The paper explores the effectiveness of video viewing clubs (VVCs) as a training method based on a formal survey of 32 Ghanaian women farmers who were trained on cocoa integrated crop and pest management (ICPM) using this method. Results suggests that the video viewing club is effective as a relatively low cost, interactive training method for providing low literacy populations with skills, information and knowledge on complex technical topics. While there was no significant difference between VVC participants and a control group in cocoa yields and implementation of selected ICPM practices,the study demonstrated that VVC training significantly improved farmers’ knowledge of most topics covered. Farmers’ perception of changes in their practices provided further evidence of the positive impact of the training, as did their high rate of knowledge diffusion. The use of local facilitators in the VVCs, which created a sense of ownership and added to the credibility of the technical messages, contributed to farmers’ appreciation of the method. The paper concludes by discussing the challenges of scaling up VVCs and identifying issues for further research.

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Video as a tool for agricultural extension in Africa: a case study from Ghana

Commercial channels can be non-conventional networks for disseminating agricultural information, especially if farmers are willing to pay for a DVD with learning videos. Using purposive sampling, w...

The distribution of farmer learning videos: Lessons from non-conventional dissemination networks in Benin

This study reports an action research undertaken at Queensland University of Technology It evaluates the effectiveness of the integration of GIS within the substantive domains of an existing land use planning course in 2011 Using student performance, learning experience survey, and questionnaire survey data, it also evaluates the impacts of incorporating hybrid instructional methods (eg, in-class and online instructional videos) in 2012 and 2013 Results show that: students (re)iterated the importance of GIS in the course justifying the integration; the hybrid methods significantly increased student performance; and unlike replacement, the videos are more suitable as a complement to in-class activity

Development of an integrated GIS and land use planning course : impacts of hybrid instructional methods

This study reports an action research undertaken at Queensland University of Technology. It evaluates the effectiveness of the integration of geographic information systems (GIS) within the substantive domains of an existing land use planning course in 2011. Using student performance, learning experience survey, and questionnaire survey data, it also evaluates the impacts of incorporating hybrid instructional methods (e.g., in-class and online instructional videos) in 2012 and 2013. Results show that students (re)iterated the importance of GIS in the course justifying the integration; the hybrid methods significantly increased student performance; and unlike replacement, the videos are more suitable as a complement to in-class activity.

Development of an integrated GIS and land use planning course: impacts of hybrid instructional methods

The study was conducted to design, develop and test a c++ application program CAP-QUAD for solving quadratic equation in elementary school in Nigeria. The package was developed in c++ using object-oriented programming language, other computer program that were also utilized during the development process is Dev-C++ compiler, it was  used for compile, run and debug the program. The descriptive research design of survey type was adopted specifically, the one group post-test design, it was simple random sampling technique. The CAP-QUAD package was tested on 20 students from Ola-oluwa Muslim Grammar School Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria on individual learning which formed the sampled of the study. Two set of instruments were use to collect data for the study, they are Quadratic Equation Assessment Test (QAT) and researcher-developed Questionnaire. The two instruments were subjected to face and content validity by test and measurement expert. The reliability coefficient for QAT using kuder-richardson was 0.78. The test re-test method of reliability was used to determine the reliability coefficient of the Questionnaire which stood at 0.81. The data were analysed using mean and percentage scores. The study revealed the performance level of students when exposed to use CAP-QUAD is very high which is excellent. The result further showed that students opinion and impression concern the package is positive while most of the students prefer to use the package and suggest to friends to used. In view of the implication of findings, it was recommend that research into the design and development of computer educational packages and utilization into the classroom should be encourage, while computer package like MATLAB and others should providing in all other subject. Keywords: Application program, Quadratic Equation, Elementary School, Development

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Development of C++ Application Program for Solving Quadratic Equation in Elementary School in Nigeria.

A study was carried out to design, develop and test an educational interactive video-DVD on dairy health management practices. Design for the provision of menus and sub-menus in the developed video-DVD facilitated interactivity by means of branching navigation to different chapters in the video content. A total of 60 dairy farmers owning DVD player and television were selected by means of proportionate random sampling among the farmer members of four milk cooperative societies identified in Kannur block of Kannur district in Kerala State of India, which constituted the sample for the study. The findings of the study revealed significant difference between the mean scores of knowledge level of respondents in pre and post -exposure stages and a high majority of the respondents perceived the various aspects of the video-DVD to be most satisfactory in fulfilling its intended use.

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Vidya Palakkal

Papers

Development of an educational interactive video-DVD on dairy health management practices