ERIC Number: EJ1048546
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Dec
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1077-5315
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Going the Distance Part 2: Five Ways of Teaching an Extension Course: Elive, Blackboard, Teleconference, Correspondence, and Face-to-Face
Rader, Heidi B.; Hanna, Virgene; Spiers, Kent; Kienenberger, Donavan
Journal of Extension, v52 n6 Article 6FEA3 Dec 2014
Remote and widely dispersed clientele in Alaska create a need for effective distance-delivery programs. Extension agents often travel via small airplane, snow machine, or boat to teach face-to-face classes in off-road communities. Effective and more cost-efficient delivery methods are needed. We taught a course for beginning farmers residing throughout Alaska using five delivery methods: Elluminate Live!, Blackboard, teleconference, correspondence, and face-to-face. We evaluated these delivery methods based on five areas: accessibility of delivery method, course completion, knowledge gain, plans to use skills, and student satisfaction. Our findings will help Extension professionals design distance-delivered programs suited to their target audience. (For "Going the Distance" Part I, see EJ1043013.)
Descriptors: Extension Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Distance Education, Delivery Systems, Correspondence Study, Teleconferencing, Conventional Instruction, Intermode Differences, Access to Education, Graduation Rate, Achievement Gains, Intention, Participant Satisfaction, Instructional Effectiveness, Online Courses, Questionnaires, Student Surveys, Web Based Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
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Identifiers - Location: Alaska
Grant or Contract Numbers: 2010-49400-21719