Today’s guest is my father Dr. David Williams. Dr. Williams is an emeritus professor from the Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University where he conducted and studied evaluations of teaching and learning in various settings. He currently serves as a missionary with his wife Denise for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints.

Today we discuss: 

• Everything Evaluation, what it is, and all of the moving parts associated with it
• The difference between evaluation, measurement, and assessment 
• Dr. Williams’ 10 part evaluation model, along with multiple examples 

Resources

• Dr. Williams Evaluation Model (image): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VEGkVJMQYoJRX2SP4iSEVd8wqYtaRvRQ/view?usp=sharing 
• Seven North American Evaluation Pioneers (Book) https://books.google.com/books/about/Seven_North_American_Evaluation_Pioneers.html?id=8HpTDAAAQBAJ 
• Twenty-Nine Evaluation Lives (Book) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev.20273 
• Dr. Williams blog with entries about various individual evaluation lives: https://evaluationlives.blogspot.com/2017/08/introduction-and-invitation.html?m=1
• Dr. Williams Qualitative Inquiry book (open access) mentioned in the end of our conversation - https://edtechbooks.org/qualitativeinquiry
• Interview with Dr. Bonnie Beresford (episode 44) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797613/8659885
• Interview with Megan Torrence (episode 63) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797613/8659853 
• Interview with Sam Whitney (episode 26) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797613/8659853
• Interview with Beth Wilkins (episode 49) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797613/8659879 
• Malcolm Gladwell and testing (podcast episode) https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/puzzle-rush/ 

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Today's show is a solo episode in which Greg gives an audio version of a mini-research study he conducted this year. 

Check out the article here, and don't miss all the resources listed at the end!

https://uxdesign.cc/solving-the-greatest-challenge-to-measuring-organizational-outcomes-of-learning-programs-5e4677a78ca7 

Aaron Airmet and Ash Roberts join me again, but this time to talk about career development using PM tools and mindsets. Together they host Path into Product, a podcast for college students or professionals considering a career as a product manager but don't know where to start. Both Aaron and Ash are currently working as Product Managers at Weave Communications and have previous experience working with and in learning design environments. 

Today we discuss: 

• Building your career through curiosity, experimentation, and data collection 
• Examples and stories of using product management tools for personal development
• The importance of reflection and giving yourself space to be wrong
• Using product management prioritization principles in career decisions

Resources

• Path into Product Podcast - https://anchor.fm/pathintoproduct 
• Design Your Life (Book): https://designingyour.life/the-book/    
• Design Your Worklife (Book Review Podcast Episode): https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797613/episodes/8659877 
• Aaron’s article, “Want to be a Product Manager in Tech? Study the Humanities”: https://medium.com/@aaron.airmet/want-to-be-a-product-manager-in-tech-study-the-humanities-4ff169d9d0e6 
• The Proximity Principle (Book): https://www.ramseysolutions.com/store/books/the-proximity-principle-by-ken-coleman
• Borrowing Brilliance (Book): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/304339/borrowing-brilliance-by-david-kord-murray/ 
• How Will You Measure Your Life? (Book): https://claytonchristensen.com/books/how-will-you-measure-your-life/ 
• Measure What Matters (Book): https://www.whatmatters.com/the-book/ 
• Linchpin (Book): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00354Y9ZU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5 
• Way of the Peaceful Warrior (Book): https://www.peacefulwarrior.com/way-of-the-peaceful-warrior/ 

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