ALEC 640 – Audrey SepulvedaOctober 27, 2015

http://campus.extension.org/

1914 Smith-Lever Act Formalized a system of

cooperative extension serviceseducate rural Americans

about advances in agricultural practices and home economics

eXtension… increase their measurable local impact.“innovations creating tools

and new methods for achieving local impact.”

e-Extension… $$$ (only lasted two years)

Recognizing a problem or need:

Problem: Cultural & Technological changes are quickly outpacing the traditional delivery methods.

Need for an innovation that helps Cooperative Extension System professionals “do their work more effectively using an online constellation of people, resources and tools within the Cooperative Extension System.”

Basic and applied research & Development:

Moodlemerged their ideas

with this platformresources and

assistance for their employees

Commercialization: Relative Advantage

“keep it in the system” (e-Extension couldn’t)

available to students, researchers, clinicians, professors, as well as the general public, at any time from any internet connection

“It was education and tech support through eXtension that helped me understand why and how to set up an online course.”

Commercialization: Compatibility

“name brand” Texas AgriLife ExtensionFive Grand Challenges

“Optimization of campus.extension.org is the key to reaching our goals and people, through a spiral effect.” – Dr. Cathey

8 GroupingsMany align with TEKS

Commercialization: Complexity

Commercialization: Trialability & Observability

FREE to create an accountcompatible with the lifestyle

of many busy Americans

Diffusion and adoption (stuck here)

lack of CES professionals that are capable of utilizing this technology to implement it

Consequences“If you make a mistake in a face to face

classroom you usually don’t get told you are wrong by your students (they either don’t know or don’t have the confidence to disagree with you). However, if you put it out there on the internet for everyone to see and it is wrong you’re going to darn well hear about it.”

Road Blocks to Adoptionhelped solve real-life problems in real time,

by making information more accessible

Stuck in “Diffusion and Adoption” stages

growing population of younger CES professionals more innovative and technologically savvyadoption of this innovation should expand in

the upcoming years

ReferencesCathey, J. (2015, October 7). Campus

Extension: Distance Education as an Innovation [Personal interview].

 Harmel-Garza, D. (2015, September 29).

Campus Extension: Distance Education as an Innovation [Personal interview].

Lippke, L. (2015, October 21). Interview via eXtension Ask An Expert [Online interview].

Locklear, M. (2015, October 21). Interview via eXtension Ask An Expert [Online interview].