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 - 13 May 2020
By Gavin Beever

Using a Resilience Framework for Understanding Extension Challenges in a Systematic Way

As farming systems face more volatility with things such as prices, input costs and weather events; as well as more complex social changes/challenges/consumer preferences, environmental …
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Resilience; Managing change; Farming system adaptability

Home, Resources, Theory

Published - 7 April 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, …
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Facebook Live, Online meetings, Online tools

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

Published - 31 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 …
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Document signing, Online tools. Document scanning

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

Published - 28 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. …
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Extension planning, Online tools, Working from home

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 …
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Extension planning, Online meetings, Online tools, Webex

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

Published - 20 March 2020
By Gavin Beever

Tips for Online Meetings

Meeting online is a great way to keep in touch virtually and to work together and network from remote locations.
It is fantastic to have these …
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Extension planning, Internet, Online meetings, Online tools

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

Published - 10 March 2020
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 …
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Extension planning, Internet, Internet connectivity, Online tools

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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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AR, Augmented Reality, Immersive Technologies, Online tools

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources