Internet and Program Evaluation The Non Existent Relationship

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Internet and Program EvaluationThe Non Existent
Relationship

• Benoît Gauthier
• Réseau Circum inc. / Circum Network Inc.
• September 26, 2000

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Outline

• What non existent relationship?
• Internet program delivery
• how does it work?
• how is it influenced by program evaluation?
• potential influence
• Program evaluation
• how does it work?
• how is it influenced by the Internet?
• potential influence
• Why the gap?

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Who's this guy?

• Political science, research methods, public
  administration
• 1983 social marketing research, Justice Canada
• 1984-1986 program evaluation, CMHC
• 1986-1989 program evaluation, DOC
• 1989-1996 mainly program evaluation, Ekos
  Research
• 1996- social and organisational research as well
  as program evaluation, Circum Network

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What non existent relationship?
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Internet program deliveryHow does it work?
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Influence of program evaluationon Internet
program delivery
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Potential influence of PE on Internet program
delivery
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Program evaluationHow does it work?
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Influence of the Internet on program evaluation
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Potential influence of the Internet on program
evaluation
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Why the gap?

• Impact of the program evaluation on IPD
• experimental character of IPD
• cost of implementing rigourous research methods
• "low" cost of IPD compared to alternatives
• Impact of the Internet on program evaluation
• resistance to true participation (political cost)
• lack of openness to evidence from others
• knowledge silo model vs. knowledge addition model

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References

• Simon Roy, Evaluating Public Web Sites,
  http//www.ggi.ca/E/WhatsNew.html
• This presentation at http//circum.com (original
  texts)

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Where to find me
Benoît Gauthier Réseau Circum inc. / Circum
Network Inc. 819.770.2423, t/f 819.770.5196 gauthi
er_at_circum.com http//circum.com