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Adapting an Outcome-Based Education Development Process to Meet Near Real-Time Challenges to Sustainable Agricultural Production
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Halbleib, Mary L.; Jepson, Paul C. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: This paper examines the benefits of using an outcome-based education (OBE) method within agricultural extension outreach programmes for professional and farmer audiences. Design/Methodology/Approach: The method is elaborated through two practical examples, which show that focused, short-duration programmes can produce meaningful skill…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Rural Extension, Outreach Programs, Agricultural Production
Google Earth for Landowners: Insights from Hands-on Workshops
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Huff, Tristan – Journal of Extension, 2014
Google Earth is an accessible, user-friendly GIS that can help landowners in their management planning. I offered hands-on Google Earth workshops to landowners to teach skills, including mapmaking, length and area measurement, and database management. Workshop participants were surveyed at least 6 months following workshop completion, and learning…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Land Acquisition, Ownership, Rural Extension
Harnessing the Ocean Potential
Evans, Gwil O.; Panshin, Daniel A. – Ext Serv Rev, 1970
Two articles describe extension services provided to the Oregon Commercial fishery for albacore tuna, with the assistance of the Oregon State University sea grant center. (MF)
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Fisheries, Food, Marine Biology
An Organizational Model for the Integration of Extension Systems in the State of Oregon.
Frizzell, John Kitchener – 1966
This study was done (1) to determine attitudes of key personnel in both the Division of Continuing Education (General Extension) and the Cooperative Extension Service in Oregon toward an extension service merger per se; and (2) to design and determine a suitable model for integration and to ascertain attitudes toward this model. A normative survey…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Agency Cooperation, Analysis of Variance
Small-Scale Farming: A Portrait from Polk County, Oregon.
Young, John A.; Caday, Peter – 1979
A study of small-scale farmers in Polk County, Oregon, examined characteristics of, and variations among, small-scale farmers and developed some guidelines for assistance programs targeted for such a group. During the months of May, June, and July of 1978 an average of 4 days a week was spent locating and interviewing 44 small farm operators in…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Classification, Delivery Systems, Farmers
Professional Improvement Opportunities for Extension Personnel in the Western Region.
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Clegg, Denzil O. – 1969
This survey of continuing education opportunities for Cooperative Extension personnel in the 13 western states covered four types of leave programs: sabbatical leave, educational or study leave with pay, leave without pay, and official leave used to study. Data were gathered on duration of leave, percentage of normal salary received, years of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Courses, Educational Opportunities, Educational Responsibility
AN EVALUATION OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION TELEVISION PROGRAMS BY RURAL PEOPLE AND AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF PORTLAND, OREGON.
BARON, LLOYD C. – 1965
OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SELECTED GROUPS OF RURAL PEOPLE IN METROPOLITAN PORTLAND, OREGON, VIEWED AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION TELECASTS ON PORTLAND COMMERCIAL STATIONS AND USED THE INFORMATION GAINED TO GET SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SCHEDULING, TYPES, AND CONTENT OF FUTURE PROGRAMS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Audiences, Commercial Television, Educational Television