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Jane Hart, the Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) and a Workplace Learning & Collaboration Advisor, ...
The Avatar Fitness Club is open on eXtension's Morrill3 island in Second Life. Research at University of Kansas, funded by ...
National media outlets featured and cited eXtension on a number of topics in August: Animal manure management; Corn and soybean ...
Judging horses competitively provides youth and college students with the opportunity to gain life skills such as decision making, organizing ...
eXtension is calling for proposals for its national conference with the theme: Innovating and Networking Our Way to a More ...
With the advent of a new web site in July, the home page feature is now written specifically for eXtension ...
eXtension has redesigned www.extension.org to reflect a new emphasis on the various aspects of eXtension content development and delivery. The ...
eXtension.org announces the launch of the new Healthy Food Choices in Schools resource area (Community of Practice or CoP). It ...
Dan Cotton, Executive Director of eXtension, has announced his resignation, effective December 31, 2013. Cotton will rejoin the University of ...
What is the value of eXtension? That was the question for three eXtension wildfire experts. Answers: Glenn Nader, University of ...
National media outlets featured and cited eXtension on a number of topics in July. Animal manure management – 3 mentions ...
Twenty-five different learning events will be held in August and are listed at Learn (Learn.extension.org) for your own learning or ...
The CHS Foundation will contribute $150,000 to eXtension to develop and implement a national online Women in Agriculture National Learning ...
The Department of Defense Military Community and Family Policy is continuing its support of eXtension’s Military Families Learning Network (MFLN) ...
As a part of the ongoing work of the eXtension State and Local Value Enhancement (SLVE) team, Texas A&M AgriLife ...
Songs, rhymes, finger plays, stories, and other learning activities are a key component of high-quality childcare and learning programs. The ...
Be the voice for your organization or company, and help shape agricultural safety and health strategies. The 2013 North American ...
At the Delaware State Fair, amidst 4-H exhibits and the sights and sounds of carnival rides, Delaware Cooperative Extension rolled ...
National media outlets featured and cited eXtension on a number of topics in June: Bee health – 1 mention Cooperatives– ...
Megan O’Neil, University of Maryland, is the eXtension Fellow for 2013. Megan’s emphasis is to build an Ask an Expert ...
Critical Success Factor 2 - eXtension fills gaps in disciplinary expertise that may not be available in individual institutions and ...
The Department of Environment and Primary Services Victoria and the Grains Research Development Corporation has contacted eXtension regarding interest in ...
Recently, eXtension leaders attended the 2013 MIT LINC Conference (Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Learning International Networks Consortium) in Boston ...
When we developed Ask an Expert 2.0 we built-in an automated collection system for impact and evaluation data. Many of ...
A dozen different learning events to be held in July are listed at Learn (Learn.extension.org) for your own learning or ...
When the AaE system was introduced, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) embedded Ask widgets on all 67 county web ...
eXtension’s "People" application – on the web at https://people.extension.org – is at the center of eXtension’s websites and services. For ...
The eXtension Foundation and Educational Media at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have partnered to offer app development and distribution opportunities ...
Administrators and staff at Oregon State University Extension have adopted, shaped and marketed eXtension’s Ask an Expert so it’s inviting ...
National media outlets featured and cited eXtension on a number of topics in May 2013. Animal manure management – 3 ...
Dave Gray, who will be a keynote speaker at the March 2014 joint meeting of the National Extension Directors & ...
Due to a lack of space with competing conferences, the joint meeting of NEDA and the National eXtension Conference [NEDA/NeXC2014] ...
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a leading concern and the signature wound of war for American service members returning from ...
A new free application for handheld mobile devices will help corn and soybean growers make field and management decisions. The ...
Agricultural and Food Law The Agricultural and Food Law Community of Practice provides objective legal research and information dealing with ...
eXtension in Second Life® is on target for an outstanding 600% increase in vistor traffic in 2013. The key to ...
eXtension recently adopted Qualtrics as our online survey tool. In collaboration with the University of New Hampshire we will be ...
Over the past four months, Update articles have highlighted a few of the courses available in Moodle through campus.extension.org campus.extension.org, ...
To remain relevant Cooperative Extension needs to reach and engage with the generation born in the digital age. 91% of ...
Over 20 different learning events in June 2013 are listed in Learn (Learn.extension.org) for your own learning or for you ...
Redesigned Question Page We have observed some confusion around the interface for sending responses, as well as gotten feedback on ...
One of the critical success factors used to gauge the success of eXtension is the inclusion of eXtension in various ...
Enhanced Reporting There’s a new “questions touched” metric which counts all question activity (answered, assigned, tagged, edited, located, grouped) for ...
Work continues on the construction of Georgia AgrAbility's project in Second Life, located on eXtension's Morrill4 Region. The learning experience ...
Have you ever wondered just how the Extension Master Gardener program came about? If so, check out “Exploring our Roots—A ...
eXtension continues to have great interest in its train-the-trainer opportunity to help support staff become “Digital Information Brokers” through learning ...
National media outlets featured and cited eXtension on a number of topics in April 2013: Dairy cattle – 2 mentions ...
The recent fire and explosion in West, Texas garnered national news attention. Behind the scenes, our Cooperative Extension peers contributed ...
Reduce health care costs. Increase wellness and productivity of employees. That seems to be today’s mantra for every industry and ...
The Wood Products community of practice provides research-based information on the design, production, management, marketing and environmental impact of wood ...
The State of Nevada requires employees to take mandatory training courses upon employment and retake them every few years. The ...
Over 25 different learning events in May are listed at Learn.extension.org for your own learning or for you to share ...
The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University is partnering with eXtension and the Military Families Learning Network to help ...
National media outlets featured and cited eXtension on a number of topics in March 2013. Child care – 2 mentions ...
The 2013 Priester National Extension Health Conference is just days away but the chatter … make that Twitter … began ...
This month features the reopening of the Food Safety Inspector Game, located adjacent to the Virtual State Fair in Second ...
Idaho Extension educators are seeing a new generation of home canners who are inexperienced and may not be trained in ...
The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center (LPELC), an eXtension community of practice, brought more than 235 experts, business practitioners, ...
There have been a number of enhancements to AaE during the last month. A major one is the new reports ...
eXtension is seeing some excellent traffic to the new public site featuring Ask an Expert questions and answers. One of ...
eXtension is announcing a new subscription to Qualtrics, an online survey and research tool. Qualtrics offers a powerful array of ...
Dan Cotton, eXtension Director, will provide a brief presentation and Greg Crosby and Jane Clary, both with USDA NIFA, will ...
Over thirty different learning events in April are listed at Learn.extension.org for your own learning or for you to share ...
A new online resource is available to help answer questions about purposefully selecting, planting and maintaining trees for energy conservation ...
The University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources will convene some of the world’s leading experts April 9 ...
Both Penn State Extension and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service have recently formed Institutional Teams: Penn State Extension, Dennis Calvin, ...
The National Extension Directors & Administrators (NEDA) meeting and the 2014 National eXtension Conference (NeXC) will be held jointly in ...
Recently Launched Communities of Practice Marine Aquaculture Launched their Community during the World Aquaculture meeting in Nashville, TN February 24 ...
The National eXtension Foundation Leadership Council will meet March 14 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The March ...
From time to time we hear great feedback from the public and university colleagues on how eXtension has worked well ...
While it’s certainly not new that eXtension is in the news for various programs, webinars, or content, it’s always nice ...
Promote your programs by creating your own personal media. That’s the advice of Joanne Kinsey, Family and Community Health Sciences ...
Communities of Practice have been embracing social media for several years but 2012 saw a marked increase in social reach ...
Thirty-five (or more) different learning events in March are listed at Learn (Learn.extension.org) for your own learning or for you ...
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The State of Nebraska requires parents who are divorcing, seeking custody modification or never married and seeking custody to take ...
National media outlets featured and cited eXtension on a number of topics in the past month. The media mentions are ...
Check out the many learning opportunities listed in “Learn” that provide professional development for you or which you may wish ...
Fourteen national media outlets featured and cited eXtension on seven Communities of Practice. The 17 media mentions are listed alphabetically ...
Ask an Expert is a robust application that allows the collective resources of the Cooperative Extension System to respond to ...
The eXtension Governing Committee has hired Socient Associates to conduct an evaluation designed to measure the value and effectiveness of ...
Response to eXtension’s Winter Safety Game in Second Life® has been outstanding! The new build, launched January 8, was immediately ...
Can you fight shrinking state budgets, increased demand for services (particularly for knowledge of food production) and a need to ...
Recently, USDA-NIFA asked Dan Cotton, Executive Director, eXtension, to serve as a Visiting Fellow to Farm Services (FS), Department of ...
Jimmy Henning, University of Kentucky and chair of the eXtension Governing Committee, has been named Chair-elect of the Extension Committee ...
In the last two years, Project Y.E.S! (Youth Extension Service) has served more than 6,900 youth in programs focusing on ...
The State and Institutional Reports for 2012 are available. These reports delineate basic web metrics for each state such as ...
Many great options are available in early 2013 for your own professional development or for you to share with your ...
Something old, something new, lots of things we think you’ll like too. It’s tried and true, tantamount to a hullabaloo, ...
Now that Ask an Expert has been opened to the public, we need to pay particular attention to the quality ...
In 2013, we have important work adding value to eXtension, Cooperative Extension’s national online collaborative network. We will do this ...
The 2013 eXtension Fellowship has been awarded to Megan O’Neil a Senior Agent at the University of Maryland Extension. O’Neil’s ...
At the 2012 National eXtension Conference in Oklahoma City, three panelists talked about their experience and successes offering webinars for ...
Social media has become part of the way we do business in Cooperative Extension and eXtension has helped lead the ...
Winter weather can be a killer. The Winter Safety Game is a 3D immersive learning lesson that teaches the basics ...
National media outlets featured and cited eXtension on a number of topics in December 2012. Animal manure management – 7 ...
Is Extension the best-kept secret in your state? It’s time to let the cat out of the bag! Have you ...
What’s a holiday season without listening to a recording of Andy Williams singing It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the ...
A major update to Ask an Expert was released on Monday, December 3. This new version extends the reach of ...
eXtension welcomes its newest Community of Practice: Healthy Food Choices in Schools. The goal of the Healthy Food Choices in ...
