Research and extension play an important role in promoting institutional effectiveness as research data and results provide worthwhile information for institutional planning, policy formulation and decision-making while extension activities help to address community issues and problems, and bring to the people technologies and innovation brought about by the former. Scientific knowledge is used to create new ways to generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings of things around us. Extension presents facts which help the community solve problems and encourages them to make decisions. Innovation, on the other hand, is essentially an investment in technology and future capabilities which is transformed into new products, processes, and services. To achieve the very purpose of research and extension, and to get the full benefits of it, scientific knowledge and admirable innovation need to be intertwined and should work together to create an impact to the academe and the world.
However, the need to fashion research and extension impact continuously challenge institutions and universities around the globe as this could be a complex process and could differ from one activity to another. Some researches or extension activities may intend to change or make policies. Other studies may lead to educating people. Some may want to expand existing knowledge or alter practices. Impacts could happen quickly in some researches or extension activities but others could take years to take in effect. Thus, higher education institutions like Quirino State University, needs to take its leap towards creating an impact to the academic community and the world through research, extension and innovation.
The 2nd International Virtual Conference on Research, Extension and Innovation themed “Creating Impact to the Academe and Beyond” is formulated in this context. The activity aims to rekindle the fire among faculty researchers, extensionists and innovators to continuously work towards research, extension and innovation through various talks from international plenary speakers and presentations of local presenters so as to create an exquisite sway and impact to the academe and beyond.
Research and extension play an important role in promoting institutional effectiveness as research data and results provide worthwhile information for institutional planning, policy formulation and decision-making while extension activities help to address community issues and problems, and bring to the people technologies and innovation brought about by the former. Scientific knowledge is used to create new ways to generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings of things around us. Extension presents facts which help the community solve problems and encourages them to make decisions. Innovation, on the other hand, is essentially an investment in technology and future capabilities which is transformed into new products, processes, and services. To achieve the very purpose of research and extension, and to get the full benefits of it, scientific knowledge and admirable innovation need to be intertwined and should work together to create an impact to the academe and the world.
However, the need to fashion research and extension impact continuously challenge institutions and universities around the globe as this could be a complex process and could differ from one activity to another. Some researches or extension activities may intend to change or make policies. Other studies may lead to educating people. Some may want to expand existing knowledge or alter practices. Impacts could happen quickly in some researches or extension activities but others could take years to take in effect. Thus, higher education institutions like Quirino State University, needs to take its leap towards creating an impact to the academic community and the world through research, extension and innovation.
The 2nd International Virtual Conference on Research, Extension and Innovation themed “Creating Impact to the Academe and Beyond” is formulated in this context. The activity aims to rekindle the fire among faculty researchers, extensionists and innovators to continuously work towards research, extension and innovation through various talks from international plenary speakers and presentations of local presenters so as to create an exquisite sway and impact to the academe and beyond.
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