The eXtension Tool Box Project: Resources for Promoting

eXtension Use at the Local LevelBetsy Greene and Mike Lambur

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eXtension

2010-AustinWe have created the beast…

Now what?!

The Project• A New Way of Working– Two Year Internal Grant (UVM)

• Prototype for “eXtension Tool box”–Create– Test–Revise–Distribute

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Outcomes

Knowledge of eXtension resources

Familiarity and Comfort

Utilization by Internal Personnel -Apply and Utilize in Daily Work

Utilization by Vermonters and beyond

eXtension Toolbox Outline

Explain/Demo/Do

Section I: The Public Site

A. The Agent/Specialist/Educator

Goal: This section will provide tutoring on how you as the extension employee can use the materials to find (and review) information on the public side and then direct your clientele to appropriate resources.

Section I: The Public Site

B. The Clientele

Goal: Send them to the right information. Point clientele to certain parts of it.

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Section I: The Public Site

Tool/Video: Finding Information and Navigating the Site

• Best way to use as a resource is go right to search

Lots of ways to access info, we want to give you the easiest and most efficient way to see if your content is there….as well as direct clientele there too….

Introduction Video

http://bit.ly/TBIntro

Tool/Video: Overview of the Public Website

(Mike “Jing Master” Lambur)

Next: Ask an Expert…And, to avoid duplication of common questions…you need to jump through one hoop, search and get the same BUT…then you get the send to expert button…and you can go from there….for an official question….

Next section: Resource Area Go to Cop home page for resource areas…Kind of a table of contents- depends on your favorite method for finding stuff

Next section: Internal FAQs because you can see answered but not published stuff (covered in next section…)

Tool/Video: Learning Lessons IntroCAUTION: Different CoPs have various levels of information/content/degrees of detail/etc. in their lessons

Various Levels of Interactivity:Simplistic: e.g. Cat HouseNon-interactive PowerPoints: e.g. Blueberry PowerPointSomewhat Interactive: What is IPM?Webinars: MHU/HQ and many othersMost Interactive: HorseQuest learning lessons, Grandparents raising grandchildren

Tool/Video: about.extension.org walk about

• Going through the top tool bar:

–A. About eXtension (no click)–B. Public site: We covered that in Section I

(no click)–C. Search: One Search gets to all national

coop ext sites…. (no click)–D. Create: All kinds of internal information

from meeting minutes to governance (formerly known as about.wiki.org) (no click)

Walk about continued…– E. CoP: Where CoP’s create their content (now wiki,

will be drupal) (no click)– F. Campus: Where you find all Moodle courses TO BE

COVERED LATER (no click)– G. Collaborate: Public wiki that anyone can use to

collaborate…(no click)– H. AaE: TO BE COVERED LATER (no click)– I. Events: TO BE COVERED LATER (no click)– J. FAQ: TO BE COVERED LATER (no click)– K. People: TO BE COVERED LATER (no click)– Learn: TO BE COVERED LATER (no click)

Tool/Video: Get an id

Tool/Video: Using People.extension.org

Tool/Video: Content Series as a RESOURCE

FAQ: how do you use it to find your info desired

FAQ the tool: how do you use it…as a contributor (DISCUSSED LATER in series)

Learn.extension.org

Tool/Video: Content Series as a Contributor to eXtension

Toolbox Assessment Survey

http://bit.ly/TBSurvey

Thoughts/Suggestions?