The course is designed to be interactive and to provide a practical approach for planning (those leading or commissioning training or capacity building/development evaluations), implementing, conducting, or managing such evaluations.
The course covers an overview of training evaluation models; pre-training assessment and training program expectations; training evaluation planning; development of key indicators, metrics, and measures; training evaluation designs; data collection – instrumentation and administration, data quality; reporting progress, change, results; and, disseminating findings and recommendations – knowledge management resulting from training initiatives.
Case examples are included throughout the course to illustrate the course content. Measurement, methodology, design issues, challenges in conducting such evaluations, and strategies for mitigating such issues are highlighted.
Recommended Audience:
Familiarity with evaluation is helpful, but not required, for this course.