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Welcome to Today’s ECLIPS Webinar. Check-in. What’s happened since our last gathering that you’d like to share with the group (either personal or professional)?. ECLIPS Webinar March 16, 2012 Six-Month Reflections on ECLIPS Introduction to Complex Adaptive Systems in Evaluation.
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Check-in • What’s happened since our last gathering that you’d like to share with the group (either personal or professional)?
ECLIPS WebinarMarch 16, 2012Six-Month Reflections on ECLIPSIntroduction to Complex Adaptive Systems in Evaluation
Overview of Today’s Webinar • Check-in (5) • Reflections on first 6 months of ECLIPS • Veronica’s work (5) • AEA session – David, Ginger, Karen (15) • Survey and full group reflection (25) • Introduction to Complex Adaptive Systems (30) • Preparation for April webinar (10) • .
Questions 3, 6, and 7 In relation to your evaluations, have you made or considered making changes in response to the discussions of systems concepts in the following areas (n=4):
Question 4 In relation to the evaluation that you are working on within the ECLIPS, have you considered but not made changes in responses to the discussions of systems concepts? (n=4)
Questions 10, 12 To what extent was the discussion of system archetypes/causal loop diagramming useful to you? (n=4)
Question 14 Please indicate how useful the following topics/materials have been to you.
Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) • Self-organizing and feedback • Sensitivity to initial conditions • Emergence • Macro patterns and simple rules • Co-evolution • Points of influence: relationships, boundaries, differences • .
April Webinar Preparation: Submit in Writing • Identify 3-6 subsystems within the project you are evaluating. • Place them on the diagram based on their internal dynamics. • Explain basis for placement on diagram. • Identify expected changes or past changes. • Talk with Pat, Marah, and/or Beverly and ERPs and/or RCLs.