Corporation for Public Broadcasting Civic Networking
Project
Davis Community Network -
A Civic Network as a Strategy for Building a "Smart" Community
Current Status Summary:
The Evaluation Team has researched evaluation methodologies (including the
Concerns-Based Adoption Model, the Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
Indicators Model, and the Colorado Advanced Technology Institute's Economic
Outcomes Evaluation Methodology). The team has drafted an evaluation
strategy, including a process, and with the assistance of each of the CPB
project teams (GIS, Volunteer Management, Document Database, and Outreach)
has identified criteria for measuring the effectiveness of the project
toward reaching the goals which have been defined. In addition, the
evaluation techniques and instruments to be used have been tentatively
selected.
The focus for August 1997 through January 1998 will be to:
- finalize the measurement criteria;
- identify external forces which would affect reaching the goals as defined
(those forces not within the project's control);
- identify data to be collected, sources, instruments, and processes;
- collect data;
- conduct first interim evaluation.
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