Do Workshops Work for Building Evaluation Capacity Among Cooperative Extension Service Faculty?

Authors

Kathleen D. Kelsey, Oklahoma State UniversityFollow

Volume

46

Issue

6

Abstract

A case study used survey design (pre-test, satisfaction, and post-test) to determine if a 1-day workshop affected participants' skills and self-efficacy in regard to conducting evaluation and if workshop participants applied evaluation skills afterwards. Findings indicate that the workshop was effective in building self-efficacy; however, it did not sustain evaluation practice. Formal training may be necessary to develop skills such as logic modeling, data collection and analysis, and reporting findings to solidify evaluation competencies among participants. It is recommended that Extension faculty engage in continuing education in program evaluation as part of a career development ladder to build evaluation capacity.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Kelsey, K. D. (2008). Do Workshops Work for Building Evaluation Capacity Among Cooperative Extension Service Faculty?. The Journal of Extension, 46(6), Article 13. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol46/iss6/13