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This course will provide you with a ToC toolkit to help assess any process of change that you may be developing. It is optimized for public and development managers, monitoring and evaluation practitioners, donor agencies, NGOs, academics, and other stakeholders.
A ToC approach helps you situate complex social and development interventions. ToC is both a process and a product for explaining the various contributors to change, and the multiple levels of outcomes that result from program implementation.
The course will introduce you to the theory of change approaches and principles. It will give you the tools to both understand existing theories of change as well as develop your own. You will also be able to connect a theory of change to logframes and other organizational tools for further monitoring and evaluation.
What you'll learn
- Theory of Change approaches
- Core Theory of Change principles
- Tools to both understand existing theories of change and develop your own
- Methods for connecting a Theory of Change to logframes and other organizational tools for M&E
Syllabus
Week 1: You will learn what a Theory of Change is, and what the value this approach offers in a development context.
Week 2: You will gain an understanding of the method for problem analysis, and build a results chain using problem-solving.
Week 3: You will learn how to do stakeholder mapping, and program mapping.
Week 4: You will locate a Theory of Change within a monitoring and evaluation framework. This involves understanding risks and assumptions, interpreting a Theory of Change, and testing a Theory of Change.
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.