Extension Practice

What is Extension?

A history in Australia

Performance Indicators and Benchmarking in Extension

Pareto's Law

To assist extension planning

Diffusion of Innovations Theory

Founded by Everett Rogers

Peter Honey and Alan Mumford

Learning Styles

Bennett's Hierarchy

Extension Program Evaluation Model

published - 31 March 2020
By Jemma Pearl (Agriculture Victoria)

How to Conduct a Facebook Live

One opportunity you may have if you want to engage with your Facebook audience is to use Facebook Live.
Facebook Live gives you the opportunity to, in real time, communicate with your audience and also for them to ask questions and engage with you.
This is a great tool, especially at this …
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Facebook Live, Online meetings, Online tools

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

published - 26 March 2020
By Kellyanne Harris (Agriculture Victoria)

Easy Document Scanning with ‘Notes App’

Working remotely or from home and you need to scan a document to email someone?
Here is a little tip to enable you to scan documents easily, using your iphone or ipad and the Apple Notes App.
You can even sign the scanned document or other images or a pdf using your …
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Document signing, Online tools. Document scanning

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

published - 25 March 2020
By Jemma Pearl & Heather Field (Agriculture Victoria)

How to use Webex

One tool available, especially for many Victorian Government departments, for undertaking online meetings and presentations is Webex.
This post provides a guide on how you can set up and run Webex meetings and Webex events.
As an example, these two systems are used by the Grains Seasonal Risk team in Agriculture Victoria …
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Extension planning, Online meetings, Online tools, Webex

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

published - 15 March 2020
By Gavin Beever

Working From Home

Working from home can be extremely successful, productive and enjoyable; but to make it effective, it helps to have some good resources, structure and processes. It also takes some discipline.
This post shares some tips and tools for those that are planning to work from home. To start with, reflect on …
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Extension planning, Online tools, Working from home

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

published - 3 March 2020
By Gavin Beever

The Extension Practice Site

The Extension Practice Site has been developed to help Extension Professionals, by giving them access to a collection of information and tools for their use.

Extension is the practice of transferring information, knowledge or skills that can assist individuals, families, communities, organisations or businesses achieve improved economic, social and environmental outcomes …
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Extension Practice

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 7 February 2020
By Gavin Beever

APEN Conference Presentations and Papers, Great Resources for Extension Professionals.

The Australasia Pacific Extension Network (APEN) Conference was held in Darwin Australia on September 12th and 13th, 2019. The conference theme was – Extension’s role in climate, rural industries and community challenges.
The conference presentations provide a great ongoing resource.
The papers that are published in the Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal are …
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APEN, Conference, Professional development

Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 21 January 2020
By Gavin Beever

Virtual Reality and Learning

Virtual Reality (VR) is where digital technology is used to replace and replicate real world experiences. To give a full virtual experience, it uses headsets and hand controllers.
Using the headset and hand controllers, users can visit and interact in simulated worlds with objects in that world and also with other …
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Immersive Technologies, Online tools, Virtual Reality, VR

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

published - 20 December 2019
By Gavin Beever

Augmented Reality in Rural Extension

Augmented Reality (AR) is rapidly growing as a means of providing information and learning experiences. AR provides an interactive experience where real world experiences are enhanced by computer generated information, that can target any human sense e.g. visual, auditory, sense of touch or smell.
It is an Immersive Technology, through which …
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AR, Augmented Reality, Immersive Technologies, Online tools

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

published - 19 November 2019
By Gavin Beever

Network Literacy

Online networking is now an important opportunity and component of many modern day extension programs. In extending information and assisting with practice change, it’s often all about the relationships that provide the environment for success.

Network Literacy is an emerging field that is providing people with the means to effectively network …
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Network literacy, Networking, New extension approaches, Online tools

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

published - 8 October 2019
By Gavin Beever

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement (MERI) Framework

MERI is a process designed to look at a project or programs: Effectiveness, Impact, Appropriateness, Efficiency and Legacy. Assessing program performance and any change over time, against short, medium or long term desired outcomes, is an objective of the MERI framework.
The approach supports adaptive management over the life of a …
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Continuous improvement, Evaluation, Extension planning, MERI, Monitoring

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 20 August 2019
By Gavin Beever

Internet Connectivity and Extension

So much of how we communicate, collaborate, store and extend information; is dependent upon our internet connectivity. In this post we will explore what level of connectivity is required for different activities, how you can test your own level of connectivity and options you have to improve internet speed.

“Need the …
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Extension planning, Internet, Internet connectivity, Online tools

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources