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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry. Drawing from adult learning theories, ECB utilizes a variety of strategies such as: Vehicle of instruction: face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, classroom style learning, web-based mechanisms, manuals, etc.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Implementing participatory activities and constructivist learning theories allow the learner to actively experiment cognitively and physically, individually and socially, and to collectively build meaning and knowledge.

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AAM 2010 Recap: Slides, Surprises, and a Banjo

Museum 2.0

Beck talked about her role as the only tech person at a mid-sized science museum as one of capacity-building. She has functionally branded herself in the institution as the person who is helping other staff members learn about innovative technologies, try new experiments, and measure their attempts.

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