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 * Recordings for Evaluation Webinars**

Evaluation Communities of Practice
//For webinar information, click below on Evaluation Community of Practice!//
 * // University and community partners learning together to make university outreach more responsive and effective in local communities //**
 * Working Groups ** for which this site was developed:
 * ** //eXtension Evaluation Community of Practice// , a group of professionals committed to making university outreach more effective **(including the NCSU CoP, eXtension CoP, and others- **Recordings for Evaluation Webinars**
 * [[file:nc4-heval/EvalforImpactFinalDoc9-08.pdf|EvalforImpactFinalDoc9-08.pdf]] (Framework for Capacity Building)
 * [[file:nc4-heval/eXtension Eval CoP Plan.doc|eXtension Eval CoP Plan.doc]] (E-CoP Original Plan of Work for eXtension)
 * FAQ Responses for E-CoP Leaders
 * ===**//4-H Science Evaluation Learning Circle//, a group of youth professionals learning and networking on informal science education evaluation practice and its link to program quality and outcomes.**===
 * ===// NC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle //, a group of youth professionals learning more about evaluation through the National 4-H Evaluation for Impact framework. Sample projects include:===
 * **// Moore County, NC Blueberry Clubs Project //**
 * ===//**NC 4-H Life Skills Team**//, a focus group of professionals learning about how youth learn life skills (and how adults facilitate and document life skill development)===
 * Life Skills GPS Study
 * //** NC 4-H Health Rocks Team ** **, a youth-adult partnership training 3,000 youth to avoid drugs and make good decisions** //

__** Issues and Opportunities **__ [|Engaged University] (NASULGC/Kellogg) [|National Center for the Study of University Engagement] (Michigan State University) **Evaluation of Community-based Programs** **Virtual Learning Communities--Communities of Practice**
 * [|CYFERNet] (USDA/CYFERNet)
 * [|National Registry of Evidence-based Programs] (SAMHSA)
 * [|Essential Components of Virtual Learning Communities] (Sobrero, 2008)
 * [|Communities of Practice/Organizational Performance] (Lesser & Storck, 2001, IBM Systems Journal)
 * [|Communities of Practice/Learning as a Social System] (Wenger & Por, London School of Economics)
 * [|Communities of Practice Concept] (Fred Nichols, 2000; Consultant)
 * [|Communities of Practice] (Wikipedia)
 * Virtual Learning Communities--Learning Circles**
 * [[file:nc4-heval/Learning Circle Proposal.doc|Learning Circle Proposal.doc]] (Oregon 4-H)
 * [|Learning Circles for Teachers]
 * [|Learning Organization] (Wikipedia/Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 2006)

** Professional Resources **

 * Journals**
 * ====[|Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement] ====
 * ====[|Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship] ====
 * ====[|Journal of the Community Development Society] ====

[|Links to Evaluation Sites]