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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Wilson, Sandra B. (author), Geneve, Robert L. (author), and Davies, Fred T. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2018-12
Published:
United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10324
Journal Title:
HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:
28(6) : 851-854
Notes:
4 pages., Via online journal., Interactive web-based questions were developed for students to review
subject matter learned in an online plant propagation course. Articulate Storyline
software was used to build nearly 250 review questions with five different testing
styles to ascertain proficiency in subject areas, including the biology of propagation,
the propagation environment, seed propagation, vegetative propagation, micropropagation, and cell culture. Questions were arranged to correspond to the
supporting textbook chapters in Hartmann and Kester’s Plant propagation: Principles and practices, ninth edition. These are open access and available to instructors
and students worldwide. Users received immediate feedback for each question
answered correctly or incorrectly. The system remembers where one leaves off,
which enables starting and stopping multiple times within a chapter. Means of preand posttest responses to nine content knowledge items showed that students
perceived a significant content knowledge gain in the course. These online interactive reviews can be adapted easily to other courses in a variety of fields,
including horticulture, botany, systematics, and biology. They can also be expanded
to overlay multiple objects and trigger events based on user response. Since inception,
the website hosting these online reviews averaged 156 unique visitors per month.
Students have reported this to be a useful tool to prepare them for course exams.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
Format:
Memo
Publication Date:
1961
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes9; Folder: MSU Ph.D files Document Number: D09113
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Ph.D. files, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 6 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Dimock, Hedley G. (author / University of Guelph, Canada)
Format:
Booklet
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
Canada: Centre for Human Resource Development, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes5 Document Number: C12507
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, 43 p.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
O'Callaghan, Angela M. (author) and Robinson, M.L. (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2008-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28263
Journal Title:
Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:
Vol. 46, No. 4
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Brucher, Felix J. (author) and Department of Fisheries
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1968-11
Published:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19545
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pp. 7-16
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Franck, Barbara Mann (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
1966
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes4 Document Number: C12443
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Technical Report No. 7. Pennsylvania State University, University Park. 66 p.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Non-Formal Education Information Center (author) and Institute for International Studies in Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Format:
Newsletter article
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12241
Journal Title:
The NFE Exchange
Journal Title Details:
14(4) : 6-9
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Non-Formal Education Information Center (author) and Institute for International Studies in Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Format:
Newsletter article
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12242
Journal Title:
The NFE Exchange
Journal Title Details:
14(4) : 10-15
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Morris, Susanne R. (author), Radtke, Nancy Lee (author), and Institute for International Studies in Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Format:
Newsletter article
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12240
Journal Title:
The NFE Exchange
Journal Title Details:
14(4) : 1-5
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Barraclough, Solon (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1973
Published:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19530
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pp. 1-8; from "Training for agriculture : annual review of selected developments"