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Maddy, Bruce; Gerber, Corey K.; Hillger, David – Journal of Extension, 2015
Extension personnel, agricultural companies, and contract researchers invest a great deal of resources through time, money, and manpower to educate crop consultants, producers, students, and new employees. Creating an in-field, real world, and hands-on learning environment affords an opportunity to engage individuals to learn in ways that cannot…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Demonstrations (Educational), Field Instruction, Program Development
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Guion, Lisa A. – Journal of Extension, 2010
A quick glance of the Extension literature will reflect a resurgence of interest and focus on integrated (interdisciplinary) issues-based programming. However, the development of methods, tools, and techniques for developing integrated issues-based programs has not kept pace. This article presents a checklist to aid interdisciplinary Extension…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Interdisciplinary Approach, Extension Agents, Extension Education
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Closson, Rosemary B.; Kaye, Sylvia B. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
The Baha'i Faith, which was founded in 1863, holds as its purpose the awakening of humanity to invisible possibilities, providing humankind with conscious direction and hope vis-a-vis the challenges and perplexities of time (Rosen, 2010). The Baha'i writings explain that spiritual forces are the foundation of reality and that the Word of God is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion, Tutors, International Education
Nathan, Edward Pavel – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research study examined how a multinational company determined what the critical success factors (CSFs) were for developing global e-learning. The study analyzed how these CSFs were grouped together in order to make their management more efficient. There were 21 participants in the study who were key stakeholders and came from one of four…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Success, Global Approach, Electronic Learning
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Menton, Linda K. – Educational Perspectives, 2007
The Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) is a research unit of the College of Education at the University of Hawai'i. Part of its mission is to develop curriculum materials for students in grades K-12. The social studies section of CRDG has been developing curriculum materials on Asia since the early 1990s. As part of a project…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Area Studies, Curriculum Research, Instructional Materials
Geith, Chris; Vignare, Karen; Bourquin, Leslie D.; Thiagarajan, Deepa – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
The Food Safety Knowledge Network (FSKN) is a collaboration between Michigan State University, the Global Food Safety Initiative of the Consumer Goods Forum, and other food industry and public sector partners. FSKN's goal is to help strengthen the food industry's response to the complex food safety knowledge and training challenges that affect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Manufacturing, International Trade
Copeland, Leon L., Sr.; Gray, Robert C. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2002
Through the competitive proposal process, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) received a three-year Teacher Enhancement Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in March 1998. The Maryland State Department of Education provided additional funds for the grant. The purpose of the grant was to administer the Technology Education…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Professional Training, Technological Literacy, Grants
Hatcher, Halene – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
As never before, nations the world over are considering conservation a problem of vital concern to all peoples and an obligation which must be accepted by each person. It is becoming increasingly recognized that steps leading toward the establishment of harmonious relations between man and his environment will go a long way toward resolving the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Public Opinion, Role of Education, Educational Practices
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Duncan, Steve – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
One of the most significant events that heralded the Department of Defense's commitment to distance education was the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, which held its kickoff meeting in Washington, DC in 1997. This meeting provided the army and other military services the endorsement that had been lacking relative to implementing…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Costs, Instructional Development, Educational Innovation