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Annex 13

Evaluation of the SLA Forum

QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear Participant,
I hope you had a pleasant journey home after the hectic and exciting times we had in Siena last week. You must also have had an opportunity to reflect on the SLA Forum, its process and content and whether it benefited you and met your expectations. To help all of us - those who worked on designing and organizing the Forum and those who plan to organize similar ventures in the future - to improve and do a better job, may I request you to take a few minutes and answer the questions below. Please send your response to the people this letter has been copied to.

Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Rathin Roy
Forum Facilitator

1. In what ways did the Forum benefit you?

2. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the SLA Forum's design, organization and implementation?

3. Using the following scale as a guide, answer the questions below by marking your choice:

1

2

3

4

5

Inadequately

Fairly

Adequately well

Very well

Exceptionally well

Very poor

Poor

Good

Very good

Excellent

1. Did the Forum meet your expectations?

Inadequately

Exceptionally well

1

2

3

4

5

2. Forum venue

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

3. Forum duration

 

 

Too short

A little short

About right

Longish

Too long

1

2

3

4

5

4. Forum participants

Boring

 

Interesting

 

Exceptional

1

2

3

4

5

5. Background papers

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5


6. Web/E-Conference

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

7. Case study reports

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

8. Mini-case study reports

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

9. Opening plenary sessions

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

10. Case group work

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

11. Case group reporting sessions

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

12. Issue group work

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

13. Issue group reporting sessions

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

14. Mini-case study presentations

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

15. Evening policy issues session

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

16. Internalization plenary session

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

17. Agency group sessions

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

18. Agency group reporting sessions

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

19. Interaction with participants outside sessions

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

20. Overall level of participation

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

21. Learning about SLA

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

22. Level of scepticism about relevance of SLA before attending forum

High

Low

1

2

3

4

5

23. Impact of Forum on your view of SLA

Negative

Positive

1

2

3

4

5

24. Overall assessment of Forum

Poor

Excellent

1

2

3

4

5

4. -Do you feel that there should be a follow-up to the Forum to address the thoughts and issues that came up in discussion? Could you suggest some concrete actions for consideration?

5. Any other comments?

Thank you for your time and thoughts.

Evaluation of questionnaires

Scale of replies

All questions except 3, 4 and 23

1: Very poor/ inadequately

2: Poor/fairly well

3: Good/ adequately

4: Very good/ very well

5: Excellent/ exceptionally well

Question 3

1: Too short

2: A little short

3: About right

4: Longish

5: Too long

Question 4

1-2: Boring

3: Interesting

4-5: Exceptional

   

Question 23

1-5: Negative- positive

       

Question

Rating of replies

 

1

2

3

4

5

Q 1: Did the Forum meet your expectations?

 

1

4

13

7

Q 2: Forum venue

   

2

4

19

Q 3: Forum duration (see above)

 

7

13

5

 

Q 4: Forum participants (see above)

   

5

15

5

Q 5: Background papers

 

2

7

12

3

Q 6: Web/E-Conference

2

5

13

1

 

Q 7: Case study reports

 

1

9

11

4

Q 8: Mini-case study reports

 

2

13

6

1

Q 9: Opening plenary sessions

 

3

8

11

3

Q 10: Case group work

 

1

3

11

10

Q 11: Case group reporting sessions

 

2

8

12

4

Q 12: Issue group work

1

1

13

3

7

Q 13: Issue group reporting sessions

 

3

10

6

6

Q 14: Mini-case study presentations

1

3

13

8

 

Q 15: Evening policy issues session

 

4

3

11

1

Q 16: Internalization plenary session

 

2

12

8

4

Q 17: Agency group sessions

1

 

7

8

7

Q 18: Agency group reporting sessions

1

 

8

12

4

Q 19: Interaction with participants outside sessions

     

12

12

Q 20: Overall level of participation

   

2

9

14

Q 21: Learning about SLA

1

1

4

12

7

Q 22: -Level of scepticism about relevance of SLA before attending Forum

 

8

4

11

3

Q 23: Impact of Forum on your view of SLA

 

2

3

17

2

Q 24: Overall assessment of Forum (see above)

   

1

16

8

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