An Alternative Evaluation Modelfrom the Heritage Sector

Inspiring Learning for All

Eleanor Payne, Education Officer, LSE Library

• My background• Education and Outreach at LSE

Library• ILFA – context and application• Quantitative vs Qualitative Data• What questions should you ask?• Activity• ILFA in the Heritage Sector• Useful links• Contact information

Presentation Overview

• Heritage learning professional with a museum background

• Ten years’ experience programming and delivering learning experiences for a variety of audiences

• Experience includes museum developments and redisplays, implementing accompanying learning programmes and integrated services

• Project manager and deliverer

A bit about me…

• To engage external users (i.e. non-LSE) with the archives and special collections at LSE Library

• To build connections and partnerships with schools, HE/FE institutions and the wider community

• To seek opportunities to enhance learning experiences using our collections aligned with external agendas such as curricula and syllabuses

Education and Outreachat LSE Library

• Launched by Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) in 2008

• ILFA gave museums libraries and archives a way to plan their learning offer to ensure quality AND gain a real insight into the outputs the high quality learning programmes provided

• ILFA gave a way of measuring impact as well as firming the credibility and value of programmes for advocacy. Developed a set of Generic Learning Outcomes (GLOs) for formal learning and Generic Social Outcomes (GSOs) for community learning

• Arts Council England refreshed and re-launched ILFA in 2014

Background & Context

• A continuous process and implementation of best practice

• Helps to structure session and enables programme planning

• Defining learning through defining experiences

• Consider the things you want your learners to have experienced/gained

• Gives focus, a referral point to plan from

• Refer back throughout your planning process

Aims & Applications

The GLO frameworkInformation, facts, making sense of

something, adding to prior knowledge, making

connections

Finding out how to do something,

communication, specialist, physical,

academic, new skills, development or enhancement of

existing skillsActions of people (past, present and future intentions), changes in thoughts

Enjoyment, surprise, fun, creativity,

exploratory behaviour, experimentation

Feelings, changes in attitude and

perception, empathy, increased motivation

to do something or try something new, pride

How do you get value from words?1. Ask the RIGHT questions – open not

closed2. Pre-evaluate to get a benchmark3. Be realistic4. Sampling is ok5. Record responses on spreadsheets6. Monitor feedback – USE and

respond to it!7. Make notes of the type of feedback

questions as you plan, to refine later

Quantitative vs Qualitative Data

• Ask yourself! What do you want your learners to do/experience/discover and why? How will they achieve it?

• Using ILFA at the planning stage means assessment of the actual impact you were trying to make easier to identify

What should I ask?

OBJECTIVE:Discover information from the Women’s

Liberation and Suffrage collections to develop

historical knowledge of feminists movements in

the UK

POSSIBLE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS:• Thinking about today’ session;

what information did you discover that was new to you?

• Has your knowledge of feminists movements been added to as a result of your visit? How?

• What are the next stages in your research processes following today’s visit?

The good, bad and the uglyGood Bad Ugly ILFA GLO

Which facts or information from today’s visit really stand out for you?

What did you learn today?

Did you learn something today?

Knowledge and Understanding

Did you develop any new skills today? If so what were they? Examples could be object handling or how to read old handwriting.

How did today help you with your skills development?

What skill(s) did you use today?

Skills

How do you feel about your experience overall today? Was it what you expected?

Has your experience today been positive?

Are you motivated following your visit?

Attitudes and Values

The good, bad and the uglyGood Bad Ugly ILFA GLO

Please provide a few personal highlights from your visit today; for example what did you enjoy the most? What surprised or inspired you?

What did you like about today’s visit?

Did anything surprise you today?

Enjoyment, inspiration, creativity

Is there anything you might consider doing now as a result of today’s visit? This could be at work and/or personally.

How has today changed or challenged your attitudes and values?

Will you come back? Activity, behaviour, progression

Your turn!

Use the GLO checklist and measure it against the comments on the table against them

Discuss your ideas in groups for 5 mins

Feedback

Activity

Inspiring Learning for Allwww.artscouncil.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/inspiring-learning-all-home-page

Defining Learningwww.artscouncil.org.uk/defining-learning

GLOs (Generic Learning Outcomes)http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/measuring-outcomes/generic-learning-outcomes

GSOs (Generic Social Outcomes)http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/measuring-outcomes/generic-social-outcomes

(There are many more on this website!)

Useful links

Thank you

Any questions?

Contact me

e.payne@lse.ac.uk 020 7107 5472

(Until October 7th…)