iEngage: Shape Understanding of the Information Field by Communicating, Celebrating, and Showcasing the Purpose and Impact of iSchool Work

E3. Measure Impact—Measure the impact of iSchool work

Vision We successfully communicate the impact of our work. Metrics are adopted and used to measure and communicate our impact. We have the capacity and agility to regularly summarize and report the quality and impact of our work in terms of academics (teaching and learning), research, scholarship and creative work to strategic audiences, and the effectiveness of our resource allocations.
Start Date

1/1/2009

End Date 6/30/2010

Deliverables

Item

Expected Completion
1 Stakeholder Impact

List of stakeholders we impact and metrics of impact valued by our stakeholders

Completed Summer 2009
2 iSchool Work Metrics

List of metrics for assessment of the impact of iSchool work and answer our key question. (This includes metrics for the impact of academic programs, research, creative work, and community accomplishments).

Completed Summer 2009
3 iSchool "Impact" Portfolio

Portfolio of templates for stylized reports (that are a regularized extraction of the data with examples) describing our impact and facilitating communication to stakeholders, including impact definition.

Winter 2010
4 iSchool "Impact" Data Collection

Process for collecting, storing and making accessible the data expressing impact of iSchool work.

Winter 2010
5

Report on Data Collection Process

Report on evaluation of data collection process.

Spring 2010

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