expanding horizons netc08
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NETC08 presentation by Janet Sylvia and Todd Hurt at UGA on the economical and environmental impact of using live classroom.TRANSCRIPT
Expanding Horizons Outside the Classroom
Janet Sylvia
Todd Hurt
University of Georgia
UGA Cooperative Extension
Georgia Statistics159 Counties; 4 Districts900+ Extension Personnel
Agent Training: 35 participants$1000 travel reimbursement 100 personnel hours travel time
Envisioned using Live Classroom to save: travel dollars
travel timepersonnel hours
Wimba Live Classroom
Live Classroom at UGA
• Began as grant-funded Pilot Project (2004)– Academic classes only– Limited seating 50-120 participants– Limited resources for support
• Continued as campus-wide service (2006)– Available to all UGA Faculty/Staff– Unlimited seating per license agreement– OIT CAES agreed to provide tech support for 900+
Cooperative Extension personnel
Cooperative ExtensionUse of Live Classroom
1) Dennis Hancock,Forage Extension Specialist
Agent Training 2 (1.5 hour) Sessions
14 Participants
9 Counties
Dennis Hancock, Forage Extension Specialist
Economic Benefits:
$700 Mileage reimbursement
84 hours Personnel time
Environmental Benefits:
1,555 Less miles traveled
78 Less gallons of gas consumed
429 Less pounds of carbon
1,560 Less pounds carbon dioxide
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIACooperative Extension
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
2) Todd Hurt, Training Coordinator, Center for Urban Ag
Lunch and Learn Series 4 (1 hour) Sessions349 Participants 18 Counties
Todd Hurt, Training Coordinator, Center for Urban Ag
Economic Benefits:
$6000 Mileage reimbursement
200 hours Personnel time
Environmental Benefits:
12,344 Less miles traveled
617 Less gallons of gas consumed
3,400 Less pounds of carbon (~ 1.5 Tons)
12,340 Less pounds carbon dioxide (~ 5.5 Tons)
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIACooperative Extension
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
3) Ken Lewis, SW District ANR Program Development Coordinator
Agent Training;Committee Mtg 21 Total Sessions
1 (2 hour); 1 (1.5 hour) 2 (1.5 hour); 4 (1 hour)6 (1 hour); 7 (1 hour)
179 Participants 27 Counties
Ken Lewis, SW District ANR Program Development Coordinator
Economic Benefits:
$10,661 Mileage reimbursement
449 hours Personnel time
Environmental Benefits:
23,432 Less miles traveled
1,170 Less gallons of gas consumed
6,444 Less pounds of carbon (~ 3 Tons)
23,400 Less pounds carbon dioxide (~ 10.5 Tons)
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIACooperative Extension
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Additional Data
Greg PriceNW District Extension Director
CEC Meeting
R. Dewey LeeProfessor and Extension
Agronomist-Grains
Agent Training
William A. (Tony) RobertsSW District Extension Director
CEC Orientation
Sheldon HammondNW District, ANR Program
Development Coordinator
Agent Training
Combined Data
35 Sessions
633 Participants
82 Counties
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIACooperative Extension
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Combined Data
Economic Benefits:
$21,562 Mileage reimbursement
1004 hours Personnel time
Environmental Benefits:
46,595 Less miles traveled
2,328 Less gallons of gas consumed
12,804 Less pounds of carbon (~ 5.7 Tons)
46,560 Less pounds carbon dioxide (~ 21 Tons)
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIACooperative Extension
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Additional Benefits
• Economic and Environmental• More training opportunities• More frequent trainings• Shorter training sessions• Trainings As-needed• More time in office, less time on-the-road• Sessions Archived and later replayed for
individual or group
Todd Hurt: Personal Experience with Live Classroom
Logistics
• Need:– Presenter– Assistant– IT Specialist
• County Delivery System
Logistics
• Back Up Presentations
• Team work: – Writers– Promotional team– Evaluation team– Journal of Extension
team
Hard Lessons Learned
4 - Post-Seminar Surveys &
3 Mo. Follow up Web Survey
Please list any suggestions that may improve future presentations.
• Terrible echo/ sound quality (23)
• Start on time (7)
• Control Q/A Session better (3)
212 Responses from 349 Participants = 60% return rate
Lessons Learned
• Agent Must Moderate Local Questions
• Achieve Feature
• Repetitiveness of Beginner Instructions
• Sound Checks
Post-Seminar Surveys
3 Mo. Follow up Web Survey
Start on Time
Provide Instructions Outside of WebCT
Do it again? Absolutely.
212 Responses from 349 Participants = 60% return rate (1 Poor – 5 Excellent)
The location was acceptable. Ave 4.6Enjoyed lunch while listening to the presentation. Ave 4.3I will attend another web broadcast. Ave 4.5The interactive question session was valuable. Ave 4.1
4 - Post-Seminar Surveys &
3 Mo. Follow up Web Survey
Time not sitting in traffic…Priceless!
Web Site Links
• Wimba Classroom (formerly Live Classroom)
– www.wimba.com
• US Dept of Energy– http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/co2.shtml
Contact Information
Janet Sylvia, OIT-CAES
Todd Hurt, Center for Urban Ag