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Community Engaged Evaluation

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$ 325.00

START DATE

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MODE

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DURATION

 4 hrs

COMMITMENT

 4 hrs
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Meet the Expert

Hannah Morgan

Hannah Morgan
Research and Evaluation Manager – Community Engagement and Impact Team, Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion

Hannah has 20-years experience working in government, community and NFP settings in Australia. With a background in social work, her evaluation approach is trauma-informed, participatory and culturally responsive.

Hannah is passionate about evaluation in community engagement contexts and has an interest in demystifying evaluation so it is more accessible to all. She has significant expertise in evaluation capacity building, facilitating workshops and coaching individuals in evaluation.  

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Learn about the foundations of evaluation when working in a community engagement context. Gain knowledge about planning evaluations with community members. Discover three essential evaluation tools that will help you effectively plan your evaluation approach with community members or other key stakeholders.

About this course

This course is designed for individuals who are new to evaluation, who wish to discover how they might apply evaluation when working alongside community members or other key stakeholders. Participants will be introduced to three powerful tools that will help to plan an evaluation for a program, project or other initiative.  

Key benefits of this course

This course has been designed to allow participants to:

  • Define evaluation and community engagement
  • Differentiate between different evaluation approaches
  • Gain an understanding of participatory evaluation with community
  • Identify key evaluation questions and methods for community engagement
  • Apply three powerful evaluation tools to own work contexts.  

Digital badge and certificate

A digital badge and certificate will be awarded following the successful completion of any necessary tasks or assessments to demonstrate acquired learning of the short course or for meeting attendance and/or participation requirements.

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Price

Full price: $325 (GST-free)*

*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase. 

Enrolment conditions

COVID-19 response 

Additional course information

Course outline

This online, self-paced course requires you to engage with written content and then apply learnings through a range of interactive activities. Templates and activities will help you to apply knowledge learned in your own work context.

The format includes a light-touch teacher presence through video-content in each of the modules, where the course expert outlines the key themes of each module.

There is no interaction during the course with other course participants and there are no pre-readings or prerequisites required.

The course is estimated to take around 4-hours, which may vary depending on how familiar participants are with the content.

Three modules will be covered during the course:

  • Module 1 - Evaluation
  • Module 2 - Community engagement and evaluation
  • Module 3 - Evaluation tools - theory of change, program logic and data/evaluation matrix.

Key themes visited during the course include evaluation, community engagement, participatory evaluation and evaluation tools.

Course learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants should have a foundational understanding of evaluation, comprehend the intersection between evaluation and community engagement and be able to plan a real-world evaluation using three powerful evaluation tools.

Requirements

Mandatory

  • To complete this online short course, you will need access to a computer or device with adequate internet access and bandwidth, and an operating system with a web browser compatible with Canvas.

Desired

  • Knowledge of community engagement would be advantageous but is not essential.  

 

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Who is this course for?

This course is suitable for professionals looking to enhance or consolidate their skills in evaluation and community engagement. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Persons wishing to learn about evaluation in community engagement contexts
  • Professional staff who work with community members, who wish to plan the evaluation of a program, project, or other initiative
  • Professionals including community workers, social workers and welfare workers who want to engage community in evaluation
  • Project managers/ program managers who engage community in their programs and wish to evaluate program outcomes
  • Evaluators who are new to community engagement work and want to learn more about participatory evaluation
  • Community members who wish to evaluate their initiatives.

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Self paced
Expert: Hannah Morgan
  • Start anytime and complete at your own pace
  • Online
$ 325.00

This course will take approximately 4 hours of self-directed learning to complete.

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

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