Children with feeding difficulties often engage in expulsion (i.e., spitting out) of liquid. Expulsion is problematic because it limits the volume of liquid that a child will consume. Researchers have used re-presentation as an embedded component of escape extinction to treat expel. Although studies have demonstrated that re-presentation can…

Purpose: The study aims to systematically evaluate studies focused on the evaluation of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms and existing frameworks to evolve an integrated model for the comprehensive evaluation of MOOC platforms. Design/methodology/approach: The study follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and…

I explore how "low-quality evidence" from program performance might still be useful in decision-making. Conceptually, a local government named "Here" is motivated to consider a program from "Elsewhere" that seems to show year-over-year exemplary performance. Here must manage five sources of uncertainty about whether…

Background: Recently human-centred design plays an increasing role in learning analytics, however this approach is mostly lacking in the design and evaluation of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs). A potential way to incorporate human-centred design principles in ITS development is by adopting a service design approach. Objectives: This article…

"Ecosystems of Youth Leadership Development: Pathways to New Programs" introduces new insights into youth leadership development, where the voices of youth who have been disaffected by previous programs are brought to the forefront. This is opposed to past studies where research is often grounded in understanding only the positive…

Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university-based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations. This study sought to examine the…

Design thinking academic centers in U.S. higher education serve as hubs for innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and pedagogical experimentation. Despite their recent growth, evaluating their impact remains a challenge. This qualitative study examines how centers evaluate their effectiveness through semi-structured interviews with 27…

Evaluating program sustainability is challenging, particularly given the complex dynamics often associated with programs in higher education. Despite a precarious funding landscape and a pressing need for increased sustainability, there has been limited scholarship published to help higher education leaders assess the sustainability of their…

Evaluators must attend to the destructive forces of racialization and racism to contribute to social transformation. Thus, evaluators are called to center culture, context, equity, and social justice during each step of the evaluation process. Here, we focus on the step(s) in which evaluators define program quality and specify evaluative lines of…

This article presents the Renger System Test (RST) as a method for assessing whether a system evaluation approach is suitable for evaluating complex interventions. The RST has three criteria: (1) the intervention includes multiple components, (2) these components operate interdependently, and (3) their interdependence produces an outcome that no…

This evaluation report is intended to support Ministry of Education's decision making about the future of the NEX initiative. The evaluation findings also provide useful insights that contribute to Teacher Development Aotearoa's review of their leadership of the initiative and will be of interest to current and future NEX leaders. Three…

Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a prominent pedagogical approach in higher education (HE) that is a focal point for many universities around the world. Given that WIL is a strategic priority for many institutions there is an increased need to evaluate program quality. Yet at the same time, a universally agreed upon standard for quality WIL…

International Leadership Association's "General Principles for Leadership Programs" is a fluid document designed to provide resources to create, redesign, and assess leadership programs. This article provides a broad introduction to the "General Principles for Leadership Programs," including the history and a brief overview of…

This article provides a critical investigation of the edtech startup sector. Edtech startups are companies that are in the first stages of their operation and that seek to provide a newly developed edtech product or service to the education sector. To date, there is hardly any critical research present that seeks to disentangle what the…

The organizational change framework is a tool for understanding and facilitating organizational change and success, grounded in the principles of design thinking and the foundational leadership and organizational wellness (FLOW) model. This article dives into the components of the organizational change framework--collect the information, connect…