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Learning and Evaluation
Events of 2014
This is the third and final event of the learning series «Telling your program story». If you are a program or project leader, and struggle to get your story across in reporting, this is your chance to learn a few tricks and resources to tell a better story. In the third and last session we will discuss how to represent advocacy work better, how a report form could better reflect that and how to frame measures that matter on a local level. will go over the use of tools in reporting to visualize information. After the series has ended, we will enable a new written tool on the Evaluation portal. Read more here.
As we did in the Fall of 2013, we launched our second round of voluntary reporting. We invite all program leaders and evaluators to participate in, the most epic data collection and analysis of Wikimedia programs we've done so far as a movement. Learn more of how you can submit the data you've been gathering about your programs since September 1, 2013. If you have any questions, reach out to the team!
This is the second event of a new learning series called «Telling your program story». If you are a program or project leader, and struggle to get your story across in reporting, this is your chance to learn a few tricks and resources to tell a better story. The second session will go over the use of tools in reporting to visualize information. After the series has ended, we will enable a new written tool on the Evaluation portal. Read more here.
The team will host office hours with program leaders to give support on reporting and Wikimetrics. If you are struggling to get at the data you need for reporting, join us on Monday and we’ll help you out via IRC chat #wikimedia-ped.
- Monday, Oct 13, from 1500 - 1700 UTC (8 to 10 am PDT)
- Thursday, Oct 16, from 00 - 0200 UTC (Wednesday, October 15, 5 to 7pm PDT)
- Tursday, Oct 16, from 1400 - 1600 UTC (7 to 9am PDT)
More Office Hours to come during this month. Stay tuned!
This is the first event of a new learning series called «Telling your program story». If you are a program or project leader, and struggle to get your story across in reporting, this is your chance to learn a few tricks and resources to tell a better story. Through some key strategies you can improve the way you share about your efforts, the impact of the work in advancing the movement, and how others might benefit from such efforts. After the series has ended, we will enable a new written tool on the Evaluation portal. Read more here.
The team will host office hours with program leaders to give support on reporting and Wikimetrics. If you are struggling to get at the data you need for reporting, join us on Monday and we’ll help you out via IRC chat #wikimedia-ped.
- Monday, October 6 from 15:00 -17:00 UTC (8 - 9 am PDT)
- Tuesday October 7 from 0:00-2:00 UTC (Monday October 6, 5 - 7 pm PDT)
More Office Hours to come during this month. Stay tuned!
We will go over Wikimetrics to review the new variables to measure editors activity online, as well as overview the tool to its full capacity. If you recently ran an activity, bring your cohorts online and practice using your own set of usernames!
In this day, Learning and Evaluation team will be available on IRC channel to discuss Global Metrics, their origin, meaning and implementation in Wikimedia program's reports. Join the conversation #wikimedia-ped !
In this virtual meet-up, Grantmaking's Learning and Evaluation team will review how Wikimedia organizations can set up goals and targets using a SMART criteria. If you are planning to apply for an Annual Plan Grant, please join us! Bring along all the questions you might have. Visit the guide to SMART planning on the Plan section of the portal to learn more about this evaluation tool.
In this day, Learning and Evaluation team will be available on IRC channel to discuss Global Metrics, their origin, meaning and implementation in Wikimedia program's reports. Join the conversation #wikimedia-ped !
The third and last webinar of the 'Beyond Wikimetrics' series is at the end of August. Don't miss it! Sign up to continue learning how to use databases and APIs for research. Hosted by Jonathan Morgan, wiki research specialist. Bring your own research practice and post questions. Re visit the presentation from the first meet-up by clicking here.
The second event of the 'Beyond Wikimetrics' series is here! Sign up to continue learning how to use databases and APIs for research. Hosted by Jonathan Morgan, wiki research specialist. Bring your own research practice and post questions. Re visit the presentation from the first meet-up by clicking here.
The Program Evaluation and Design team will offer a variety of demonstration and discussion sessions at different times during the conference on topics that range from setting goals and targets to tracking, reporting, and wikimetrics. Watch for details coming soon
The Program Evaluation and Design team will hold a meet-up for program leaders and evaluators - Grab your lunch and meet us at the Grantmaking booth!
Jaime Anstee from the Program Evaluation and Design team will join Beat Estermann and Martin Brinkerink for a GLAM strategy workshop to engage community members in further development of evaluation strategies and systematic measures for community members engaged in GLAM outreach activities.
A poster session with program leader and grantee poster presentations spotlighting program learning and evaluation will be combined with an IdeaLab mixer to help potential program and project collaborators meet to develop ideas for projects to improve Wikimedia projects, websites, and communities. This session will include light appetizers and refreshments.
2014-07-29 Project and Event Grants: an impact review of 2013-14 (Virtual Meet-up) Projects, events, and online impact. In the last year, we have seen over 30 project & event grants come to completion spending about $350,000. The discussion went around the combined outcomes of these initiatives, as well as some recommendations around program planning and funding decisions for this next fiscal year. Watch the video online. Revisit the presentation.
2014-07-16 Beyond Wikimetrics: Using databases and APIs for research (Virtual Meet-up) This presentation is the first of 3. It provides a general overview of how to collect and use data about edits, pages, categories, and more through the Wikimedia API and the w:MySQL databases available on Wikimedia Labs. During the series, attendees will learn how to get access to these resources, and will be provided with some examples of research activities that these resources can support. A follow-on series of MySQL tutorial sessions is planned for August and September. View the video. Read the presentation.
2014-06-18 Virtual Meet-up: Annual Plan Grants. Results of Year 1 The FDC process has now been in place for two years, and we are at a point of reflection on the outcomes of the ~https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117126229120807344920/events/csnm1164oe54qj6scesa666d6ec1M in investments. Jessie Wild Sneller goes through the first round of Impact Reports that have come in through the Annual Plan Grants programs: the reports from groups funded in Round 1, FY2012-13. View the video. Read the presentation.
2014-06-12 Virtual Meet-up: Survey tools and program leader experiences piloting survey strategies Jaime Anstee, Ph.D. and the program evaluation team facilitate a brief survey tools overview and resources and sharing of program leader experiences piloting survey strategies. The program evaluation and design team is joined by Daria Cybulska (WMUK) and James Hare (WMDC) who share their recent experiences piloting survey tools for their program evaluation. Watch the video of the virtual meet-up. View the resource overview slides and linksView Daria's presentation slides and links.
- Program Evaluation and Design workshops at WikiConference USA:
- 2014-05-31 Program Evaluation and Design workshop. We looked into the core points for program tracking and reporting and explored related resources, as well as overview the functionality of, and explore using, Wikimetrics.
- 2014-06-1 IdeaLab workshop. Grantmaking team members facilitated an interactive session working together to learn how to use the IdeaLab to write-up new ideas for projects and turn them into project plans or grant proposals.
2014-04-13 Wikimedia Conference sessions: A presentation and conversation session: How to measure blood, sweat, and tears? (session documentation) and a demonstration session on evaluation data and tracking tools. An Overview of tracking and reporting points and Wikimetrics. (session documentation).
2014-04-10 In-person workshop: WikiCon2014 Open Thursday sessions on Program evaluation and design. Two two-hour Open Thursday workshop sessions. One on survey design (view presentation or the expanded Designing Effective Questions learning module) and a brainstorm session on metrics (view the notes).
2014-04-09 In-person workshop: WikiCon2014 pre-conference full-day workshop on Program evaluation and design. A full-day workshop including presentations on Stages and Types of Evaluation, Theory of Change, Data Sources, Wikimetrics (Brief overview, and Information and resource page), and Qualtrics (Information and resource page). View the notes.
2014-03-20 Evaluation reports (Round II) Virtual meet-up Watch the recording or review the presentation slides.
2014-03-04 Setting goals and targets: A SMART Process Virtual Meet-up Watch the recording or review the presentation slides.
2014-02-25 Telling the story of your annual plan. (CANCELED —made a written Q&A focused on Annual Plan Grants).
2014-02-19 How to be a Star IEG Grantee Virtual Meet-up; see the full impact assessment.
2014-02-13 Program tracking and reporting tool kit Virtual Meet-up Watch the recording or review the toolkit page directly.
2014-01-16 Evaluation Report Virtual Meet-up Watch the recording or review the presentation slides.