ERIC Number: EJ1042746
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Oct
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A Model for Evaluating eXtension Communities of Practice
Kelsey, Kathleen D.; Stafne, Eric T.
Journal of Extension, v50 n5 Article 5FEA1 Oct 2012
As Americans shift their work and leisure activities online, Extension seeks to remain viable by delivering programs through a website known as eXtension. eXtension is predicated on the voluntary labor of Extension specialists and educators who form Communities of Practice to create and deliver content through the website. Evaluation of eXtension CoP can be effectively executed using Patton's (2011) developmental evaluation model. A flow of activities for evaluating eXtension CoP using this approach is presented along with a case study of the Grape CoP evaluation using Patton's developmental evaluation model.
Descriptors: Extension Education, Communities of Practice, Online Courses, Web Sites, Extension Agents, Delivery Systems, Program Evaluation, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Networks, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Role, Data Collection, Models, Agricultural Occupations, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; North America; United States
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