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2. Facilitating conditions for farmer learning behaviour in the student-to-farmer university outreach
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kalule, Stephen W. (author), Sseguya, Haroon (author), Ongeng, Duncan (author), Karubanga, Gabriel (author), and Makerere University Gulu University
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04-12
- Published:
- Uganda: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10981
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(3)
- Notes:
- 16 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This study elucidates on how faculty supervision support to students during farm placements and other facilitating conditions influence farmer learning in the student-centred university outreach. Methodology/Design/Approach: Cross-sectional data were collected from a sample of 283 farmers who had previously hosted students of Gulu University in the student-to-farmer university outreach. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse how faculty supervision support to students in combination with other facilitating conditions affect the formation of intentions for learning and actual farmer learning behaviour. Findings: Faculty supervision support in the student-to-farmer outreach was found to significantly influence formation of intentions for learning (β = 0.380; t = 5.263; P < .01) and actual farmer learning behaviour (β = 0.182; t = 2.081; P < .05). Practical implications: Faculty supervision support to students is critical to fostering lasting learning relationships in university outreach. Thus, it needs to be a part of the transformation agenda of the higher education sector for improved community linkages and innovation. Theoretical implications: Empirical data obtained from the context of student-centred university outreach is used to extend the model of facilitating conditions. Originality/Value: The study addresses how faculty supervision support together with farmers’ perception of student attitudes and the value of the learning content influence farmers’ learning behaviour during university outreach.
3. Factors influencing Indiana residents' level of interest in engaging with Purdue University
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rice, Ashley E. (author)
- Format:
- Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05
- Published:
- USA: Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10800
- Notes:
- 138 pages., Thesis also is available online from Purdue University by open access, using the URL below., Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Science degree at Purdue University. Contributed by author to the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center and University Library, University of Illinois., Purpose was to explain and predict Indiana residents' level of interest in engaging with Purdue University based on level of concern for social and community issues, level of anomie, past interactions with Purdue, and perceptions of Purdue. Findings confirmed that Extension's programmatic areas are addressing perceived needs in the state and that individuals are interested in these programmatic issues. "Land-grant universities can continue to rise to the challenge and deliver state-of-the-art education, research, and resources for all people, as long as they listen to the public and address critical social, community and stakeholder issues."
4. Modern communication and rural development in China
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Colle, Royal D. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2004-06
- Published:
- China
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11932
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 40-44
- Notes:
- Abstract and citation available online via Ebscohost.com. 1 page., Describes how the nation is striving to harness new information technologies for development while stressing stability in the political realm. Includes the resources and role of university libraries in supporting outreach to meet the information needs in towns and rural areas of China.
5. New report shows UI Extension generates value 10 times its budget
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wald, Stephen (author / Illinois Extension)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-14
- Published:
- USA: Illinois Extension, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12018
- Notes:
- Online from Illinois Extension website. 3 pages., Summary of findings from an analysis of the impact of Illinois Extension, the public outreach and engagement arm of the University of Illinois. The report valued the annual economic and functional benefits of Illinois Extension at over $603 million, about 10 times the $60.9 million annual budget of the university unit.
6. Public scholarship: a tool for strengthening relationships across extension, campus, and community
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Monk, J. Kale (author), Benson, Jacquelyn J. (author), and Bordere, Tashel C. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06
- Published:
- Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10610
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(3)
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Article #:3TOT1, via online journal., Higher education resources are increasingly limited due to declining budget revenue and other challenges. Thus, it is vital for Cooperative Extension to synergize efforts of disseminating education to the public. Promoting public scholarship in and beyond Extension is a promising initiative that can foster collaborations by leveraging existing resources in advancing the Extension mission. We highlight a new program aimed at encouraging a culture of public scholarship across academia. The program is intended to increase knowledge about public scholarship and awareness of its benefits to stakeholders, identify barriers to public scholarship, and provide concrete examples of ways Extension and non-Extension faculty can collaborate on research and programming efforts.
7. The craft of public scholarship in land-grant education
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Peters, Scott J. (author), Jordan, Nicholas R. (author), Alter, Theodore R. (author), and Bridger, Jeffrey C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2003
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: D06678
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
- Journal Title Details:
- 8(1) : 75-86
- Notes:
- Case report about public service activities in the human dimensions program of the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.