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Focus
on visitors and users
Audience
Focus has conducted research and evaluation with visitors and users
in different organisations. Recent projects include:
Front-end evaluation (undertaken during the planing stage of an exhibition,
programme, web site etc):
Formative evaluation (carried out during the development stage of an exhibition,
programme, web site etc):
- Evaluation of the Wessex Heritage Education for All (HEFA) project run
by the National Trust in collaboration with the Workers’ Educational
Association. This study combines formative evaluation of the HEFA sessions
using the Generic Learning Outcomes as well as self-evaluation of the management
model of the project
- Formative evaluation of two exhibitions at Foundation of the Hellenic World: the
exhibition on the Olympic Games and the mixed-media mathematics exhibition
in Athens, Greece
Summative evaluation (carried out when a project is completed and
used to assess the extent to which the project meets its original outcomes
as well as the impact it has on visitors/users):
- Summative evaluation of the Komodo Dragons exhibit at the London Zoo
- Summative evaluation of the London Voices Online Exhibitions, Museum
of London, London
Basic research projects (tend to be larger studies which aim to deepen our
knowledge and do not aim to assess the 'value' of an exhibition, programme
or web site as evaluation studies do):
- The Bridge Study research project: developing a framework for studying
the agendas and inquiry skills of school groups in science exhibitions, in
partnership
with the Science Museum and King’s College, London http://www.exploratorium.edu/cils/
Project self-assessment studies (assessing the internal processes of a project
including its management, communication, collaboration of its partners, product
development, inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact):
- Evaluation of the Every Object Tells a Story project run by the V&A
consortium (V&A, Ultralab and Channel 4) and funded by Culture
Online of the DCMS.
Exhibit development:
Development of resources for visitors and users:
- Development and evaluation of written communication resources
for teachers and family groups for the exhibition on the Olympic
Games, Foundation of
the Hellenic World, Athens, Greece
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