by Matthew Militello and Christopher Janson
We believe that evaluation should be a dynamic and participatory process. As evaluators, we have also found great value in creating iterative processes in which participants generate new and increasingly informative understandings from their own perspectives and experiences. In order to achieve these aims we have developed and applied a number of evaluation tools and strategies that involve the use of digital video. Our uses of digital video allow us to move beyond documentation in order to construct processes that create space for participants to experience real-time data exposure for accuracy checks, open interactive participation for learning, and formative analysis of their own video artifacts and data. Our interactive, multimedia keynote will feature examples of our application of video technology as evaluators, including video booths, digital storytelling, thematic vignettes, and digital interviews.
Dr. Militello and Dr. Janson have been working together since 2003. That year they worked in the same public school, Dr. Militello as assistant principal and Janson as a school counselor. Since then they have been using Q methodology and digital storytelling in their research, program evaluation, and community development. They are currently evaluators on a US DOE Office of Postsecondary Education: Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant, “Preparing Leaders to Support the Education of Diverse Learners” (http://www.lsdl.wikispaces.net/) and a W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant, “Collective Leadership Exchange” (www.communitylearningexchange.org).
Web: http://ncsu.academia.edu/MatthewMilitello |
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