U-FE as strategic framework for scaling-up the adoption of ICTs by schools in Colombia.

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2018-05

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This DECI-2 (Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research) case study reviews mentorship provided to the research team at EAFIT University, focusing on strategies for better communication of research findings to policy-makers and funders. EAFIT’s I+D Unit objective is to identify good practices for adoption of ICTs in schools while developing models for transferring and scaling-up such practices. EAFIT followed the Utilization-Focused Evaluation (U-FE) approach to evaluate two components of a project already in process. U-FE allowed EAFIT’s evaluation team to identify information gaps and consider new ways of using findings. Special attention was given to process documentation.

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CASE STUDY, COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA, ICT4D, TEACHING AIDS, UTILIZATION FOCUSED EVALUATION, PROJECT EVALUATION, PROGRAMME PLANNING, MENTORSHIP, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

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