Describes the origins and developmental requirements of the Informant Panel, an inexpensive, time-efficient, retrospective method for obtaining consequently meaningful information needed to guide organizational change projects. The panel combines features of the Nominal Group and Delphi Techniques. (WAS)

Six British colleges of nursing use a curriculum evaluation approach that combines summative and formative evaluation and uses a modified Delphi technique. The method facilitates a working partnership between student and teacher in which they share the process of systematic monitoring and reviewing of learning programs. (SK)