Utilization-Focused Evaluation: Free Webinar Series and Resources

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Written By Janet Salmons

Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, co-authors of the fifth edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation, are the Mentors in Residence for Methodspace in May 2022. For a discount on their book, use the code: MSPACEQ222.

Want to learn more about evaluation?

Patton and Patton have made an extensive collection of resources available in addition to free monthly webinars.

  • Read the first two chapters of the book here.

  • Free Utilization-Focused Evaluation webinars are held each month. See coming events here, and register here.

  • Online resources to accompany the 5th edition can be found here.

  • Articles are available here.

  • Videos are here, and recorded webinars and podcasts here.

More Methodspace posts about evaluation

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Privileges Must Be Shared: Let's Stop Tokenizing the Wisdom of Practice
NVivo, Jane Shore, Practitioner research, Interdisciplinary Research, Evaluation, March 2024, Q1-24
Privileges Must Be Shared: Let's Stop Tokenizing the Wisdom of Practice
NVivo, Jane Shore, Practitioner research, Interdisciplinary Research, Evaluation, March 2024, Q1-24

In this guest post Jane Shore and Sarah Singer Quast remind us of the importance of bridging research and practice, and give specific recommendations.

NVivo, Jane Shore, Practitioner research, Interdisciplinary Research, Evaluation, March 2024, Q1-24
Confident assessment in research-oriented classes, Part 2
Q3, Rachel Forsyth, Assessment, Evaluation, Teach methods, Teach data analysis
Confident assessment in research-oriented classes, Part 2
Q3, Rachel Forsyth, Assessment, Evaluation, Teach methods, Teach data analysis

Tips on grading and marking to make it relevant and useful for students’ future research.

Q3, Rachel Forsyth, Assessment, Evaluation, Teach methods, Teach data analysis
Confident assessment in research-oriented classes, Part 1
Q3, Rachel Forsyth, Assessment, Evaluation, Teach methods, Teach data analysis
Confident assessment in research-oriented classes, Part 1
Q3, Rachel Forsyth, Assessment, Evaluation, Teach methods, Teach data analysis

Tips on assessing a course to make it relevant and useful for students’ future research.

Q3, Rachel Forsyth, Assessment, Evaluation, Teach methods, Teach data analysis
Tips for Evaluating Your Research
Evaluating Research, Evaluation, May 2022
Tips for Evaluating Your Research
Evaluating Research, Evaluation, May 2022

This collection of open-access articles offers a range of strategies for evaluating your research project and process.

Evaluating Research, Evaluation, May 2022
Utilization-Focused Evaluation: Free Webinar Series and Resources
Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Evaluation, May 2022
Utilization-Focused Evaluation: Free Webinar Series and Resources
Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Evaluation, May 2022

Want to learn more about evaluation? Looking for resources for students? Check out these articles, videos, and a free webinar series from Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton.

Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Evaluation, May 2022
But Does it Work? New Text on Evaluation to the Rescue!
Evaluation, Janet Salmons
But Does it Work? New Text on Evaluation to the Rescue!
Evaluation, Janet Salmons

In this interview one of co-authors of Evaluation: A Systematic Approach discusses evaluative practices.

Evaluation, Janet Salmons
SRM Resources for Studying Evaluation
Evaluation, SRM, Reading Lists, SRM22
SRM Resources for Studying Evaluation
Evaluation, SRM, Reading Lists, SRM22

Find over 100 resources on evaluation: books, cases, and videos, on SAGE Research Methods.

Evaluation, SRM, Reading Lists, SRM22
Culture and Evaluation
May 2022, Evaluation, Culture, Crosscultural
Culture and Evaluation
May 2022, Evaluation, Culture, Crosscultural

Open-access articles about cultural issues and implications for evaluative studies.

May 2022, Evaluation, Culture, Crosscultural
Ethics and Evaluation
Evaluation, SAGE Journals
Ethics and Evaluation
Evaluation, SAGE Journals

What ethical issues arise in evaluation? Find examples and recommendations in this collection of open-access articles.

Evaluation, SAGE Journals
New Approach to Research Evaluation: Evaluative Inquiry
Evaluating Data, Evaluation, Evaluative Inquiry, LSE Impact, Research Evaluation
New Approach to Research Evaluation: Evaluative Inquiry
Evaluating Data, Evaluation, Evaluative Inquiry, LSE Impact, Research Evaluation

Academic evaluation regimes set up to quantify the quality of research, individual scholars, and institutions have been widely criticized for the detrimental effects they have on academic environments and on knowledge production itself. Max Fochler and Sarah de Rijcke recently called for a more exploratory, less standardized way of doing research evaluation, with the introduction of the concept of the evaluative inquiry.

Evaluating Data, Evaluation, Evaluative Inquiry, LSE Impact, Research Evaluation
Interview on Evaluation with father and daughter team Patton and Patton
Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Evaluation, May 2022
Interview on Evaluation with father and daughter team Patton and Patton
Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Evaluation, May 2022

Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton answer some questions about their work as evaluators and as a father-daughter co-author team.

Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Evaluation, May 2022
The challenges of co-creation: some reflections on programming and (e)valuating MAKE@StoryGarden
April 2022, Patrycja Kaszynska, Adam Thorpe, Evaluation, Practitioner research
The challenges of co-creation: some reflections on programming and (e)valuating MAKE@StoryGarden
April 2022, Patrycja Kaszynska, Adam Thorpe, Evaluation, Practitioner research

Read about this co-creative project and methodologies for evaluating its success.

April 2022, Patrycja Kaszynska, Adam Thorpe, Evaluation, Practitioner research
Practical Mapping for Applied Research and Program Evaluation
Evaluation, Steve Wallis, Bernadette Wright
Practical Mapping for Applied Research and Program Evaluation
Evaluation, Steve Wallis, Bernadette Wright

This collection of posts from the archives features posts by Steve Wallis and Bernadette Wright, authors of “Practical Mapping for Applied Research and Program Evaluation.”

Evaluation, Steve Wallis, Bernadette Wright
What Utilization-Focused Evaluation Is, And Why It Matters
Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Evaluation, May 2022
What Utilization-Focused Evaluation Is, And Why It Matters
Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Evaluation, May 2022

Learn about the What? Why? When? How? Where? and Who? of evaluation from Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton.

Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, Evaluation, May 2022
Let’s Evaluate
May 2022, Evaluation
Let’s Evaluate
May 2022, Evaluation

The May 2022 focus is on evaluation.

May 2022, Evaluation
Exploring new literature means evaluating research.
January 2022, Frank Dane, Evaluating Research, Relevance, Mentors-in-Residence, Author Interviews, Evaluation
Exploring new literature means evaluating research.
January 2022, Frank Dane, Evaluating Research, Relevance, Mentors-in-Residence, Author Interviews, Evaluation

Crossing into new literature in unfamiliar fields, disciplines, methodologies, or cultures? Learn to evaluate it!

January 2022, Frank Dane, Evaluating Research, Relevance, Mentors-in-Residence, Author Interviews, Evaluation
Extending epistemology for programme evaluation – can After Action Reviews become spaces for critical reflection?
Evaluation, Action Research, October 2020, Marina Apgar, Mieke Snijder
Extending epistemology for programme evaluation – can After Action Reviews become spaces for critical reflection?
Evaluation, Action Research, October 2020, Marina Apgar, Mieke Snijder

Action research and evaluation are inter-related topics in this guest post and video from Marina Apgar and Mieke Snijder.

Evaluation, Action Research, October 2020, Marina Apgar, Mieke Snijder
Evaluation Q & A #3 with Wright & Wallis
Evaluation, Steve Wallis, Bernadette Wright
Evaluation Q & A #3 with Wright & Wallis
Evaluation, Steve Wallis, Bernadette Wright

Q & A about evaluation with Steve Wallis and Bernadette Peters

Evaluation, Steve Wallis, Bernadette Wright
Evaluation Q & A #2 with Wright & Wallis
Evaluation, Steve Wallis, Bernadette Wright, Practitioner research
Evaluation Q & A #2 with Wright & Wallis
Evaluation, Steve Wallis, Bernadette Wright, Practitioner research

This post is the second of four Q & A posts with Bernadette Wright and Steve Wallis.

Evaluation, Steve Wallis, Bernadette Wright, Practitioner research
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