Evaluation Strategy

Evaluation Strategy made by EDUNET LEONARDO PARTNERSHIP PROJECT • IENE – INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION OF NURSES AND MEDICAL STAFF IN EUROPE "This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein."

Types of Evaluation • Planning Evaluation • Formative Evaluation • Implementation • Progress • Summative Evaluation • Impact IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Planning Evaluation Addresses these questions: • Why was the project developed? • Who are the stakeholders and what do they want to know? • Who are the participants and how will they benefit? • What are the activities/strategies/ interventions and will they be effective? • What are the human, material, institutional, and financial costs? IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Implementation Evaluation • Provides data during the project that allows you to make mid-course decisions to ensure a successful result. • Determines if the project is operating as planned. • The implementation of a project directly affects the outcomes. • Implementation is important. IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Implementation Evaluation Answers these questions: • Were the appropriate participants selected? • Does the project cover the scope that was promised? • Do the activities match those in the project plan? • Were the appropriate staff members hired, trained and are they doing what was intended? • Were the appropriate materials and equipment • obtained? • Is the project progressing on time? • Was the management plan followed? IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Progress Evaluation • Assesses the progress toward project goals. • Determines if the benchmarks are being met on time. • Identifies the effectiveness of strategies so that the project may be improved – Are things going as expected or is it time to make changes? • Mid-project evaluation can be used later as part of the summative evaluation. IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Progress Evaluation Answers these questions: • Are the participants moving toward the anticipated goals of the project? (moving toward is important – are the pieces falling into place?) • Which of the activities/strategies/interventions are of value to the participants? • Which methods are working? IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Summative (Impact) Evaluation • Looks at the project’s merit or worth. • Assesses the project’s success. • Conducted after the project has stabilized. • Considers alternative strategies that might be employed. • Notes unanticipated outcomes. • Can be used to determine additional funding or future directions. IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Summative Evaluation Answers these questions: • Did you meet your stated goals and objectives? Was it successful? • What were the strengths and weaknesses of the project? • Was the program equally effective for all participants? Was it not effective for any one group? • Can the program be replicated and transferred to somewhere else? • Was it worth the investment? IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Steps to Developing in Evaluation Plan • The general evaluation strategy is designed during the PM1. • Evaluation strategies will be adopted and special evaluation tools will be created • During project meetings, all the partners will evaluate together the work in the project. • During the meetings the partners will evaluate together the activity and the products already achieved according to the plan of activities and with the assignments of each partner. • After finishing the assessment, each partner will report to the other partners their results through national or European partnership meeting. IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Indicators of evaluation of the methodological approach: • Possibility to build individually targeted pathways • Organizing and structuring the didactic material • Connection between practice exercises and professional/operational context • Activation of and support to motivation • Coherence between didactical strategy and objectives IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Indicators regarding the contents: • Correct language and contents • Update of the contents • Connection of contents with discipline of reference • Coherence and respect to target groups • Adapting the contents to the target groups’ needs • Coherence of contents with claimed objectives • Organization of contents in an organic whole and sequence IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Indicators relative to the training products conforming to the approved program: • Coherence between the structure of the material and the expected learning/training architecture • Respecting the time frames • Content regularly updated to reflect the state of progress of the project • Explanatory clarity and accuracy in grammar and spelling • Translating in other languages in addition to English IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Indicators relative to the specific characteristics of the product presented on Web: • conceptual homogeneity of contents • hierarchical construction of the described items • easy navigation and using features • presence of a site map and guide • presence of useful links • printability IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Evaluation of the products • The evaluation of the online platform will be made by each partner institution and during the partners’ meetings, in PM2, PM3 and PM4. The special tools will be created and posted on the web site in order to collect feedback from the various users. • The informative and learning materials will be evaluated for the fist time in the national meetings and afterwards in the European meetings, in PM3 and PM4. Then they will be evaluated during the pilot activities set up in each partners’ countries. IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Impact assessment • An explicit procedures and tools for the impact assessment on the target groups will be established to verify the difference between the specific needs at the beginning of the project and the ongoing and final self-assessment tests results. The feedback collected from the users will be analyzed at national level, but also at European level during the partners’ meetings and via online communication between partners, in order to improve quality of the project activities and products. IENE – Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe

Evaluation Strategy