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Australasia has some excellent evaluators. More than that, we have an evaluation community full of ideas and a willingness to share. The AES has long provided a place for us to come together, at regional events and the annual conference, to develop our community together. Now we’re taking it online! The new AES blog will be a space for AES members – both new and experienced – to share their perspectives, reflecting on their theory... If you have an idea, please contact us on blog@aes.asn.au. Please also view our blog guidelines.

AI and M&E: Adapt or Be Left Behind

Monitoring and evaluation has always evolved with the tools available to it. We moved from paper-based surveys to digital data collection, from spreadsheets to integrated management information systems, and from periodic reporting to dashboards capable of showing results almost in real time. Artificial intelligence is the next shift. But it is likely to be more consequential than the changes that came before it..

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AI and Critical Thinking - A Conversation Worth Having

A conversation with clients this week started me thinking.

They raised a concern that's circulating widely in professional and academic circles: 

That generations of people who grow up using AI from birth will gradually lose
their capacity for critical thinking.

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