Dr Emma GillaspyVitae NW Hub Manager

www.vitae.ac.uk/nwhub http://twitter.com/vitaenwhub

http://vitaenwhub.posterous.com/

Objectives

To introduce key applications of web 2.0 and other technologies in evaluating training programmes

To explore how web 2.0 can be of benefit in your own environment To ease the administrative burden of evaluation To add value to your current evidence of impact To help influence key stakeholders

Awareness How aware are you about the range of technologies

that could be incorporated into your training?

Absolutely unaware

OK but am I missing anything?

Totally on top of it

Practice How comfortable do you feel incorporating

technology in your training?

Fairly comfortable

I’d rather swim with hungry sharks

They call me Dr Gadget

Tools Aside from PowerPoint have you used or considered

using other technologies in your training? How about when evaluating your training?

What is web 2.0? The second generation of the World Wide Web,

especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content and social networking.

Web 2.0 websites allow users to do more than just retrieve information.

Web 2.0 harnesses the collective intelligence

Digital Age

Social bookmarking

Wiki’s

RSS

Podcasting (sharing audio)

Blogging

Chat

Slide sharing

Searching

Using Google Docs Prequel questionnaires to gauge audience

expectations and/or create a baseline Online ‘happy sheets’ Review changes in behaviour over time Review whole training programmes

http://vitaenwhub.posterous.com/evaluation-questionnaire-for-creating-highly

http://docs.google.com

Can also use Survey Monkey (plus others)

Slideshare

The power of blogs

“The experience was quite enriching, I must say… I was happily surprised with the creativity of the team of facilitators, as well as the strategies and ideas they developed to constantly engage their difficult audience”

“Some ‘less serious’ activities could have easily come across as a ‘waste of time’. But I am happy to say that neither me (maybe especially me) nor my fellow students seemed to think it was not worth to spend those two days away from their desks doing something totally different”

“If you have the opportunity to attend GRADschool then I strongly recommend you do. Aside from improving your communication skills, meeting new and likeminded people, boosting your confidence and learning about yourself, the scheme was actually lots of fun and I guarantee you will walk away with a buzz. I am still unsure about what I would like to do post my PhD, but I now have a much greater self awareness and an understanding of what is important to me”

…and Twitter Advertising Using the #tag Increasing importance? Metrics

http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

Video evidence http://www.vimeo.com/5729977

Evaluation activities

What methods do you currently use to evaluate your training?

What evaluation would you like to do in an ideal world?

A matter of perspective…

Integrating technology Can technology help you

collect evidence of the impact of your training?

What are the pros and cons of using technology for evaluation?

Now what?

Want to explore more? Integrating technology into researcher training: A

Vitae NW Hub good practice workshop 27 May 2010, Manchester, 10:30-15:30 Case studies A practical session Group discussions www.vitae.ac.uk/nwhub

Don’t use technology for technologies sake,

use it only when it adds value!