Describes a new staff organization plan that discards the concept of media editors and adopts a concept of (1) department editors, (2) field editors and (3) development leadership (that is, development in radio and television, press services, and teaching and research).
17 pages, via online journal, Prior research has indicated that the incorporation of computer-based peer review into writing instruction increases student engagement, improves student performance, and increases student perceptions of self-efficacy. This study used a quasi-experimental untreated control group design to examine the impact of computer-based peer review on student performance and perceived self-efficacy in an undergraduate agricultural graphic design course. The impact of participation in computer-based peer review on performance scores was investigated using a MANOVA. After two rounds of peer review, students improved their overall course performance by one-half letter grade. Perceptions of self-efficacy were further analyzed using a one-way repeated measures ANOVA. Most (54.17%) students who participated in the computer-based peer review process reported increases in perceived self-efficacy in graphic design. The findings from this study indicate the benefits of computer-based peer review extend to instruction in graphic design courses.
Bonnen, James T. (author / Michigan State University, East Lansing)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
unknown
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08698
Notes:
In: James Hildreth, Katerine Lipton, Ken Clayton and Carl O'Connor , ed. Agriculture and Rural Areas Approaching the 21st Century; Challenges for Agricultural Economics. 452-483; Iowa State University Press
Helsel, Diana G. (author / Academic Discipline Specialist in Agriculture, Academic Information Systems, IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC) and Academic Discipline Specialist in Agriculture, Academic Information Systems, IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04062
Yarbrough, Paul (author / Cornell Rural Communication Research Program, Department of Communication Arts, Cornell University) and Cornell Rural Communication Research Program, Department of Communication Arts, Cornell University
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 65 Document Number: C02412
Notes:
Three copies, In: The use of computers in agricultural information (NCCI Workshop; 1983 May 2-5; Palmer House, Chicago) Madison, WI : North Central Computer Institute, 1983. p. 119-130
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D09982
Notes:
Document from files of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Government of Kenya by the Office of International Agriculture, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. Involves possible collaboration with Edgerton College to develop an agricultural education institution of excellence in the land-grant tradition.
Telg, Ricky (author), Irani, Tracy (author), Rhoades, Emily (author), and Myers, Brian (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2007-05-16
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26964
Notes:
Pages 282-292 of proceedings of the 2007 Research Conference of the American Association of Agricultural Education in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 16-18, 2007.
An editor's criticism of news material ("blah") from government departments, colleges and state departments of agriculture. "Do you know what happens to a publication that prints this stuff in too liberal quantities? I'll tell you. They go broke in a year's time." Also expresses concern that this is "one of the most glaring forms of waste in the name of agriculture today."
Zimmerman, Allen P. (author / Chair, Engineering Technologies Division, The Ohio State University, Wooster Campus, Agricultural Technical Institute, Wooster, OH)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1991-06
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05621
4 pages., Via journal article., Learning by doing plays a critical role in a learner’s conceptual understanding. By actively engaging with a concept, students gain experience and develop an enduring understanding of the concept. The concept of pollen viability is a critical component in the field of plant breeding and can be used to explain various aspects of pollen quality. An inquiry activity was designed to expose undergraduate students in a horticulture course to the concept of pollen viability and its application. The entire class was tasked with collaborating to identify an in vitro germination medium optimized to germinate plumeria (Plumeria rubra) pollen. To determine optimum sucrose and pH concentrations of the medium, student groups were assigned treatments of pollen from two plumeria cultivars that were germinated in Brewbaker and Kwack media of differing sucrose and pH concentrations. Students calculated the percentage of germinated pollen and assessed pollen tube integrity and used these variables as evidence of an optimized medium. Although undergraduates were engaged in authentic research practices during the inquiry activity, lack of time and resources impeded completion of the activity. However, students were exposed to methods and instrumentation directly related to evaluating pollen viability. Moreover, they were exposed to the basic practice of pollen quality assessment that they can use to carry out investigations on pollen fertility. In addition, insight was gained to improve the inquiry activity in the future. Now, well-informed modifications to the inquiry activity can be made to pilot this activity in a formal horticulture laboratory section.
Kibwana, O. T. (author), Haile, Mitiku (author), and Tegegne, Firew (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01214
Notes:
Pages 331-346 in Waters-Bayer (eds.), Farmer innovation in Africa: a source of inspiration for agricultural development. Earthscan Publications, Ltd., London, England. 362 pages.
Day, Terence L. (author / Washington State University) and Washington State University
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 55 Document Number: C01238
Notes:
AgComm Teaching; See also ID C01090, IN: Marks, J.J. and Cooper, B., eds., Proceedings of the ESCOP Communications Workshop; 1982 September 16-17; St. Louis, MO. Columbia, MO : University of Missouri, 1982. p. 64-67
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 2 Document Number: B00207
Notes:
AgComm Teaching. Review of Extension Research 1946/47-1956, Extension Service Circular 506, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Columbia, MO: Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, University of Missouri-Columbia. 35pp. (Research Bulletin 441)
Baker, Lauri M. (author), Settle, Quisto (author), Chiarelli, Christy (author), and Irani, Tracy (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2011-02-01
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01524
Notes:
Paper presented in the Agricultural Communication Section of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists annual meeting in Corpus Christi,Texas, February 6-7, 2011. 23 pages.
Galle, J. (author), Reneau, F.W. (author), and Department of Agricultural Education and Mechanization, Southern Illinois University; Department of Agricultural Education and Mechanization, Southern Illinois University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 61 Document Number: C01866
Northfell, Amanda (author), Edgar, Leslie D. (author), Graham, Donna L. (author), and Rucker, K. Jill (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2015
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05794
Notes:
Paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section of the annual conference of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 1, 2015. 24 pages.
