where is extension
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The current status and activity of eXtensionTRANSCRIPT
Where iseXtension?
Rangelands Community of Practice Meeting
March 17, 2009
Boise, Idaho
eXtension Structure
Engaged community
Social aspects of a community
Agenda
is a collaboratively built Internet-based learning environment delivering sound, science-based information on a 24/7/365 basis.
eXtension
Annual Funding (estimate)6060
Institutional Assessments
New Technologies for Ag Extension
(USDA)
Private Funding
eXtension Staff
Director – NEAssociate Directors – KY, NCCommunication/Marketing Leader – CAEvaluation/Assessment Leader – VACorporate Development – INContent Staff – KYIT Staff - NC
• Virtual network• Multi-institutional• Multi-disciplinary• Open (new members)• Fluid and flexible• Evolve over time• Responsive to Communities of Interest
Community of Practice
Questions,
Issues, or
Life Events
Communities
of Interest
Basic Information
Ask the Experts
FAQs
Discussion & Web Chats
Decision Tools
Webinars
Streaming Videos
Individual Learning Modules
Multiple Learning Modules
Certificate/Credit Courses
Distance Diagnostics
Products
?
How it works…
Applications
• About blog (about.extension.org/)
• People (people.extension.org)
• CoP Wiki (cop.extension.org)
• FAQ/AaE (faq.extension.org)
• Events (calendar.extension.org)
Applications
• About Wiki (about.extension.org/wiki)
• Collaborate (collaborate.extension.org)
• Moodle– campus.extension.org
– pdc.extension.org
What you get as a CoP
• Two hours of web conferencing/month
• Access to an audio conference bridge
• Technical infrastructure for development and business functions
• Content development support
• Instructional design support
What you get as a CoP
• eXtension applications support
• eXtension applications training
• Communications and marketing support
• Evaluation and assessment support
• Development and sustainability support
• Professional development opportunities
What’s in it for you?
• Wider range of experts• Different points of view• Better access to research• Exposure to cutting edge technology• Efficiencies of time• Increased quality of materials • Increased audience reach & impact• Evaluation and reporting 4 P&T• Increased competitiveness for grants
Faculty
What’s in it for you?
• Single access point to CE & brand Identity• Expanded customer service• Direct link to local county office • Connection with new audiences• Enhanced marketing potential• Wider range of experts• Different points of view• Better access to research• Exposure to cutting edge technology
County Staff
What’s Social Media?
IS AN UMBRELLA TERM THAT DEFINES THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS, PICTURES, VIDEOS AND AUDIO.
Social Media
http://www.wikipedia.org
“Social media is people having
conversations online.”
How many of you
participate in social
networks?
• Blogs• Micro Blogs• Online Chat• RSS• Widgets• Social Networks
• Social Bookmarks• Message Boards• Podcasts• Video Sharing • Photo Sharing • Virtual Worlds• Wikis
The conversations are powered by…
(…just to name a few)
SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITES ARE OFFICIALLY MORE POPULAR THAN MOST SITES.
Reason #1
TIME, OCTOBER 13, 2007
Over 4,000,000
articles
>100,000,000 videos
(65,000 new videos/day)
200,000,000 blogs
1.5 million residents
Source: Universal McCann Comparative Study on Social Media Trends April 2008
73% of active online users have read a blog
45% have started their own blog
39% subscribe to an RSS
feed
57% Have
joined a
Social
network
55% have uploaded photos
83% have watched video clips
IT’S A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE
is not a fad
Web 2.0
Second Life
Discussion