-funded projects in evaluation and research communication
This series of case studies emerged from an action-research project entitled Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI-2). The predecessor DECI-1 project focused only on evaluation mentoring in Asia. The subsequent DECI-2 project collaborated with research networks and grantees supported by International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Information & Networks Program between July 2012 and 2017. This particular case summarizes work with the ISIF grants program based at APNIC in Brisbane, Australia.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Zaveri, Sonal, Ramelan, Vira, Ramirez, Ricardo, Brodhead, Dal
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Can participatory communication be taught? Finding your inner phronēsis
Applied to the fields of participatory research, communication for development, and evaluation, this paper is a reflection on teaching communication thinking and how it can be done. Known as ‘practical wisdom’ or phronēsis as Aristotle called it, practical wisdom is an acquired skill and ability “to do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason.” What instructs phronēsis, what enables us to become wise in practical situations (especially ethical ones) is a combination of experience over time, and a reasoned and intuitive grasp of the constitutive goods that govern a community or institution. The paper advocates for skillful mentorship.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Ramirez, Ricardo, Quarry, Wendy, Guerin, Fred
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Evaluating CONDATOS: A web-based U-FE experience that beat the odds
This series of case studies emerged from an action-research project entitled Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI-2). The predecessor Developing Evaluation Capacity in ICTD (DECI-1) project focused only on evaluation mentoring in Asia. The subsequent DECI-2 project collaborated with research networks and grantees supported by IDRC’s Information & Networks Program between July 2012 and 2017. This particular case summarizes work with the CONDATOS Conference under the coordination of Fundación Avina.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Navas, Joaquin
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Learning, planning and adapting UFE and ResCom according to emergent need : case study of the open and collaborative science for development network (OCSDNet)
The Open and Collaborative Science for Development (OCSDNet) project is a network of research institutions with limited staff time and resources. The DECI-2 team (Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research) focused its attention on evaluation and communication needs adapting the Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) and Research Communication (ResCom) concepts. A poster summary elaborates on specific evaluation questions, communication objectives, data collection instruments, and communication media and methods. The OCS community needs to further develop a common language and principles in discussing concepts of science, openness, and development.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Nyangaga, Jules, Brodhead, Dal, Ramirez, Ricardo
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Un marco decisional en evaluación y comunicación : resumen de investigación-acción
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Ramirez, Ricardo
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Langage : Espagnol
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DECI-2 final technical report
The Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research project (DECI-2) aims to build capacity in evaluation and communication among global Networked Economies (NE) flagship projects. Key DECI-2 contributions have been captured in the project’s publications and conference presentations. This report contains the highlights. By exposing (NE) research partners to methods and media from the communication field early on, DECI-2 support helped project teams create new spaces and opportunities for engagement with possible users of the research. As well, by creating a space for reflection, projects were enabled to undertake strategic adaptation.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Ramirez, Ricardo, Brodhead, Dal
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DECI-2 : Developing evaluation and communication capacity in information society research
Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI-2) offers mentoring in Research Communication to assist researchers in developing and implementing their communication strategies. The DECI-2 project is aimed at test-driving capacity development in both evaluation and communication. This brochure summarizes the programme objectives, including Research Communication Steps, examples of the mentoring programme, and how DECI-2 works in tandem with the Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) method.
Auteur ou autrice(s) : Ramelan, Vira, Zaveri, Sonal, Ramirez, Ricardo, Brodhead, Dal
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Langage : Anglais
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