Bowen, Blannie E. (author), Shaffer, Deborah L. (author), and Training and Support Specialist, Computer Services, Pennsylvania State University; Rumberger Professor of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Pennsylvania State University
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 80 Document Number: C04596
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1990. 20 p. (Paper presented at the Agricultural Communicators in Education Research Meeting; 1990 July 16; Minneapolis, MN)
Heasley, Daryl K. (author), Price, Deborah A. (author), and Heasley: Associate Professor, Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Price: masters Candidate, Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05194
Makuch, Joseph R. (author), Robillard, Paul D. (author), and Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06379
James F. Evans Collection, Cooperative Extension was established as an educational and problem-solving institution in 1914. Since that time, the tools of instructional technology have changed substantially. Cooperative Extension needs to use current and emerging technologies that will permit it to operate in an efficient and effective manner. The computer is a technological tool that offers many opportunities for improving the delivery of Extension programs. The Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Penn State is exploring several ways of using computers to enhance Extension programs in water quality. This article describes four applications of computer technology designed to address the information-age needs of Extension agents and clientele. (author)
Brown, Diane V. (author / Agricultural Education Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07934
Notes:
abstracted from Ed.D., 1991; search through volume, In: Jacquelyn Deeds and Demetria Ford, eds. Summary of Research in Extension (1992-1993). Mississippi State, MS: Department of Agricultural Education and Experimental Statistics, Mississippi State University, July 1994. p. 78
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05241
Notes:
INTERPAKS, University Park, PA: Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, Pennsylvania State University, January 1962. (Bulletin 691). 18 p., Presents the results of a study of the extent to which the rate of adoption of new managerial and technological practices is related to their cost, complexity, and other attributes. Adoption rates for 43 farm practices were determined from the adoption histories of 229 commercial dairy farmers. Relationships between attribute ratings established during the study and known rates of adoption were determined. Farm practices which rated low in complexity and high in compatibility and saving of time were adopted more rapidly than others. Those rated high in mechanical attraction and saving of physical discomfort also tended to be adopted rapidly but the correlations were not statistically significant. The data show that high initial cost, high continuing costs, and a slow rate of cost recovery are not necessarily deterrents to rapid adoption. The other attributes, association with dairying and divisibility for trial, were not associated with rate of adoption.
