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2. Assessing the Value of Video Resources in Extension-led Natural Resources Management Continuing Education Programs
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sagor, Eli (author), Mindmuller-Campione, Marcella (author), and Rodman, Madison (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-05
- Published:
- United States: University of Clemson Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12200
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 59 (2)
- Notes:
- 9 pages, Effective delivery of continuing education programs can improve their impact. Using the first of four two-week modules of a professional short course, we tested outcomes of a flipped classroom approach, comparing professional foresters’ completion rates, preference for, and perceived value of pre-module content delivered via video and reading. Participants in the National Advanced Silviculture Program self-reported significantly higher pre-module completion rates, preference for, and perceived value of video over reading. This simple study suggests the potential for video to serve as an accessible and preferred format for delivery of key content to supplement an in-person continuing education program.
3. Cooperative Extension and climate change: successful program delivery
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Morris, Hilary L.C. (author), Megalos, Mark A. (author), Vuola, Aaron J. (author), Adams, Damian C. (author), and Monroe, Martha C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-04
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06059
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(2) : 2COM3
- Notes:
- 7 pages.
4. Extension as a multilevel bridging organization: supporting networked environmental covernance
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nourani, Sally W. (author), Decker, Daniel J. (author), and Krasny, Marianne E. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10
- Published:
- Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10988
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(5)
- Notes:
- 13 pages., Article # 5FEA2, via online journal., Governmental and nongovernmental actors at different spatial and jurisdictional levels have information that can benefit natural resources management; however, barriers in communication and organizational culture often prevent information sharing and joint endeavors. Bridging entities, such as task forces or working groups, bring together potential stakeholders to pool expertise and stimulate shared learning. Using a network survey, interview data, and meeting minutes, we constructed a case study of task forces convened to stimulate management of the emerald ash borer, an invasive wood-boring beetle. We found that coordinated action among university and county Extension catalyzed bridging through visionary program design and network positioning.
5. Forestry professionals and Extension educators vs. climate change: implications for Cooperative Extension programming
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jones, Christopher (author) and Lenart, Melanie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-06
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06055
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(3) : 3FEA1
- Notes:
- 11 pages
6. Identifying forest health gaps: A needs assessment of tree and forest health extension education
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gusto, Cody (author), Silvert, Cody (author), Diaz, John (author), Carton de Grammont, Paloma (author), Coyle, David (author), and University of Florida
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11360
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 58(1)
- Notes:
- 14 pages, via online journal, There is growing demand for a broader conception of tree and forest health by commercial and private timberland owners, who make up a substantial proportion of Extension clientele in the southeastern United States. There has been little research to comprehensively capture and represent Extension agents' needs, concerns, and perceived barriers as they respond to client questions and requests regarding tree and forest health topics. Our needs assessment results highlight needs and barriers Extension agents encounter as they address tree and forest health requests from clientele. We provide recommendations for research and practical applications for improving relevant resource support in Extension.
7. Interactive online tool for educating the public about landscape conservation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hanks, R. Daniel (author), Baldwin, Robert F. (author), Leonard, Paul B. (author), Bee, Gillian B. (author), and Claflin, Patrick (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04
- Published:
- USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10425
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(2)
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Via online journal., Landscape-scale conservation planning performed in a systematic and transparent manner is becoming more common as it is increasingly evident that ecological processes are being affected at large spatial scales. The Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative undertook a 15-state landscape conservation planning project, resulting in a landscape conservation design called NatureScape. To facilitate NatureScape's implementation by groups and individuals participating in on-the-ground landscape conservation, we developed an online decision support tool. This tool has the potential to assist Extension services in delivering research-based information to varied stakeholders as they make land use decisions.
8. Landowner and natural resources professional perceptions of silvopasture in central and north-central minnesota
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ford, Madeline M. (author), Zamora, Diomy S. (author), Blinn, Charles R. (author), Vaughan, Sophia (author), and Burkett, Eleanor (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-01
- Published:
- United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12321
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- v. 57, n. 6
- Notes:
- 13 pages, Silvopasture is an agroforestry practice that combines trees, forage, and livestock in an intensively managed system. We surveyed landowners and natural resources professionals in Minnesota to determine their perceptions of silvopasture. Although most respondents had heard of silvopasture, few knew a lot about it. We concluded that there is a need for more educational programming that expands the knowledge of and provides technical assistance to landowners and natural resources professionals who want to add silvopasture to their management toolboxes.
9. Regional conservation partnership program: a tool for natural resources management across watersheds
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Adusumilli, Naveen (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2020-06
- Published:
- United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12334
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 58, Num. 2
- Notes:
- 4 pages, This article introduces the Regional Conservation Partnership Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service. The program encourages partnerships among Extension professionals, conservation agency representatives, and farmers that focus on addressing natural resources concerns through the development and implementation of regional watershed plans. These plans assist farmers in practicing sustainable crop and animal production methods. Extension professionals will find the program useful as a tool for building collaborations at watershed and regional scales to promote agricultural production practices that enhance natural resources conservation.
10. Social marketing–enhanced home energy education encourages adoption of energy-saving practices
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Caldwell, Kathryn A. (author), Vaughn, Leigh Ann (author), Harrod, Elisabeth (author), and Harrod, Jon (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10
- Published:
- Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10992
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(5)
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Article # 5RIB3, via online journal., We developed a program centered on a social marketing–enhanced home energy education visit to encourage homeowner adoption of specific energy conservation measures. We randomly assigned 170 homeowners to an experimental condition that included energy education before an energy audit or a control condition that included only an energy audit. Participants in the experimental condition adopted more no-cost and low-cost one-time energy conservation changes, such as adjusting refrigerator/freezer temperatures and lowering hot water temperature. However, they did not invest more in home energy renovations or other costly changes, such as replacing inefficient appliances. We discuss implications of this experiment for enhancing effectiveness of Extension-based energy education programs.