Extension conducts applied research as necessary and feasible. Adult education models omit that Extension may conduct applied research on practices and technologies before transferring information about them to users. Extension disseminates information and recommendations about the adoption of specific practices and technologies by users. Extension influences research agencies and industry by conveying to them users' evaluations of their outputs and users' views of needs for further research and development of technologies and practices. In adult education models, Extension's influence on research and development staffs in research agencies and industrial firms is overlooked.
Extension educates users of technologies and practices and other clientele.
Extension goes beyond the role of transferring information and making recommendations about the adoption of specific technologies and practices. Conclusion Interdependence models combine the perspectives of Extension held by research-transfer and adult education models. In combining these, interdependence models provide a more comprehensive perspective of Extension processes and roles than provided by either research-transfer or adult education models. Thus, interdependence models help to resolve conflicting understandings and expectations about Extension processes and roles by articulating a new, overarching view of them. Use of interdependence models can build common understandings and expectations concerning Extension processes and roles.