The document discusses best practices for creating online learning modules. It recommends reaching learners where they are online through platforms like Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, and content found through Google. It also suggests teaching clients how to find and evaluate information online through RSS readers and joining online communities. The document provides tips for being useful by curating content, connecting people, and avoiding self-promotion. It also advises being honest about what you know and don't know. Online learning options discussed include web pages, blogs, presentations, webinars, videos, Moodle courses, and different types of Moodle courses like self-directed, instructor-facilitated, and blended/hybrid.
4. Be where they (most of them) are
• Wikipedia!
• Twitter (SMS / Text messaging)
• Facebook
• Google+
• Pinterest
• Online content - found by Google
• Email
5. Teach clients 'how to fish'
• How to find & evaluate information
• How to get information to come to them
o RSS readers
o RSS to email
o Twitter to SMS
• How to join online communities (CRD)
6. Be Useful
• Be a curator
• Be an author
• Be a connector
• Don't be a self promoter
7. Be Honest
• Share what you know
• You work for NCSU
• You don't know everything
• You make mistakes
• You have other interests too!
8. Be Yourself
• You don't work 24/7
• You have a family
• You have other interests
• You are human
9. Online Learning Options
• Web pages (NCCE County Website)
• Blogs
• Presentations (SlideShare)
• Webinars
• Videos (YouTube, TeacherTube, Vimeo)
• Moodle (CMS or VLE)
10. Wikipedia
• Use encyclopedia format
o Search for "Manual of Style"
• Neutral point of view
• Original content
• Provide appropriate links
• Do NOT self promote
• Create your own profile page
• Update your "preferences"
11. Twitter
• Use a desktop client
o Tweetdeck
• Create an account
• Update your account settings
• Create lists
• Search
12. Curation
• Scoop.it
• Delicious & Diigo
• Pinterest
• Google+
• Your own blog
13. Google Juice
• Create good content
• Link to related content pages
• Get linked to from related content pages
• Repeat...
14. RSS Readers
• Create good content
• Link to related content pages
• Get linked to from related content pages
• Repeat...
• reader.google.com
• feedmyinbox.com, rssfwd.com + many others
15. Posting A/V Content
• Slideshare.net
• Podcasting - Audio
• YouTube - Video
Great resources:
• http://www.wyomingextension.org/wiki/
• http://learn.extension.org
16. Online Courses
Module Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
Course Management System (CMS)
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Free web application provided by eXtension
17. Types of Moodle courses
• Self Directed
• Instructor Facilitated
• Blended/Hybrid
• Fee or Free
• Certificates
Hinweis der Redaktion
Shawn Banks asked me to speak on the following "Basic things we can do or need to do when reaching people online."
Be yourself - unless you're a jerk
JB Coltrain - used Twitter to get daily updates to his growers. Online content can be shared via RSS and email notifications FeedMyInbox Search for North Carolina Snakes Search for "woolly adelgid" Wikipedia article on "Electric Fencing" or "marmorated stink bug" http://www.scoop.it/t/workingdifferently
If your clients "aren't there yet" bring them to the party. Teaching them how to use technology is as much about making them successful as teaching them how to identify pests in the field. http://www.extension.org/search or http://search.extension.org JB Coltrain - used Twitter to get daily updates to his growers. Online content can be shared via RSS and email notifications FeedMyInbox Extension has been about "Community Development" for many years. This is just another kind of Community Development.
Be human you have a family you don't work 24/7 you have other interests
CMS: Content Management System VLE: Virtual Learning Environment
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