T.Davis

  What?               Extension education is an entity, funded by land-grant universities nationwide, that’s purpose is to bridge opportunities of lifelong learning to local community members. These programs have deep historical roots in agriculture and home economics, but in recent years have expanded to programming areas such as STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), civic engagement, and healthy living. Depending on the area, the extension agent, and the specific program being held, the target audience may vary between different ages. For instance, many agriculture extension agents will, oftentimes, have a lot of programming geared to farmers and other adults in the community. In opposition, 4-H agents may have a canning class held for children ages 9-19 or an embryology project for a kindergarten class. Non-formal education is an essential piece of extension programming and with that, a lot o...

  What?               The digital age has made very steady advances since the creation of the internet in the 1960’s and even more so since the invention of the World Wide Web in 1989. That being said, though technology has been steadily progressing through the decades, digital advancements have been in overdrive since the pandemic began in 2020. With face-to-face communication being limited in almost every facet of life, like shopping, healthcare, education, and even personal relationship, people needed to adapt; More than consumers, companies needed to adapt to stay socially and economically relevant and some even found more lucrative ways of doing business. Because the world was given no warning of this, digital advances made may not have been made so soon, or even at all . This is truer for technological advances surrounding learning. So, What?           ...