Abstract:
With the incorporation of new communication technologies, distance education is being used by an increasing number of schools, colleges and universities. Many colleges of agriculture already have strong distance education programs, but other colleges are just starting their own programs. Therefore, with this continuing emphasis on teaching at a distance, colleges are learning or relearning how to deliver education programming. The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) was one such organization that had to evaluate its distance education effort. This article examines how IFAS has developed its distance education effort through strategic planning process, to better meet the needs of students and faculty. The lessons learned and resulting actions will assist colleges of agriculture ---- both those with long-standing and new distance education efforts----as they determine how best to implement or reform distance education to accomplish their goals.
Keywords:
distance education programming, case study, college of agriculture
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