Extension

EEE TIG Week: Tom Archibald on Whose Extension Counts?

EEE TIG Week: Tom Archibald on Whose Extension Counts? Hello, I’m Tom Archibald, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education at Virginia Tech. Debates about what counts as credible evidence in program evaluation and applied social science research have been ongoing for at least 20 years. Rad Resource: …

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EEE TIG Week: Teresa McCoy on Agile & Lean Evaluation Capacity Building (AL-ECB)

I am Teresa McCoy, Assistant Director at the University of Maryland Extension (UME). I was hired 10 years ago with responsibility for evaluation and assessment across all program areas of agriculture, family and consumer sciences, environment and natural resources, and 4-H youth development. There was not a lot of evaluation knowledge and practice in the …

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EEE TIG Week: Chris Okafor on Assessing Farmer Knowledge Before and After Training Using the Ballot Box Test

My name is Chris Okafor and I am a Research for Development Coordinator at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Bukavu, DRCongo (DRC). I would like to briefly share a tool we are using to assess farmers’ knowledge gain during training.  I am currently coordinating an integrated crops/livestock development project in DRCongo, a position …

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EEE TIG Week: Chelsea Hetherington on Evaluating the Impact of Extension Pre-college Programs

My name is Chelsea Hetherington and I’m an Evaluation Specialist with Michigan State University Extension. One of the many benefits of Extension work is that we reach people in local communities all around the country, but we also have the connections and resources of a big university. Several MSU Extension youth programs specifically focus on …

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EEE TIG Week: Mary Arnold on Program Quality Matters for Youth Development

Hello! My name is Mary Arnold, I am a professor and 4-H Youth Development Specialist at Oregon State University. In my Extension specialist role, I get to work in that liminal space between research and practice. In this space I spend a great deal of time translating research into effective youth development practice in 4-H …

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EEE TIG Week: Alda Norris and Kendra Lewis on Extending your Evaluation Education

Greetings! We are Alda Norris, Evaluation Specialist at University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Natural Resources and Extension and Kendra Lewis, 4-H Evaluation Coordinator at University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources. We are the Chair and Secretary, respectively, of the Extension Education Evaluation Topical Interest Group (EEE TIG). This TIG offers professional development for …

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EEE Week: Cheryl Peters on Measuring Collective Impact

My name is Cheryl Peters and I am the Evaluation Specialist for Michigan State University Extension, working across all program areas. Measuring collective impact of agricultural programs in a state with diverse commodities is challenging. Many states have an abundance of natural resources like fresh water sources, minerals, and woodlands. Air, water and soil quality …

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EEE Week: Laura Downey on Community-Based Participatory Research Logic Models

Hi! This is Laura Downey with Mississippi State University Extension Service. In my job as an evaluation specialist, I commonly receive requests to help colleagues develop a program logic model. I am always thankful when I receive such a request early in the program development process. So, I was delighted a few weeks ago when …

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EEE Week: Siri Scott on Conducting Interviews with Youth

Hi, I’m Siri Scott, and I work as a Graduate Assistant with the University of Minnesota Extension. Conducting interviews with youth is one way to consider gathering information for program improvement, especially when you want to bring youth voice into your improvement process. While more time intensive than doing a survey, interviews will provide you …

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EEE Week: Kevin Andrews on Connecting Students with Extension

Howdy! I am Kevin Andrews, a program specialist at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. In addition to my Extension duties, I co-teach a graduate evaluation course at Texas A&M University. I came across a post from March about students partnering with community agencies to apply their evaluation skills. I’d like to build upon Dr. Brun’s …

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