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ERIC Number: EJ1254959
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1814-0556
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ICT Leadership Education for Agricultural Extension in Sri Lanka: Assessing a Technology Stewardship Training Program
Gow, Gordon A.; Dissanayeke, Uvasara; Jayathilake, Chandana K.; Kumarasinghe, Isuri; Ariyawanshe, Kumudu; Rathnayake, Sanduni
International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, v16 n1 p107-125 2020
This article reports on a technology stewardship training program to promote ICT leadership development with agricultural extension practitioners in Sri Lanka. Researchers used a multi-method approach with a single embedded case study. Data were collected using a pre-course survey, formal course evaluation, classroom observation, and semi-structured interviews with participants. Kirkpatrick's four-level evaluation model was used to structure analysis of the results. Findings from this study show a positive response to technology stewardship training among agricultural extension practitioners in the course, that learning objectives of the course are achievable when offered as an in-service training program, that self-confidence with ICT is improved, and that some participants applied their learning in a post-course activity. Results from the study also raise a number of considerations for future course design in order to better support digital leadership development in practice. Technology stewardship training shows promise as a form of ICT leadership education for agricultural communities of practice in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. This article contributes to a better understanding of the role of social learning among communities of practice in agricultural extension services, and in contributing to effective use of ICT for agriculture development more broadly.
International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology. University of the West Indies Open Campus, Dave Hill, St. Michael BB11000, Barbados. Tel: 868-663-9021; Fax: 868-645-9741; Web site: http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sri Lanka
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