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Leyla Marandi; Eleanor Haworth; Vikram Koundinya; Katherine Webb-Martinez; Kit Alviz – Journal of Extension, 2024
During the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations increased virtual programming and adoption of online technologies. This article outlines the University of California assessment of tools for gathering data on participant learning outcomes from virtual educational programs. After assessing colleagues' experiences and searching for new web applications,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Online Courses, Data Collection, Information Storage
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Fuller, Serena M.; Phelps, Josh A.; Baker, Susan; Walsh, Jennifer – Journal of Extension, 2023
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) uses a group 24-hour dietary recall (Gr24HDR) to measure changes in diet quality. Participant perceptions of the tool can guide implementation practices used by EFNEP Extension staff. Focus group (FG) sessions were conducted in five states and transcripts analyzed following a framework…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Dietetics, Diaries, Extension Education
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Gunn, Patrick; Loy, Dan – Journal of Extension, 2015
Effectively measuring short-term impact, particularly a change in knowledge resulting from Extension programming, can prove to be challenging. Clicker-based technology, when used properly, is one alternative that may allow educators to better evaluate this aspect of the logic model. While the potential interface between clicker technology and…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Extension Education, Achievement Gains, Program Evaluation
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Eschbach, Cheryl L.; Sirrine, J. R.; Lizotte, Erin; Rothwell, N. L. – Journal of Extension, 2016
This article describes an innovative evaluation plan we employed to capture outcomes of a multiyear beginning farmer program and, specifically, highlights the facilitation technique we used to document short-term and intermediate goals of the program that matched U.S. Department of Agriculture grant requirements and Extension administration…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Wise, Dena; Sneed, Christopher; Velandia, Margarita; Berry, Ann; Rhea, Alice; Fairhurst, Ann – Journal of Extension, 2013
The Local Table project compared results from parallel surveys of consumers and restaurateurs regarding local food purchasing and use. Results were also compared with producers' perception of, capacity for and participation in direct marketing through local venues, on-farm outlets, and restaurants. The surveys found consumers' and restaurateurs'…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Extension Education, Food, Purchasing
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Fuller, David; Johnson, Steven B. – Journal of Extension, 2013
Participatory research is a useful technique for collecting basic data over a large geographic area. Garlic production was chosen as a participatory research study focus in Maine. Project participants (285) received bulbs to plant, monitored their crop, and reported data online. Participants received a monthly educational newsletter to improve…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Data Collection, Agriculture, Gardening
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Kim, YaeBin – Journal of Extension, 2014
Extension educators have used different methods to collect information for a needs assessment, including advisory committees, survey questionnaires, focus groups, interviews with key informants, or a combination of the former. This article describes the use of key informant interviews (agency personnel working with parents and young children) that…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Child Rearing, Parent Education, Young Children
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Skelly, JoAnne; Hill, George; Singletary, Loretta – Journal of Extension, 2014
Extension professionals often assess community needs to determine programs and target audiences. Data can be collected through surveys, focus group and individual interviews, meta-analysis, systematic observation, and other methods. Knowledge gaps are identified, and programs are designed to resolve the deficiencies. However, do Extension…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Data Analysis, Community Needs, Extension Education
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Lamm, Alexa J.; Israel, Glenn D.; Diehl, David – Journal of Extension, 2013
In order to enhance Extension evaluation efforts it is important to understand current practices. The study reported here researched the evaluation behaviors of county-based Extension professionals. Extension professionals from eight states (n = 1,173) responded to a survey regarding their evaluation data collection, analysis, and reporting…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Extension Agents, Experimenter Characteristics, Program Evaluation
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Kopko, Kimberly; Dunifon, Rachel – Journal of Extension, 2012
The Statewide Data Collection System for Parent Education Programs is an online tool for collecting statewide data on Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) parenting education programs. The process of the development and use of this data collection tool are provided as a guide to Extension systems. Results for data entered between March 2009 and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Data Collection, Parent Education, Parent Attitudes
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Ginter, Amanda C.; Maring, Elisabeth F.; Paleg, Brad; Valluri, Swetha – Journal of Extension, 2013
As part of a multi-state study on health message development, a group of family researchers, Extension faculty, and a learning technologist used audience-response systems, or "clickers," to display and record focus group participants' responses to questions. This article describes how the authors used clicker technology in focus group…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audience Response Systems, Focus Groups, Facilitators (Individuals)
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Cowett, F.D.; Bassuk, N.L. – Journal of Extension, 2012
SWAT (Student Weekend Arborist Team) is a program affiliated with Cornell University and Extension founded to conduct street tree inventories in New York State communities with 10,000 residents or fewer, a group of communities underserved in community forestry planning. Between 2002 and 2010, SWAT conducted 40 inventories, and data from these…
Descriptors: Models, Land Grant Universities, Extension Education, College Programs
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Kelsey, Kathleen D.; Stafne, Eric T. – Journal of Extension, 2012
As Americans shift their work and leisure activities online, Extension seeks to remain viable by delivering programs through a website known as eXtension. eXtension is predicated on the voluntary labor of Extension specialists and educators who form Communities of Practice to create and deliver content through the website. Evaluation of eXtension…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Communities of Practice, Online Courses, Web Sites
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Barrett, Scott M.; Bolding, M. Chad; Munsell, John F. – Journal of Extension, 2012
Virginia's SHARP logger program is a Cooperative Extension program currently providing training to over 1,500 loggers, foresters, and others. We conducted a mail survey of SHARP loggers to characterize program participants, assess programming needs, and evaluate program effectiveness. Results indicate a diverse group of participants in terms of…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Program Effectiveness
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Long, James S.; And Others – Journal of Extension, 1980
Discusses the importance of interaction among participants in conferences. Data on participant interaction must be used to evaluate conferences. Describes one graphic technique for collecting and analyzing this data. (JOW)
Descriptors: Conferences, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Extension Education
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