AEC399, a 4-page illistrated fact sheet by Ricky Telg, Tracy Irani, and James Varvorines, focuses on creative and media strategies for developing marketing campaigns for local Cooperative Extension programs. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communications, November 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WC080
Category: Program Development
AEC397/WC078 Extension Marketing: Campaign Planning and Audience Analysis
AEC-397, a 5-page fact sheet by Ricky Telg, Tracy Irani, and James Varvorines, focuses on the basics of campaign planning and audience analysis development. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communications, November 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WC078
AEC400/WC081 Extension Marketing: Budgets and Evaluation
AEC-400, a 3-page fact sheet by Ricky Telg, Tracy Irani, and James Varvorines, describes ways to stretch marketing budget dollars and then how to determine whether the communications campaign was successful. Includes a sample evaluation form. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, November 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WC081
FOR-105/FR135 Enhancing Natural Resource Programs with Field Trips
FOR-105, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Julie Athman and Martha C. Monroe, explains how to maximize learning during the field trip to ensure that students gain its cognitive and affective benefits. Includes references. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, October 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR135
FE753 The Relevance and Challenges of an Economic Evaluation of Florida’s 4-H Program
FE753, a 4-page fact sheet by Alfonso Flores-Lagunes and Troy Timko, describes the 4-H program and the importance of economic evaluation of its impact, provides a primer on economic evaluation of programs, and lays out a research roadmap for accumulating the data necessary for an economic evaluation of the Florida 4-H program. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, October 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE753
AEC-393/WC074 Creating Interest in Learners
AEC-393, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Matt Benge and Amy Harder, describes the “Interest Approach” to classroom instruction, methods for creating interest, and natural impulses that may be appealed to in teaching to help create interest. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, September 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WC074
Circular 1528/FR261 Measuring the Effectiveness of Lagoon Quest: A Case Study in Environmental Education Program Evaluation
Circular 1528, a 33-page full-color report by Judith Chen-Hsuan Cheng, Martha C. Monroe, and Alison Gordon, is a report of the evaluation of the second year of implementing Lagoon Quest in Brevard County, Florida and also a case study of program evaluation, intended to illustrate the program evaluation process and help extension agents and others improve their educational activities. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, August 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR261
ENY-1001/IN759 Guide to Collecting and Maintaining Live Arthropods for Classroom Display in Florida
ENY-1001, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by S. McCann, J. D. Ellis, and M. K. O’Malley, details the process of maintaining live insect displays for educational purposes in Florida. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, January 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN759
MB004/MB004 The Basics of Educational Podcasting: Enhancing the Student Learning Experience
MB004, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Jamie S. Foster and Stephanie A. Havemann, presents a brief tutorial for educators interested in generating and publishing their own podcasts and discusses the role of podcasting in the classroom. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Microbiology and Cell Sciences, July 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MB004
FOR 109/FR157 Improving Inservice Teacher Workshops in Florida
Revised! FOR-109, a 5-page fact sheet by Martha C. Monroe, Jenny Seitz, Shruti Agrawal, Sheda Morshed, Elizabeth Swiman, Michelle Aldridge, and Vicki Crisp, defines the terms that are most helpful for Florida environmental education workshop facilitators and provides suggestions for planning, advertising, delivering, and evaluating workshops to better meet the needs of our teachers. Project Learning Tree (PLT) workshops are used as an example of how nonformal education facilitators could adapt their workshops to better address the new professional development system. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, May 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR157
AEC 390/WC071 Visual Teaching Tools: Concept Maps
AEC-390, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Lauren Dillard and Brian E. Myers, describes these educational tools, what they are, types of concept maps, and their purpose. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, May 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WC071
AEC389/WC070 Extension Program and Customer Satisfaction: Are We Serving All Clients Well?
AEC-389, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, Glenn D. Israel, Marna Weston, and Kathryn A. Israel, explores whether race or gender have an effect on the perceptions of the clientele regarding the quality and outcome of services provided by Extension. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, May 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WC070
AEC388/WC069 Creating and Working with Rubrics
AEC-388, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Aubrey L. Stoughton and Brian E. Myers, describes types of rubrics and how to create them for teachers to evaluate student performance. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, May 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WC069
AEC 387/PD036 Using Focus Group Interviews for Planning or Evaluating Extension Programs
AEC-387, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Glenn D. Israel and Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, provides a brief overview of the focus group interview and suggestions for conducting such interviews. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, May 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PD036
FE656/FE656 Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Programs: Responding to Business Concerns
FE656, a 3-page fact sheet by Henry M. Cothran, is ninth in a series on establishing Business Retention and Expansion (BRE)programs. It outlines a procedure for identifying and tracking issues identified during a business survey. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, April 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE656
FE658/FE658 Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Programs: Measuring Success in Your BRE Program
FE658, a 4-page fact sheet by Henry M. Cothran, is ninth in a series on establishing Business Retention and Expansion programs. It provides measurement guidelines, a table of common terms used in evaluating programs, and a program goal checklist. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, March 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE658
AEC 386/WC067 Using Sondeos for Program Development and Evaluation
AEC-386, a 4-page fact sheet by Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez and Glenn D. Israel, provides a brief overview of the sondeo method and suggestions for its use. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, February 2008.
FE701/FE701 Issues at the Rural-Urban Fringe: Hillsborough County Agriculture Stewardship Program
FE701, an 8-page fact-sheet by Rodney L. Clouser and Stephen Gran, describes a stewardship program developed to prevent premature conversion of agricultural land in this rapidly growing county surrounding Tampa Bay. Includes references. Published by UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, November 2007.