53 Appendix 7: Evaluation exemplars
The table below shows the method of evaluation used for each of the Jam’s stakeholders.
| Stakeholder | Evaluation method |
| Participants and facilitators | Survey |
| Partners | Email communication |
| Organisers | FailSpace |
Participants and facilitators
Your feedback about the Social Justice Jam: Spaces for Change event
Thank you for your recent participation in the Social Justice Jam: Spaces for Change event. This was organised by Institution 1 in collaboration with Institution 2 and Community Organisation 1. It was funded by the Horizons Institute at Institution 1. We really enjoyed working with you and hope you found your participation in the Jam to be a valuable experience.
We invite you to reflect on your experience of the Jam. By sharing your feedback, you will help us evaluate the event.
Please complete the short survey below, which should take less than 10 minutes to fill in. All responses will be fully anonymised, and your feedback will help us evaluate what went well and what we can improve in future.
| About you | · Student (undergraduate/postgraduate/doctoral)
· Staff · Faculty/Service · Institution 1 · Institution 2 · Community Organisation 1 · Community member – Location 1 · Community member – Location 2 |
| Your role in the Jam | · Learner (independent, in group learning)
· Facilitator |
| How would you rate your overall experience of the Jam? | · 1-10 rating where 1 = very poor, 10 = excellent. |
| Please reflect on the below and respond.
To what extent do you agree with the following statements? |
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| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly agree | |
| The programme was useful | ||||
| The programme was well organised | ||||
| The learning space was easy to navigate | ||||
| The learning materials were helpful | ||||
| The LIVE sessions were helpful | ||||
| Working on real challenges specific communities are facing influenced my engagement positively | ||||
| Learning with diverse individuals, students, staff and community members enriched my experience | ||||
| Learning with individuals from another institution was exciting | ||||
| Learning in groups was a valuable experience | ||||
| I feel that I have learned something new and useful | ||||
| Facilitators only: I really enjoyed working with diverse learner groups |
| Please read the following statements describing your recent experience.
To what extent do you agree with the following statements? |
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| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly agree | |
| It was meaningful | ||||
| It was hands-on and experiential | ||||
| It was challenging | ||||
| It was creative | ||||
| It led to personal development | ||||
| It was collaborative | ||||
| It fostered participant wellbeing |
| Would you be interested in working towards gaining academic credit for your work having engaged in a learning event such as this (Open, Block or Jam)? | · Yes
· No |
| If you responded ‘yes’ to the previous question, please provide more details of your interest. | |
| If you would like to participate in a focus group related to your recent Jam experience, please add your contact details. | |
| Is there anything else you would like to share? |
Thank you for your participation and taking time to complete this survey.
Statistics
We used the following quantitative data to inform the evaluation:
- Registration details.
- Teams analytics (access, asynchronous engagement per day, synchronous engagement in live sessions, etc.).
- Learning in groups, active participants, facilitators, etc.
Partners
Your feedback about the Social Justice Jam: Spaces for Change event
Dear colleagues,
Thank you so much for participating recently in the Social Justice Jam: Spaces for Change event organised by Institution 1 in collaboration with Institution 2 and Community Organisation 1 and funded by the Horizons Institute at Institution 1. We really enjoyed working with you and hope you found your participation in the Jam to be a valuable experience.
We invite you to reflect on your experience of the Jam. By sharing your feedback, you will help us evaluate the event.
Please share your responses to the following questions:
- What has been the value of this collaboration for you?
- What would you like to see happen in the future?
- What additional comments would you like to share?
We very much look forward to receiving your insights, are happy to discuss any aspect of the Jam with you.
Organisers
We have developed a FailSpace grid, which is available as a spreadsheet. This will enable us to:
- define what failure and success looks like from an organisers’ perspective,
- reflect on what could have worked better,
- identify opportunities for improvement during future Jams.
You can access the completed FailSpace grid – organiser’s evaluation spreadsheet for the Social Justice Jam: Spaces for Change event.
Evaluation outputs
The following outputs were planned to share the evaluation with funders, the institution and the wider academic community:
- Highlight > Infographic.
- Capturing the participant and facilitator experience > Short video clips.
- Key observations > Presentation.
- Lessons learnt > Short report.
Academic output > Articles for publication based on an approved research project (Ref 1669) to study the lived experience in the Jam, Open and Block prototype courses.
