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Exploring the Non-Existent Relationship between Internet Program Delivery and Evaluation

This paper delves into the non-existent relationship between internet program delivery and evaluation. It examines how program evaluation influences internet program delivery and vice versa. The potential impacts and reasons for the existing gap are thoroughly discussed.

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Exploring the Non-Existent Relationship between Internet Program Delivery and Evaluation

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  1. Internet and Program EvaluationThe Non Existent Relationship Benoît Gauthier Réseau Circuminc. / Circum Network Inc. September 26, 2000 Version 1

  2. Outline • What non existent relationship? • Internet program delivery • how does it work? • how is it influenced by program evaluation? • potential influence • Program evaluation • how does it work? • how is it influenced by the Internet? • potential influence • Why the gap?

  3. Who's this guy? • Political science, research methods, public administration • 1983: social marketing research, Justice Canada • 1984-1986: program evaluation, CMHC • 1986-1989: program evaluation, DOC • 1989-1996: mainly program evaluation, Ekos Research • 1996-: social and organisational research as well as program evaluation, Circum Network

  4. What non existent relationship?

  5. Internet program deliveryHow does it work?

  6. Influence of program evaluationon Internet program delivery

  7. Potential influence of PE on Internet program delivery

  8. Program evaluationHow does it work?

  9. Influence of the Internet on program evaluation

  10. Potential influence of the Internet on program evaluation

  11. Why the gap? • Impact of the program evaluation on IPD • experimental character of IPD • cost of implementing rigourous research methods • "low" cost of IPD compared to alternatives • Impact of the Internet on program evaluation • resistance to true participation (political cost) • lack of openness to evidence from others • knowledge silo model vs. knowledge addition model

  12. References • Simon Roy, Evaluating Public Web Sites, http://www.ggi.ca/E/WhatsNew.html • This presentation at http://circum.com (original texts)

  13. Where to find me Benoît Gauthier Réseau Circum inc. / Circum Network Inc. 819.770.2423, t/f 819.770.5196 gauthier@circum.com http://circum.com

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