Interactive Distance Learning Effectively Provides Winning Sports Nutrition Workshops

Authors

Jennifer Ricketts, University of ArizonaFollow
Sharon Hoelscher-Day, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Community Health ProgramsFollow
Gale Begeman, University of AirzonaFollow
Linda Houtkooper, University of Arizona Cooperative ExtensionFollow

Volume

39

Issue

5

Abstract

This study compared an interactive distance-education format and a face-to-face format for providing sports nutrition continuing education workshops for health care and education professionals. A collaborative team of state and county Cooperative Extension and a County Health Department faculty and staff conducted the study using The Winning Edge: Nutrition for Fitness and Sport curriculum. The results indicated that a well-designed distance-education format is as effective and acceptable as a face-to-face format for providing workshops. In addition, responses to 6-month follow-up evaluations indicated that the workshop contents were useful for providing sports nutrition education programs in workshop participants' communities.

Recommended Citation

Ricketts, J., Hoelscher-Day, S., Begeman, G., & Houtkooper, L. (2001). Interactive Distance Learning Effectively Provides Winning Sports Nutrition Workshops. The Journal of Extension, 39(5), Article 2. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol39/iss5/2