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Hi Sue, I would say that the most important thing about evaluation is to be systematic; just because the learning is informal, it doesn't mean that the evaluation is! Decide what it is that you expect people to get out of their learning, and write down what you hope to see as: Output: (how many attended; out of how many invited; how many stayed the full course; etc.) Outcomes: immediate benefits/improvements/enjoyment etc. Impact: whether they took what they learned further (this is difficult to measure, and you may not want to run follow-up). Then decide what you think are criteria for measuring these. Use these criteria to judge. It doesn't need to involve questionnaires or interviews (it can be ethnographic - i.e observation; or you may make a short list of questions to ask people informally). Barry Creasy research, consultation, evaluation, cultural analysis A: 43b Malvern Road, London NW6 5PU T: 020 7625 4952 M: 07791 869670 E: [log in to unmask] W: www.barrycreasy.com -----Original Message----- From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue Jordan Sent: 19 July 2010 15:22 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Help Informal Evaluation Dear all, I have been asked to look at ways of evaluating informal learning at the Castle Museum over the summer. I was wondering if anyone has any good ideas, advice or examples of how I might do this? Yours sincerely, Sue Jordan Learning Intern York Castle Museum York Museums Trust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +