1. Distance Delivery of Intensive Farm Management Education Rodney Jones, Alicia Goheen, Kevin Dhuyvetter, Terry Kastens, Vincent Amanor-Boadu, and Michael Langemeier K-State Research And Extension

2. KSU Ag Econ – Competitive Strengths Subject Matter Expertise –History and depth of core competency in farm management Information –Kansas Farm Management Associations Delivery Technology –Experience with distance delivery –Relationships already forged with division of continuing education

3. MAST Program Intensive, High-Level Farm Management Education Program –Issue of Extension Funding –Issue of Alternative Delivery 5 classes completed (180 students) 1 special MAST alumni seminar Program has received award recognition

4. MAST Program High fee –A lot of interest in scholarship support from lenders, etc. Geographic and business activity diversity among participants Reasons for enrolling –Improve management skills –Networking –Increase profits –Transition issues

5. Participant Business Activities

6. Reasons For Enrolling

7. Teaching MAST 14 Faculty – Staff directly involved –Varying degrees of involvement 2 Day on-campus session I Distance delivery 7 (8) modules –37 hours of “recorded” time –CD or Internet –Binders full of notes and supplemental material –Suggested timelines –Chat sessions –Homework –Email-phone-message board interaction –Technology assistance (800#, email, etc.) 2 Day on-campus session II

8. Modules Land Ownership and Leasing Machinery Ownership and Leasing Financial Management Human Resource Management Tax Planning and Policy Risk Management Marketing

9. Participant Reactions Really like the study flexibility –Can listen to audio portion anywhere All sessions well received in content and deliver –Intensive information can be successfully delivered via distance Variation in presentation quality is higher for distance modules, but not so for content –Might be sample –Might be that recording the distance modules is a skill that needs to be practiced and learned

10. Faculty Perspective Workload –On campus session material is adjusted annually –Written material is revised as needed –Modules are re-recorded as needed Module delivery can smooth the transitions associated with faculty turnover –Have been able to use modules previously recorded by faculty who have left Incentives Compensation Technology

11. Important Lessons Combination delivery is critical –Some topics lend themselves to distance delivery, others require face-to-face –Planning is required to sort this issue out Face-to-face interaction is critical –Material –Participant interaction (the group really wants to get to know and learn from each other) Final wrap-up session is critical –Must be well planned –Must summarize what was learned in the entire program

12. What Can We Improve Would like to attract more out-of-state interest in the program –Explore why we have not had much success in this area

13. Web Sites MAST –www.agmanager.info/MAST Kansas Farm Management Association –www.kmar105.com