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2. Expert? What does that mean? Describing the term "expert" in agricultural communications, education, extension, and leadership research
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Costello, Lori (author), Rutherford, Tracy (author), and Texas A&M University
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10234
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 103(1)
- Notes:
- 16 pages., Via online journal., Expertise is dynamic, domain specific, and characterized according to an individual’s level of knowledge, experience, and problem-solving ability. Having expertise in the phenomenon under investigation can be used as an indicator of an individual’s aptitude to effectively serve as a coder in a content analysis or as panelist in a Delphi study. The purpose of this study was to assess 10 years of scholarship published in the premier journals of agricultural education and describe the ways researchers in agricultural communications, education, extension, and leadership disciplines who use content analysis and Delphi study methods are describing the qualifications of the people serving as expert coders and panelists. The study findings revealed the majority of researchers publishing in the premier agricultural education journals are not describing the qualifications used in selecting coders or the credentials the coders possess that would make them qualified to code the data in a content analysis. Furthermore, researchers were inconsistent citing literature that supported their selection of content analysis coders and citing literature to support a decision to describe or not to describe coders’ qualifications. However, a description of Delphi study panelists’ qualifications and citations to support why panelists were selected in a Delphi study were present in all of the Delphi studies analyzed over the 10-year period. Based on these findings, it was concluded that ACEEL researchers should include a description of coder credentials to enhance the consistency, transparency, replicability, rigor, and integrity of ACEEL research. Editors and research professionals who perform journal article reviews for the premier agricultural education journals are encouraged to note the exclusion of a description of content analysis coders’ credentials as part of the peer review process.
3. Tobacco knowledge among adults in Zhejiang province, China
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Xu, Yue (author), Xu, ShuiYang (author), Wu, QingQing (author), and Guo, YuJie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- China
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07589
- Journal Title:
- PLoS ONE
- Journal Title Details:
- 8 (3): 1-7
- Notes:
- Open access freely available online
4. Using flipped classrooms and virtual field trips to engage students
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kobayashi, Kent D. (author) and University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-08
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10364
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 27(4) : 458-460
- Notes:
- 3 pages., Via online journal., Student engagement in the classroom is critical for effective learning. To enhance student engagement, several teaching approaches can be used, including a flipped classroom approach and virtual field trips. The flipped classroom approach was used in an undergraduate tropical production systems course in which students viewed lecture materials outside of class, brought their smart devices to class to review materials, searched for new information on the Internet, and participated in small group discussions. In the virtual field trip assignment, each student visited a commercial farm or nursery, interviewed the owner or manager, and gave a presentation to the class about the operation of the enterprise and its sustainable practices.
5. Why are people skeptical about climate change? Some insights from blog comments
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Matthews, Paul (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-02-09
- Published:
- International: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08443
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 9 (2): 153-168