Keywords
National Research Agenda, communication, agricultural technology
Abstract
In the summer of 2010, the Visual Communications on the Road in Arkansas: Creative Photo and Video Projects to Promote Agriculture program was initiated. The program consisted of a two-week agricultural communications curriculum that would be taught by agricultural science teachers in Arkansas. The curriculum was composed of lessons about photography, writing, and videography, and the program introduced students to digital photography and videography equipment and the proper uses of equipment. Once the curriculum was taught in secondary schools, a mobile classroom unit—consisting of a travel trailer, photography and videography equipment, and laptop computers equipped with editing software—would visit the school to assist students with the creation of short promotional videos about agriculture. The student-created videos were used as a hands-on extension of the curriculum learned in the classroom. Completed videos were posted to YouTube and then analyzed to assess student application of competencies taught in the curriculum. The researchers created a coding sheet to systematically assess all posted videos and inter- and intrarater reliability was maintained. An analysis of data gathered from the video assessment showed that secondary students were able to effectively apply many of the techniques taught in the curriculum through the agricultural videos created. Additional findings and recommendations for application and future research are presented.
Recommended Citation
Estes, S., Pennington, K. M., & Edgar, L. D. (2012). Visual Communications on the Road in Arkansas: Analysis of Secondary Students Videos. Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, 13(1), 11-16. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/discoverymag/vol13/iss1/5