Unpacking the openness of open evaluations
Citation
Christian Voigt, Ursula Holtgreve, Alexander Degelsegger: Unpacking the openness of open evaluations. In: fteval JOURNAL for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation, 43 , pp. 132-137, 2016, ISSN: 1726-6629.
Abstract
The proposed paper discusses open evaluation in the context of two fields of knowledge-intensive “production” that are in varied ways and to varied degrees based on “openness” themselves: scientific publishing and peer2peer production (maker movement). The paper starts with the outline of a rough evolutionary perspective that provides a heuristic to compare various “open” processes of knowledge production, providing a meta-. We then outline the notion of open evalu-ation and explore two 'open evaluation' examples in order to illustrate the current multifacetedness of open evaluation. For a more theoretically informed exploration, we link open evaluation with theory-driven evalua-tion, participatory evaluation and Weick's (1989) description of theory building as disciplined imagination. Unpacking the term 'open evaluation' is likely to generate a conceptually rich picture of considerations to support designers of open evaluations who aim for an open evaluation approach. More concretely, the paper will discuss benefits and risks in open evaluations and point towards an evolutionary process in refining and consolidating open evaluation principles as a result of open collaboration.
@article{voigt_unpacking_2016,
title = {Unpacking the openness of open evaluations},
author = {Christian Voigt, Ursula Holtgreve, Alexander Degelsegger},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Voigt7/publication/310805984_Unpacking_the_openness_of_open_evaluations/links/58385fc608aef00f3bfa302e.pdf},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1183289},
issn = {1726-6629},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-11-01},
urldate = {2017-02-13},
booktitle = {Open Evaluation Conference 2016 - fteval Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation},
journal = {fteval JOURNAL for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation},
volume = {43},
pages = {132-137},
publisher = {fteval},
address = {Vienna},
abstract = {The proposed paper discusses open evaluation in the context of two fields of knowledge-intensive “production” that are in varied ways and to varied degrees based on “openness” themselves: scientific publishing and peer2peer production (maker movement). The paper starts with the outline of a rough evolutionary perspective that provides a heuristic to compare various “open” processes of knowledge production, providing a meta-. We then outline the notion of open evalu-ation and explore two 'open evaluation' examples in order to illustrate the current multifacetedness of open evaluation. For a more theoretically informed exploration, we link open evaluation with theory-driven evalua-tion, participatory evaluation and Weick's (1989) description of theory building as disciplined imagination. Unpacking the term 'open evaluation' is likely to generate a conceptually rich picture of considerations to support designers of open evaluations who aim for an open evaluation approach. More concretely, the paper will discuss benefits and risks in open evaluations and point towards an evolutionary process in refining and consolidating open evaluation principles as a result of open collaboration.},
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