GDEV 3510

Engaged Learning through Extension, Outreach, and Instruction

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Course is designed to explore strategies and instruction across three aspects of adult education: the Cooperative Extension Service as a structured delivery vehicle, outreach in more informal and non-traditional formats, and college instruction as a formal structure to deliver technical expertise. The intent is to develop a program to meet our target audience, then implement a plan that successfully meets the needs and expectations of instructor and participants alike.

When Offered Spring.

• Students will become aware of differences and similarities across the audience profiles and develop targeted approaches to each.
• Students will gain understanding of the history and future development of extension programming and how it impacts instructional methods and opportunities.
• Students will develop a personal philosophy and vision for presenting technical information in a professional, yet approachable format that stimulates questions and further inquiry.
• Students will gain competency in selecting and integrating appropriate technological tools for instruction across a variety of audiences.
• Students will develop techniques to establish programming that differentiates presentations for a workshop, outreach program, and classroom presentation.
• Students will understand assessment strategies to verify learning objectives have been met and ascertain participant attitudes toward topics.

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