February 1997 Presentation at Universit y of Guelph, Ontario, Can ada 1 Cyberspace & Agricultural Technology Transfer in the 21st Century Dr. R.L. (Bob) Nielsen Professor of Agronomy Purdue University West Lafayette, IN USA 47907-1150 Internet: [email protected]WWW .agry.purdue.edu/agronomy/ext/corn/talks/ugo97.htm
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February 1997Presentation at University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada1 Cyberspace & Agricultural Technology Transfer in the 21st Century Dr. R.L. (Bob) Nielsen.
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February 1997 Presentation at University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Cyberspace & Agricultural Technology Transfer in the
21st Century
Dr. R.L. (Bob) NielsenProfessor of Agronomy
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN USA 47907-1150Internet: [email protected]
February 1997 Presentation at University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Advantages of Cyberspace...
Multimedia enhances ability to tell a more complete story– Diagnostic images of diseases or insects– Planter calibration videos– Crop growth & development images and
video– Expert’s voice leading you through a
tutorial on interpreting site-specific data
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Advantages of Cyberspace...
Interactive information flow should enhance distance education programs– Class notes & links to useful sites– Homework assignments– Quizzes, tests & their results– Virtual laboratory exercises
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Advantages of Cyberspace...
Email offers opportunity to easily…– Communicate one-on-one between user &
‘expert’– Share timely information to specific lists of
Email users County Extension Educators Farmers Industry contacts
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Advantages of Cyberspace...
Opportunity for public research & education sector to “shine”– Cyberspace should allow us to finally
document the fact that we are often the source of information that our clientele receive from other entities
– Our breadth of disciplines should give us an edge over industry in developing comprehensive information sites
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Disadvantages of Cyberspace...
Clientele’s capabilities– Local Internet Service Provider availability– Speed of modem connections– Quality of local phone lines– “Power” of computer itself
Not as instantaneous as DTN and other satellite delivery systems– Time to dialup & connect is nuisance
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Disadvantages of Cyberspace...
No standards for documenting electronic publications– What’s there today may not be tomorrow
‘Real’ publications exist for eternity in libraries Web documents can ‘evaporate’ at the whim of
the developer or Webmaster
– Non-tenured professors need ‘proof’ of scholarly value of Cyberspace efforts
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Disadvantages of Cyberspace...
Separating junk from fact on the Web is not always easy for layperson– Some advocate need for peer reviews
similar to refereed journals– ‘Snake oil’ products & questionable advice
are already on the Web My responsibility as an Extension Specialist
includes sorting out the junk from the valuable in reviewing Web sites for my clientele
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Disadvantages of Cyberspace...
Most current search engines still force the user to wade through far too many results to identify useful sites– Another responsibility of mine is to ‘surf’
the Web for my clientele and develop more defined lists of sites for specific topics
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Disadvantages of Cyberspace...
Web publishing style can restrict utility of information contained therein– On-screen appeal vs. printing quality