UC ANR TRAINING MATERIALS
2025 Practical Methods for Measuring Outcomes Training
- Link to recording of the presentation
- Document
- Template and UCCE Examples to Identify Outcomes and Indicators
Examples of UCCE Overall Approaches to Measuring Outcomes
Recordings
- Invasive Weeds and Restoration Ecology CE Specialist
- Livestock and Natural Resources CE Advisor
- Small Farms and Specialty Crops CE Advisor
- Vegetable Crops CE Advisor
- Irrigation and Water Management CE Advisor
- Nutrition and Family Consumer Sciences CE Advisor online project
- 4-H Youth Development CE Advisor
2-pagers
- Livestock and Natural Resources (seasoned)
- Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Sciences Advisor youth project
- Rice Advisor (newish)
- Water Advisor (seasoned)
- NFCS Advisor new program
- Veg Crops Advisor (seasoned)
Culturally Responsive Evaluation
- Introduction to Culturally Responsive Evaluation Practices Oklahoma State Extension 2024 presentation and recording
- Is-my-Evaluation-Practice-Culturally-Responsive
- Ensuring Culturally Competent Evaluation
Extension Evaluation Data Collection Methods
Note: other common methods such as using secondary data and interviews are covered in the training materials above
Observation
Focus Groups
- Best Practices for Conducting Focus Groups
- Focus groups challenges and strategies_Koundinya et al
- Using Focus Groups in Extension Evaluation Koundinya
- Can You Call it a Focus Group
- Virtual Focus Groups in Extension Warner (2014)
Surveys (additional resources and templates on the separate Surveys web page)
- UC ANR Training_End of Session Survey Template
- Change score handout
- How Do Mode and Timing of Follow-Up Surveys Affect Evaluation
- Using the Retrospective Post-then-Pre Questionnaire Design
- Combined Sources for Survey Design_Retro Pre Post Follow Up Template and Tips
Other
- Tools for capturing outcomes in virtual education programs
- Mixed Methods Group Mapping 4-H Example_Koundinya
- Most Significant Change Guide
- Outcome-harvesting
Ripple Effect Mapping for Outcomes
- UC ANR Annual Training - Using Ripple Effects Mapping REM Method in Program Evaluation
- Training video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjhUFgD6m4
- Presentation slides: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kYVXDGFyBm6VmFLrNE6rfUdMTQfzLACT?usp=sharing
- Washington State University resources
- A Field Guide to Ripple Effects Mapping
- YouTube video of Extension example for food coalition(7 min.)
- Recorded Extension webinar (60 min.)
- Ripple Effect Mapping Guide - Adapted for Zoom - Developed by UC ANR June 2021
- UC ANR Example: Ripple Effect Map and Transcription
- UC ANR Example: Ripple Effect Mapping Report
- Using Data Visualization to Demonstrate Outcomes Rome et al. (2020)
- Software: Xmind is a mind mapping software that is recommend for conducting virtual Ripple Effect Mapping sessions. Benefits include keyboard shortcuts to quickly capture live ripples and the ability to export to Excel for further analysis. Xmind works with PC and Mac and is free to download at https://xmind.app/.