Ok, so the Ignite presentation on blogging went great. I hope the video turns out well, I’ll definitely post it when it’s ready to go. I’m tired and it’s late, but I felt obligated to post something so here is one of my slides, stand alone cartoon ready…
My AEA365 post on #eval11 day 1
I didn’t get a post up last night because I was writing this one for AEA365. Instead of repeating myself, here is the link: Chris Lysy on Attending the AEA Annual Conference.
Evaluation 2011, I have arrived #eval11
I have officially arrived in Anaheim for this year’s American Evaluation Association Conference. To date, my link to the association, outside of paying dues, has been through my local AEA affiliate RTP Evaluators and the online community of evaluators you find on twitter and the blogosphere. If there is one big thing I am looking […]
Lesson learned
Just flew cross country, learned one lesson…
Web Survey Design: Preloading data and piping
This week I am providing some web survey features that act as dividing lines between survey programs and pricing levels. Piping is simply taking information you know about the respondent, either provided within the survey or obtained at a prior date, and using that data to customize survey questions or responses. Preloading data into the […]
Web Survey Design: Not all skip logic is created equal
If you have a simple survey, you can program it using almost any web survey design program. But as the survey increases in complexity, you lose some of your options. Figuring out which survey programs match your needs is not always easy. Every program has a list of things it can do, but unsurprisingly, the […]
Cartoon Week: All Outputs
Cartoon Week: Social Media Savviness Indicator
Cartoon Week: The Original Logic Model
Cartoon Week: External Evaluation
Felt like cartooning the other day and completed a few. Let cartoon week begin!
Friday Diversion: The child-driven education
I was home alone last night, my wife and daughter are off visiting family. To pass the time I ended up watching a string of TED talks. All were solid, but this one by Sugata Mitra was my favorite. Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education — the best teachers […]
Undervalued experience
From the ages of 16 to 23 I was firmly entrenched in the service industry. I’ve worked the Roy Rogers fast food drive-thru, called out blue light specials at Kmart, and served tables at Fridays. But you won’t find any of those jobs on my resume. This isn’t because I don’t value the jobs, I […]