Evaluation and Impact Measurement
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
This unit introduces students to contemporary models and techniques in evaluation and impact measurement in not for profit, philanthropic, and social enterprise contexts. It provides students with a critically-informed introductory grounding in the key concepts and foundations of social research – including the fundamentals of quantitative and qualitative methods – to enable students to develop an appreciation of the complexity, ethics, and politics of evaluation and impact measurement. Students will learn how to plan, design and implement evaluation and impact measurement at the project, program and organisational levels and how these can be used to develop an evidence base, inform decision-making and demonstrate accountability to stakeholders.
1. Apply coherent and advanced knowledge of key concepts of evaluation and impact measurement in not for profit, philanthropic, and social enterprise contexts
2. Critically analyse and apply contemporary models of evaluation and impact measurement
3. Critically analyse the ethics and politics of evaluation and impact measurement.
4. Design and implement evaluation and impact measurement at project, program or organisational levels.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Apply coherent and advanced knowledge of key concepts of evaluation and impact measurement in not for profit, philanthropic, and social enterprise contexts
2. Critically analyse and apply contemporary models of evaluation and impact measurement
3. Critically analyse the ethics and politics of evaluation and impact measurement.
4. Design and implement evaluation and impact measurement at project, program or organisational levels.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Block Mode:
This unit will be delivered in block or intensive mode. Block mode may consist of blended, intensive and immersive teaching, which can include full day teaching and weekend teaching requirements – as specified in the Unit Outline.
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
This unit will be delivered in block or intensive mode. Block mode may consist of blended, intensive and immersive teaching, which can include full day teaching and weekend teaching requirements – as specified in the Unit Outline.
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
1. Assignment (Individual) 30-50%
2. Report (Individual) 50-70%
General skills outcomes
• problem solving skills
• analysis skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
• ability to work independently
• analysis skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
• ability to work independently
Content
• Fundamentals of quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods
• Ethics and politics in evaluation and impact measurement
• Key models and techniques of evaluation and impact measurement
• Evaluation design for not for profit, philanthropic, and social enterprise contexts
• Emerging approaches to evaluation and impact measurement
• Ethics and politics in evaluation and impact measurement
• Key models and techniques of evaluation and impact measurement
• Evaluation design for not for profit, philanthropic, and social enterprise contexts
• Emerging approaches to evaluation and impact measurement
• Preparing evaluation and impact measurement reports
• Key concepts and foundations of social research
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.