Economic and participatory methods of project appraisal have traditionally been viewed as mutually exclusive alternatives, as they address different decision making criteria. Participatory methods such citizens' juries (or value juries) have been suggested as a means of better coping with some of the problems associated with economic evaluation methods such as contingent valuation. However, par...

This study describes response to intervention (RTI) screening and progress-monitoring instruments and procedures in 41 local school settings. For screening the schools most often used published reading assessments or commercial products; a three-times-per-year screening schedule was most prevalent. For progress monitoring schools most often relied on published reading assessments; a weekly prog...

We present an iterative hybrid formative evaluation methodology incorporated in a Participatory Design process for an online multimedia course in Modern Greek. Our hybrid evaluation incorporates student surveys, log file analysis, solicitation of student feedback, and monitoring student discussions. The evaluation process is ongoing, and its results are incorporated in the design of the course....

This case study reports on the quality assessment of a drilling cabin (i.e., a dog house) by using a Participatory Ergonomics (PE) approach to the Heuristic Evaluation (HE) compared to an operators’ self-reported measurement. In the quality assessment, self-reported rating techniques are broadly used by Human Factors (HF) practitioners with the aim of investigating the subjective components (e....

This paper offers a conceptual model for integrative, participatory research projects that aim to improve the sustainability of agriculture and natural resource management. The purpose of the model is to provide a systematic framework for farmer participatory research that can guide the design of projects, their analysis and the documentation of results. In the model, explicit boundaries are dr...

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) focuses on specific community needs, and produces results that directly address those needs. Although conducting ethical CBPR is critical to its success, few academic programs include this training in their curricula. This paper describes the development and evaluation of an online training course designed to increase the use of CBPR in mental healt...

Usability engineering represents a general framework for thinking about the design of usable systems. Nevertheless, the usability of a product is strongly determined by the social and cultural contexts of prospective users. In this paper we draw upon Organisational Semiotics and Participatory Design to promote the usability of systems designed for the context of work in organisations. Our appro...

A Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) was developed, applied and evaluated to determine its potential to assist village communities in the management of their communal forest resources in the mountains of Nepal. It was successful in involving the community in determining their information needs, collecting data, obtaining resource information and forest management decision making. During the evalu...

Poor access to clean and reliable energy technologies is a major challenge to most developing countries. The decision to introduce new technologies is often faced by low adoption rates or even public opposition. In addition, the data required for effective decision making is often inadequate or even lacking, thus constraining the planning process. In this study, a methodology for participatory ...