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Analysis of Communication and Dissemination Channels Influencing the Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Western Kenya
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Adolwa, Ivan S.; Okoth, Peter F.; Mulwa, Richard M.; Esilaba, Anthony O.; Mairura, Franklin S.; Nambiro, Elizabeth – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: The following study was carried out to evaluate the socio-economic factors influencing access to Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) information and knowledge among farmers in western Kenya, and subsequent ISFM uptake with a view to assessing communication gaps. Design/Methodology/Approach: Structured questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Information Sources, Foreign Countries, Information Services
The Effect of Social Network Diagrams on a Virtual Network of Practice: A Korean Case
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Jo, Il-Hyun – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2009
This study investigates the effect of the presentation of social network diagrams on virtual team members' interaction behavior via e-mail. E-mail transaction data from 22 software developers in a Korean IT company was analyzed and depicted as diagrams by social network analysis (SNA), and presented to the members as an intervention. Results…
Descriptors: Intervention, Network Analysis, Social Networks, Communities of Practice
Knowledge Sharing at Conferences
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De Vries, Bregje; Pieters, Jules – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
To improve the quality in teaching and learning, opportunities need to be provided where practitioners and researchers meet and share visions, disseminate findings, co-construct ideas, and set research agendas together. Visiting a conference is one well-known and established way to do this. But are they effective? A survey was conducted among the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Educational Researchers, Conferences (Gatherings)
Changing Communication Activities in the British Scientific Community.
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Meadows, A. J.; Buckle, P. – Journal of Documentation, 1992
A study of scientific communication in the United Kingdom indicates that informal communication, which has significantly changed from a decade ago, appears to have had an idiosyncratic impact. Two emerging themes were the effects of information technology and scientists' sense of information overload. Information staff observed increasing emphasis…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Management Communication for the New Millennium: An Australian Perspective.
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More, Elizabeth A.; Irwin, Harry T. – Management Communication Quarterly, 2000
Discusses management communications in the general area of identity, and the Australian situation involving management communication scholarship, management communication education, and the future of the field in Australia. (NH)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Diversity (Institutional), Foreign Countries
Does Increasing Communication through Visual Learning Environments Enhance Student Perceptions of Lecturers?
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Frumkin, Lara – International Education Journal, 2006
The current study was conducted in an effort to examine whether increased levels of communication using visual learning environments (VLEs) alters student perceptions of lecturers. Eighty-six MSc students in Computing Science participated by using She and Fisher's (2002) Teacher Communication Behavior Questionnaire (TCBQ). In addition to using the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Visual Learning, Bulletin Boards, Questionnaires