information technology and distance education, as well as informal learning opportunities ( Wells, 2004 ). As the internet is now available virtually anywhere in the developed world, electronic delivery of information has become a preferred method for informal
considered insignificant, but previous research has stressed the importance of low densities on crops by studying the distance or area of influence of weeds ( Motis et al., 2001 ). The distance of influence methodology is a powerful tool to determine the
-institutional distance learning courses ( Evans et al., 2011 ). Next, experiences were shared from “Total Crop Management,” an innovative upper-level undergraduate class at Purdue University taking a hands-on approach to proactive, holistic crop management. Students met
annual income ( Table 3 ). Consumption frequency of Asian vegetables was also positively correlated with driving distance, willingness to learn more about Asian vegetables, consumer age, consumer education level, time spent grocery shopping per week
more options when choosing distance education courses ( Gleason and Greenhow, 2017 ). As of 2018, an estimated 6.9 million students were enrolled in a distance education course ( National Center for Education Statistics, 2020 ). With advances in
audiences in distance education; 3) informally engage extension audiences via social media; and 4) specifically target the millennial generation—a group notoriously difficult to reach with extension programming. Within our discussion of engagement via social
Distance education enrollments continue to climb as more and more classes are offered online. In the latest report, 37.2% of all higher education students are taking at least one distance education course ( Seaman and Seaman 2019 ). Increasingly
better understand distance teaching and learning, research is needed on the relationship between learning styles and agricultural distance education ( Miller, 1997 ). Such research was addressed in this study. To achieve this goal, this study examined
challenges, particularly concerning social distancing measures. The pandemic forced Extension personnel and volunteers to rethink their traditional methods of engagement. Meetings, which were typically conducted in close-knit, confined spaces, had to be
-row spacing on eggplant production are rare. Kogbe (1983) found that total fruit yield and number of fruit per plant increased with eggplant spacing, but not average fruit weight. Florida growers use various in-row distances to transplant eggplant, ranging