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Using Distance Education in Extension Programming

Jones, Rodney D.; Goheen, Alicia; Dhuyvetter, Kevin C.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39 (2007) 02

This paper provides an overview of the development of the Management Analysis and Strategic Thinking (MAST) program conducted by Kansas State University. This intensive management training course for progressive farm and agribusiness operators is being delivered successfully using a combination...

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Lessons Learned from Developing a New Distance-Learning Masters Course in the Green Economy

Newton, Adrian C.; Cantarello, Elena; Shiel, Chris; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 2118-2132

It is widely recognised that for the green economy to develop successfully, new educational curricula will be required to help professionals develop appropriate knowledge and skills. Relatively few university courses have been developed to date that explicitly focus on the green economy,...

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Educational Media and Technology Yearbook (Volume 27)

Marcella, Rita - In: Journal of Documentation 59 (2003) 4, pp. 478-479

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The future of sales training: making choices among six distance education methods

Erffmeyer, Robert C.; Johnson, Dale A. - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 12 (1997) 3/4, pp. 185-195

Previous research has revealed that sales trainers have been reluctant to incorporate distance education training … training managers in making more informed choices among distance education delivery options. …

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Distance learning in a changing environment at Lucent Technologies

Harrod, WIlliam L.; Townsend, Laurel A. - In: Career Development International 3 (1998) 5, pp. 194-198

Since separating from the AT&T Corporation in 1996, Lucent Technologies, Inc. has become one of the world’s leading designers, developers and manufacturers of communications systems, software and products. A key business imperative for Lucent Technologies is, of course, to keep abreast of its...

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Using e‐mentoring to sustain distance training and education

Homitz, Daniel James; Berge, Zane L. - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 4, pp. 326-335

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to examine e‐mentoring as a way to sustain distance training and education …. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes a framework for sustaining distance training and education by adding e …‐mentoring (mentoring over the internet). It also explores the role of mentors, the benefits of the programs to the mentor and the …

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