Dr. Sarah Dunifon reviews “Slow Productivity” by Cal Newport and discusses how the methods in the book apply to incorporating evaluation work into projects.

Dr. Sarah Dunifon discusses who is currently guiding evaluation policy frameworks in the United States.

Dr. Sarah Dunifon outlines funders who support informal STEM education efforts in the United States.

Dr. Sarah Dunifon reviews the definitions and contexts of informal STEM education -based on her dissertation, An Examination of Evaluation Policies and Funding Priorities in Informal STEM Education.

Dr. Sarah Dunifon reviews funders of informal STEM education -based on her dissertation, An Examination of Evaluation Policies and Funding Priorities in Informal STEM Education.

Dr. Sarah Dunifon discusses evaluation policies -based on her dissertation, An Examination of Evaluation Policies and Funding Priorities in Informal STEM Education.

Dr. Sarah Dunifon shares reflections and experiences from her recent sabbatical.

Emily Neill, Evaluation Assistant at Improved Insights, shares resources for evaluation project management.

Emily Neill, Evaluation Assistant at Improved Insights, shares the value of a detail-oriented mindset in evaluation practices.

Improved Insights introduces Dr. Sarah Dunifon’s dissertation, An Examination of Evaluation Policies and Funding Priorities in Informal STEM Education

This week we highlight two A.I. tools for informal STEM education evaluation.

This week Sarah discusses the EvalULand podcast.

This feature, we pass the mic to Holly Miller, PhD who discusses how out-of-school time as a remedy to dropping scores in math and science.

For this feature, we examine a few evaluator competency frameworks and discuss their importance to the evaluation field.

Check out our new tool for those in the Informal STEM Education community - our Informal STEM Education Fellowship Directory!

This edition, we talk about the Citizen Science Association’s (CSA) name change to the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (AAPS), the reason for the change, and what it means for informal science educators.

This edition, we explore the rich resources for informal STEM educators found on informalscience.org

As a part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing the informal STEM learning community, we’ve begun a database of AI tools that may be helpful for informal STEM learning professionals.

Welcome back to our Insights! In 2024, we will be sharing a series of helpful tools, resources, and deep dives that focus on informal STEM education (ISE). These will include websites, podcasts, research briefs, news on emerging technologies in the ISE space, and other items that we think you’ll find valuable.

With January well underway, many organizations are taking stock of their current practices and developing strategies to enhance their performance in the coming year. Here, we outline three attainable resolutions to begin the process of improving your evaluation practices.