Going the Distance Part 2: Five Ways of Teaching an Extension Course: Elive, Blackboard, Teleconference, Correspondence, and Face-to-Face

Authors

Heidi B. Rader, University of Alaska FairbanksFollow
Virgene Hanna, University of Alaska AnchorageFollow
Kent Spiers, University of Alaska AnchorageFollow
Donovan Kienenberger, University of Alaska FairbanksFollow

Volume

52

Issue

6

DOI

10.34068/joe.52.06.11

Abstract

Remote and widely dispersed clientele in Alaska create a need for effective distance-delivery programs. Extension agents often travel via small airplane, snow machine, or boat to teach face-to-face classes in off-road communities. Effective and more cost-efficient delivery methods are needed. We taught a course for beginning farmers residing throughout Alaska using five delivery methods: Elluminate Live!, Blackboard, teleconference, correspondence, and face-to-face. We evaluated these delivery methods based on five areas: accessibility of delivery method, course completion, knowledge gain, plans to use skills, and student satisfaction. Our findings will help Extension professionals design distance-delivered programs suited to their target audience.

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Recommended Citation

Rader, H. B., Hanna, V., Spiers, K., & Kienenberger, D. (2014). Going the Distance Part 2: Five Ways of Teaching an Extension Course: Elive, Blackboard, Teleconference, Correspondence, and Face-to-Face. The Journal of Extension, 52(6), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.52.06.11