Evaluation


The Collaborating with Strangers Workshops are being evaluated by Collaborative Assessment and Program Evaluation Services (CAPES) at the University of Florida’s College of Education. Dr. David Miller, CAPES director, has designed and conducted the evaluation methodology to include behavioral observations and individual interviews, and survey results. The results of his findings will be posted below as they are made available.

Workshop: January 31, 2013

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Interesting Facts:

  • 93.3% of the participants rated the workshop as good or excellent.
  • When asked if they would attend a workshop like this again, 100% responded positively.
  • 93.4% percent of participants reported they "felt more confident approaching people they do not know."
  • 100 percent of participants responded that they would recommend the workshop to other students/faculty.

Workshop: December 6, 2012

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Interesting Facts:

  • 97.6% of the participants rated the workshop as good or excellent.
  • When asked if they would attend a workshop like this again, 95.2% responded positively.
  • 76.2% percent of participants reported they "felt more confident approaching people they do not know."
  • 90.9 percent of participants responded that they would recommend the workshop to other students/faculty.

Workshop: October 2, 2012

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Interesting Facts:

  • 100% were about evenly distributed between rating the workshop good or excellent.
  • When asked if they would attend a workshop like this again, 91.7% responded positively.
  • 77.7% percent of participants reported they "felt more confident approaching people they do not know."
  • 94.4 percent of participants responded that they would recommend the workshop to other students/faculty.

CoLAB Workshops Comprehensive Evaluation Report
(2011-12)

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Interesting Facts:

  • 93% were about evenly distributed between rating the workshop good or excellent.
  • When asked if they would attend a workshop like this again, 90.6% responded positively.
  • 77.3% percent of participants reported they "felt more confident approaching people they do not know."
  • When asked about their satisfaction with the CoLAB experiences, 89.3% were satisfied or very satisfied with the workshop;

Workshop: February 8, 2012

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Interesting Facts:

  • 90.63 percent of participants evaluated the workshop as either “Good” or “Excellent.”
  • 81.25 percent of participants reported they "felt more confident approaching people they do not know."
  • 33 'strangers' from 20 different areas-of-study attended the workshop.

Workshop: February 3, 2012

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Interesting Facts:

  • 92.06 percent of participants evaluated the workshop as either “Good” or “Excellent.”
  • 79.69 percent of participants reported they "felt more confident approaching people they do not know."
  • 76 'strangers' from 45 different areas-of-study attended the workshop.

Workshop: November 17, 2011

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Interesting Facts:

  • 35 'strangers' from 25 different areas-of-study attended the workshop.
  • 97 percent of participants evaluated the workshop as either “Good” or “Excellent.”
  • 94 percent of participants reported they would attend the workshop again.
  • 76.5 percent of participants reported they "felt more confident approaching people they do not know."

Workshop: October 26, 2011

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Interesting Facts:

  • Each ‘stranger’ met 16 other participants from 25 areas of study and 13 different countries.
  • 90.7 percent of participants evaluated the workshop as either “Good” or “Excellent.”
  • 90.7 percent of participants would recommend the CoLAB process to other students/faculty.
  • 76.6 percent of participants reported they "felt more confident approaching people they do not know."