This three-day course will be held on March 20, 23 & 24, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST each day.
Navigating the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and evaluation practice presents new challenges and exciting opportunities, especially in advancing ethical, responsible, and inclusive approaches to social impact. This course aims to demystify AI by demonstrating how emerging tools can be thoughtfully integrated into evaluation processes to enhance methodological rigor, support culturally responsive practices, and generate socially meaningful insights.Participants will explore how AI can support key stages of evaluation while critically examining the ethical and practical implications of AI use in diverse contexts. Emphasis will be placed on maintaining evaluator judgment, protecting interest holder voice, and promoting equity in AI-assisted evaluations.As part of the course, participants will use simulation-based software to apply AI tools in a realistic, practice-based evaluation context. This experiential component allows participants to engage with AI as both a technical and social system, preparing them to make informed decisions about its use in their own work.