Week 8: Are We Making Progress Here?

Student Learning Objectives

• Explain the logic model and why it is used
• Distinguish between inputs, outputs, and outcomes
• Define short, medium and long term outcomes
• Explain why the process of evaluation is important for extension education

Presentations

Are We Making Progress Here? A Quick Introduction
Dr. M'Randa R. Sandlin

Are We Making Progress Here? PowerPoint Slides

Program Evaluation: Short, Medium, and Long-term Impact
Dr. Ronald Mau and Jari Sugano

• Note: Please view the presentation on your own.
• Program Evaluation PowerPoint Slides

Readings

• Suvedi, M. (2011). Evaluation of Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services: A MEAS Training Module. Retrieved from https://meas.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MEAS-Training-Manual-on-Extension-Evaluation-Suvedi-MSU-Oct-2011.pdf
• Generic Logic Model for NIFA Reporting. (n.d.). United State Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved from https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/Generic Logic Model for NIFA Reporting.pdf.
• University of Wisconsin Extension: Logic Models. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/programdevelopment/logic-models/

Assignments

• Complete Quiz 6
• Complete Discussion 6
• Conduct a review of a classmate's Extension Program

Course Coordinator / Instructor:
Dr. M’Randa Sandlin
 msandlin@hawaii.edu