It’s hard to believe that this semester is nearly over and that the holidays are right around the corner. I have learned an immense amount of information relating to evaluations. I found the Appreciative Inquiry approach quite interesting and feel like it should be incorporated into all evaluations. I don’t think it’s necessary to conduct the entire evaluation using AI, but it certainly can be beneficial to ask at least one or two AI questions that will bring a positive light to the evaluation.

I also learned a great deal of information by conducting my own “hypothetical” evaluation. I never realized how involved evalautions could be until I started my own. To a certain extent, I am really glad that we didn’t have to actually conduct the evaluation because I just don’t know where I would have gotten the time to get everything completed. On the other hand, it would have been interesting to see how my evaluation would have turned out by disecting all the collected data and identifying alternative aspects of the program. Overall though, I feel fortunate to have learned about the process of completing an evaluation because I have a greater respect for those that do complete evaluations.