Join us on February 21: When Might We Use AI for Evaluation Purposes?

Artificial intelligence promises to bring major shifts to the world of program evaluation. Possibilities include more efficient analysis of qualitative data, rapid generation of executive summaries, and detecting patterns across complex datasets. As with all technologies, however, there are concerns and risks.

On February 21 at 1pm ET, the Natural Language Processing Community of Practice (NLP-CoP) invites several authors from the New Directions for Evaluation (NDE) Journal’s November Special Edition on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to share their views on how AI will shape the field of Evaluation.

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Our speakers will cover: What is AI and where does it come from? How might it be applied to evaluation? How can we address validity challenges when using large language models? What are some specific examples of how small consulting firms can test out and use emerging AI? What competencies will be required by evaluators in the age of AI?

Join us for an exciting round of discussions with:

• Sarah Mason, NDE co-editor-in-chief and Director, Center for Research Evaluation at the University of Mississippi’s Center for Research Evaluation
• Izzy Thornton, Principle Evaluation Associate at the University of Mississippi
• Tarek Azzam, professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Sahiti Bhaskara and Blake Beckmann, Intention 2 Impact
• Bianca Montrose Moorhead, NDE co-editor-in-chief and Associate Professor, Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation; Director of Online Programs, Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation, University of Connecticut

This is a 2-part series. At a next meeting we’ll hear from several other authors from this Special Edition on Artificial Intelligence and Evaluation.

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