Evaluation Workshop: Qualitative Evaluation Methods

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Evaluation WorkshopQualitative Evaluation
Methods
Peter Dowdell NOF-digitise Technical Advisory
Service email p.dowdell_at_ukoln.ac.uk web
http//www.ukoln.ac.uk
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Summary of methods
Mailto links Feedback Forms Polls / Voting
Forms Focus Groups Other Approaches to
Interactivity Peer Review
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mailto links
Beware your email address is public! Assumes
browser / email client interoperability You can
set the subject field More likely to require
human interaction
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Feedback Forms
Think carefully about the design of your form.
How will you receive and collate the
results? Will you require registration? Dont
forget to return your user to the site nicely!
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Polls and Voting Forms
Essentially straight-forward code -
but Detecting multiple entries? IP or
Cookie? User-friendly back-end to update
questions? Where will you store the
results? Rate this page floating gadgets?
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Focus groups
How will you select a group? Will they work
remotely or in your premises? How will they
report back their experiences? How will you
monitor their usage of your site?
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Other interactivity
Bulletin boards Annotation services Online chat
- requires java / activeX Moderation
issues? Legal Issues?
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NOF-digi Peer Review
We will be announcing more about this scheme
soon.
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Considerations
Interactivity is a powerful way to generate
quality feedback. Abililty to keep forms and
voting polls up-to-date and fresh is
crucial. Know about the security issues of any
3rd party scripts you use on your server.