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An Evaluation of Clemson University's Cooperative Extension Services Online Learning Programs and Framework for Program Development and Evaluation
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Christina Leard – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic brought online learning to the forefront with the need to define online learning with best practices. Clemson University Extension conducted a retrospective observational study compiling survey data from virtual extension agents and supervisor's conducting online programs. A literature review analyzed terminology for online…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Universities, Extension Education, Electronic Learning
A Comparison of Extension Employee Perspectives on Program Delivery, Program Evaluation, Funding, and DEI
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Bridger Feuz – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study utilized a quantitative approach to compare extension employee perceptions across organizational structures in the West region on the following issues: program delivery, program evaluation, funding, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The three extension structures characterized in this study were county-based, area-based, and a…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Diversity, Equal Education, Inclusion
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Texas Community Futures Forums
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Francisco X. Escobedo Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
With the establishment of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, communities have depended on Extension Agents to address relevant needs. Extension Agents have used different approaches such as the Texas Community Futures Forum to obtain information on issues affecting people. The problem was that Texas Community Futures Forums have never…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Extension Education, Extension Agents
Creating "Excellent" Learning Experiences: A Gap Analysis of a University Extension Program
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Phansavath, Ing – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study utilized the Clark and Estes gap analysis to investigate the knowledge, motivation, and organizational barriers that 330 Business and Legal Programs Department instructors face in developing courses that create "excellent" learning experiences at University Extension, a nonprofit, university continuing education institution.…
Descriptors: Extension Education, College Programs, Program Effectiveness, Educational Quality
An Investigation of Online Educational Quality in Professional and Continuing Education Using the Community of Inquiry Framework
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Catron, Susan Dennis – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Beyond being responsive to the demand for online learning in the marketplace, UC Davis Extension lacks the system and tools to assess, improve and sustain the quality of online instruction it delivers. This study evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of online instructional quality at UCDE in accordance with Garrison's Community of Inquiry…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Quality
Exploring the Level of Evidence of Impact Collected through Program Evaluation by Cooperative Extension as Published in the "Journal of Extension"
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Workman, Jeffrey Dale – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Documenting evidence of impact demonstrates that organizations and programs are making a difference and/or accomplishing something positive. The results of a program must ultimately change people's attitudes or behavior, or benefit society in other ways (Diem, 1997). As competition increases and the availability of financial resources decreases,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Extension Education, Program Evaluation, Models