Evaluation 2.0 http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation The place for the evaluation of the "Trainers in Europe Network SIte" Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:54:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Jose Luis answers the evaluation question http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2011/02/09/jose-luis-answers-the-evaluation-question/ http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2011/02/09/jose-luis-answers-the-evaluation-question/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:08:07 +0000 Eileen Lübcke http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/?p=77

]]> http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2011/02/09/jose-luis-answers-the-evaluation-question/feed/ 1 Fishing, hunting and shooting – next round of evaluation questions http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2010/12/28/fishing-hunting-and-shooting-next-round-of-evaluation-questions/ http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2010/12/28/fishing-hunting-and-shooting-next-round-of-evaluation-questions/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:58:30 +0000 Jenny Hughes http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/?p=65 My earlier 3 questions were very general but the answers have drawn out some of the people's main concerns and have enabled us to focus on some specific issues. A colleague of mine (Tim Sims) used to say that the evaluation process was a bit like fishing (where you just cast around to see if anything bites!), then hunting (when you know there is something there and go looking for it) then shooting (when you have something clearly in your sights).

It feels like the first 3 questions (i.e "What would you like to see the network do more of " etc) were the fishing bit and these next  ones are are the hunting questions!

I have deliberately entered each question as a separate post so that there is a comment box under each one.  I hope this will make it easier for people to respond and also make it easier for me to sort out the answers. I'm sure this is not good web design but I always find it a bit daunting to have to respond to a single post with a lot of very different information in it.  At least this way you can leave out any questions you don't feel you can answer.

I know everyone is busy but I really would like as many people to comment as possible so that we get a cross section of views.

Meanwhile, hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas and have a good New Year!

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]]> http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2010/12/28/2-needs-analysis/feed/ 0 3 Top down vs bottom up http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2010/12/28/3-top-down-vs-bottom-up/ http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2010/12/28/3-top-down-vs-bottom-up/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:43:06 +0000 Jenny Hughes http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/?p=59 Are top down networks usually doomed to failure? Is it inherent in the nature of a network that it should evolve bottom up? Do communities evolve organically or can they be artificially created?

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]]> http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2010/12/28/7-e-conferences/feed/ 0 8 Life expectancy of network http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2010/12/28/8-life-expectancy-of-network/ http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/2010/12/28/8-life-expectancy-of-network/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:35:50 +0000 Jenny Hughes http://www.trainersineurope.org/evaluation/?p=50 Should we worry about the fluidity of the network users and should we be concerned about stability and sustainability or just let the network follow a cycle and die away when it reaches its 'sell-by' date?

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