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Title: ICT Leadership Education for Agricultural Extension in Sri Lanka: Assessing a Technology Stewardship Training Program
Language: English
Authors: Gow, Gordon A., Dissanayeke, Uvasara, Jayathilake, Chandana K., Kumarasinghe, Isuri, Ariyawanshe, Kumudu, Rathnayake, Sanduni
Source: International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology. 2020 16(1):107-125.
Availability: International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology. University of the West Indies Open Campus, Dave Hill, St. Michael BB11000, Barbados. Tel: 868-663-9021; Fax: 868-645-9741; Web site: http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Information Technology, Communities of Practice, Program Design, Program Effectiveness, Participant Satisfaction, Self Efficacy, Agriculture, Rural Development, Technological Literacy
Geographic Terms: Sri Lanka
ISSN: 1814-0556
Abstract: This article reports on a technology stewardship training program to promote ICT leadership development with agricultural extension practitioners in Sri Lanka. Researchers used a multi-method approach with a single embedded case study. Data were collected using a pre-course survey, formal course evaluation, classroom observation, and semi-structured interviews with participants. Kirkpatrick's four-level evaluation model was used to structure analysis of the results. Findings from this study show a positive response to technology stewardship training among agricultural extension practitioners in the course, that learning objectives of the course are achievable when offered as an in-service training program, that self-confidence with ICT is improved, and that some participants applied their learning in a post-course activity. Results from the study also raise a number of considerations for future course design in order to better support digital leadership development in practice. Technology stewardship training shows promise as a form of ICT leadership education for agricultural communities of practice in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. This article contributes to a better understanding of the role of social learning among communities of practice in agricultural extension services, and in contributing to effective use of ICT for agriculture development more broadly.
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Entry Date: 2020
Accession Number: EJ1254959
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