The current status and activity of eXtension

2. Where is
eXtension?
Rangelands Community of Practice Meeting
March 17, 2009
Boise, Idaho

3. Agenda
eXtension Structure
Engaged community
Social aspects of a community

4. eXtension
is a collaboratively built Internet-
based learning environment
delivering sound, science-based
information on a 24/7/365 basis.

5. Annual Funding
(estimate)6060
Institutional New Technologies
Assessments for Ag Extension
(USDA)
Private Funding

6. eXtension Staff
Director – NE
Associate Directors – KY, NC
Communication/Marketing Leader – CA
Evaluation/Assessment Leader – VA
Corporate Development – IN
Content Staff – KY
IT Staff - NC

7. Community of Practice
• Virtual network
• Multi-institutional
• Multi-disciplinary
• Open (new members)
• Fluid and flexible
• Evolve over time
• Responsive to Communities of Interest

8. How it works…
P
Basic Information
r
Ask the Experts
FAQs
o Discussion & Web Chats
d Decision Tools
?

 u
Webinars
c
Streaming Videos
t
Individual Learning Modules
Questions, Multiple Learning Modules
s
Issues, or
Certificate/Credit Courses
Life Events
Communities Distance Diagnostics
of Interest

9. about.extension.org

10. Applications
• About blog (about.extension.org/)
• People(people.extension.org)
• CoP Wiki (cop.extension.org)
• FAQ/AaE(faq.extension.org)
• Events(calendar.extension.org)

11. Applications
• About Wiki (about.extension.org/wiki)
• Collaborate(collaborate.extension.org)
• Moodle
– campus.extension.org
– pdc.extension.org

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

17. Social Media
IS AN UMBRELLA TERM THAT
DEFINES THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
THAT INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY,
SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND THE
CONSTRUCTIONOF WORDS,
PICTURES, VIDEOS AND AUDIO.
http://www.wikipedia.org

18. “Social media is
people having
conversations online.”

19. How many of you
participate in social
networks?

20. • Blogs • Social Bookmarks
• Micro Blogs • Message Boards
• Online Chat • Podcasts
• RSS • Video Sharing
• Widgets • Photo Sharing
• Social Networks • Virtual Worlds
• Wikis

21. SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITES ARE
OFFICIALLY MORE POPULAR
THAN MOST SITES.
TIME, OCTOBER 13, 2007

22. Over
4,000,000
articles

23. >100,000,000
videos
(65,000 new videos/day)

24. 200,000,000
blogs

25. 1.5 million
residents

26. 73%
of active online users have read a blog
Source: Universal McCann Comparative Study on Social Media Trends April 2008

27. 5% have started their own blog

28. 39%
subscribe to an RSS
feed

29. 57%
Have
joined a
Social
network

30. 55%
have uploaded photos

31. 83% have watched video clips

32. Web 2.0
IT’S A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN THE
WAY WE COMMUNICATE
is not a fad

38. Second Life

39. Discussion