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Useful Resources on Evaluation

The Australasian Evaluation Society (AES): http://www.aes.asn.au/ Accessed 1 November 2007

The AES provides a wealth of useful and relevant information including an online journal, calendars of evaluation activities in all Australian States and New Zealand, and helpful resources. The Code of Conduct and Guidelines for Ethical Conduct of Evaluations are widely used as a quality check on evaluations. The AES will circulate Requests for Tenders to its directory of consultants or post advertisements for evaluation positions for no charge.

The Evaluation Center (Western Michigan University USA): http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/ Accessed 1 November 2007
Among the most useful resources available at The Evaluation Center are The Checklists for Evaluation website: http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/checklists/checklistmenu.htm#models

University of Tasmania, Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching Project Evaluation Toolkit: http://www.utas.edu.au/pet/index.html Accessed 1 June 2007

Guide to Project Evaluation: A Participatory Approach, NCFV, Public Health Agency of Canada: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence/html/fvprojevaluation_e.html Accessed 1 June 2007

National Science Foundation's User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/start.htm Accessed 1 November 2007
Good overview of different approaches to project evaluation and to the generic evaluation process.

EFX: Evaluation support for FAIR and X4L http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/projects/efx/toolkit/project-logic.html Accessed 1 November 2007
A website of support materials for projects funded under the Joint Information Systems Committee's FAIR and X4L Programmes in the UK.

Digital Resources for Evaluators (http://www.resources4evaluators.info/) Accessed 1 November 2007
A US based index of a wide range of evaluation resources from online communities to text books to training courses.

Syracuse University's Centre for Support of Teaching and Learning Program and Project Evaluation website: http://cstl.syr.edu/cstl2/Home/Program%20and%20Project%20Evaluation/300000.htm Accessed 1 November 2007
A summary of project evaluation focused on learning and teaching at an American university. It explains the various stages of evaluation from planning and development to information collection, analysis, and reporting.

Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative (LTDI) Evaluation Cookbook: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/cookbook/ Accessed 1 November 2007
A practical guide to evaluation methods for lecturers at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Includes some exemplars of particular evaluation methods in practice.

Action Research Resources: http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html
A website collection of action research resources maintained at Southern Cross University by Bob Dick. Accessed 1 November 2007

Higgs, A. (2006). Finding & Working with an Evaluator. MEERA, University of Michigan.
http://meera.snre.umich.edu/plan-an-evaluation/plonearticlemultipage.2007-10-30.3630902539/finding-working-with-an-evaluator Accessed 1 November 2007

Evaluation Unit, IDRC. (2004). Selecting and Managing an Evaluation Consultant or Team. Evaluation Guideline no. 8. The International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. http://www.idrc.ca/uploads/user-S/115645009918Guideline.pdf Accessed 1 June 2007
A generic document outlining good practice in selecting and working with an evaluation consultant.