Category: UF/IFAS Research

A Needs Assessment for Small-Scale Farmers: Understanding Leadership Education and Networking Needs

by Rachel Biderman
June 30, 2025

Calling Florida Farmers- We Need Your Expertise! Importance of Small-Scale Farms According to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension, small family farms make up 90% of all farms in Florida. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aec, Agricultural Education And Communication, Agricultural Leadership, Florida Farmers, Leadership Skills, Needs Assessment, Rachel Biderman, Small-scale Farm

UF AEC Students Earn Annual CALS Awards

by aubreypearce
April 17, 2025

Fifteen Department of Agricultural Education and Communication students and staff were recognized for their academic, extracurricular, and work excellence at the University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences awards banquet, ... READ MORE

Category: Events, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Aec, Agricultural Education And Communication, Cals, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences

AEC Spring 2025 Graduate Defense Presentations

by aubreypearce
March 7, 2025

The UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communications is proud to highlight the remarkable achievements of our graduate students who have recently defended their master's theses and PhD dissertations. These students have demonstrated ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching,
Tags: Aec, Agricultural Education And Communication, Science Communication

IJCSCL 2021 paper accepted!

by nikitansoni
June 21, 2021

This blog post talks about a recently accepted journal article that the TIDESS project has been working on related to designing touch interactive science learning exhibits. The TIDESS project team is a group of researchers at UF from the Department ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: TIDESS Project

Resources for Public Engagement and Outreach

by Katie Stofer
April 7, 2021

Here's another oldie-but-goodie pulled from pages as IFAS migrates blogs. These are some of the public engagement with science (aka science outreach or informal science education or science communication) resources I have found in my day. Public ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Public Engagement, Public Engagement With Science

TIDESS project highlighted in two research talks in January

by tidessproject
February 23, 2021

Welcome to 2021! In January, TIDESS project Co-PI Dr. Lisa Anthony gave two research talks about the projects in her research lab, called the Intelligent Natural Interaction Technology (INIT) lab. In particular, the TIDESS project was highlighted, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: TIDESS Project

Looking for a career in public engagement with science in or out of academia?

by Katie Stofer
February 22, 2019

If you're working on a career in public engagement with science ... I’m compiling a set of resources for people looking to get jobs in public engagement with science. (or STEM) or outreach or informal science education or free-choice learning ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Careeers Outside Academia, Career, Job Search, Public Engagement With Science

The joy and pain of online survey #research with Amazon Mechanical Turk …

by Katie Stofer
September 14, 2018

So I just ran my second paid online survey through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Despite my internet searches of how to do this right and treat participants fairly (there is discussion about whether these are "workers" or research participants and ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Data Visualization, Research Tips, Science Education Research

What is creativity and innovation, and who is creative or innovative in their work? (hint: it’s more than just artists, and creativity isn’t just about the final product)

by Katie Stofer
June 6, 2018

A colleague of mine from the UF Innovation Academy paid me a high compliment, noting me as an innovative and interdisciplinary thinker (full disclosure: my immediate reaction was, who, moi?). She asked me to share any thoughts I had on "how ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research

Girls: Who Run the (Research) World

by Jarred Shellhouse
March 15, 2018

This story is also available on Adobe Spark. In the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication (AEC) at the University of Florida, there is an option for undergraduate students to boost their academic rigor and enhance their program ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching

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