A Model for Evaluating eXtension Communities of Practice
MSU Affiliation
Extension Service (MSUES); Coastal Research and Extension Center
Creation Date
2026-06-30
Abstract
As Americans shift their work and leisure activities online, Extension seeks to remain viable by delivering programs through a website known as eXtension. eXtension is predicated on the voluntary labor of Extension specialists and educators who form Communities of Practice to create and deliver content through the website. Evaluation of eXtension CoP can be effectively executed using Pattons (2011) developmental evaluation model. A flow of activities for evaluating eXtension CoP using this approach is presented along with a case study of the Grape CoP evaluation using Pattons developmental evaluation model. © by Extension Journal, Inc.
Publication Date
10-1-2012
Publication Title
Journal of Extension
Publisher
Extension Journal, Inc. (EJI)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Kelsey, K. D., & Stafne, E. T. (2012). A Model for Evaluating eXtension Communities of Practice. Journal of Extension, 50(5), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.50.05.01
