eXtension offers many Extension professional development webinars on a wide range of subject matters and web application skills. This month includes the start of a 6 week course on Moodle for Developing Online Learning curriculum (starts Nov. 27 )as well as introductory topics on use of social media for the Extension profession. In addition, there are course on a range of subject matter topics from entrepreneurship to organic agriculture and from youth development to companion animals.
Everyone is welcome to participate in the sessions listed at Learn (learn.extension.org). Learn provides the launching point for finding live and archived professional development workshops of interest to you.
Learn is also your entry point to eXtension's On-Line Campus, a collection on-line learning experiences, many developed in the Moodle environment. For example, if you are interested in beef production, you can enroll in Dr. Rick Rasby's Beef Cattle Production or Dr. Floron Faries' Beef Health Herd Management Calendar or the close to 200 other course offerings.
In addition, anyone with an eXtension ID can offer an event in Learn for your clientele or your peers. As you host your own workshops delivered as a webinar, considering offering the session to your peers through eXtension. eXtension provides the opportunity to archive your class and make it accessible to a much broader clientele. If you have an idea for a topic, you can tweet to @extensionLearns on Twitter and see want your peers think.
As you assemble your professional development plans for 2013, keep
in mind that eXtension can be an important part of your plan. Below are the list of professional
development opportunities for November through February…
Upcoming
Sessions (Nov - Feb) by general topic
Adobe Acrobat
Nov 14, 2012, Adobe Acrobat Forms 3: Collecting the Data
Ag Policy
Nov 14, 2012, What the 2012 Elections Mean for Agriculture, Food and Rural Policy
Companion Animals
Nov 15, 2012, Canine Nutrition: An Introduction
Nov 29, 2012, Pet Food Ingredients
Dec 6, 2012, Considerations for Feeding Raw Diets
Dec 13, 2012, Obesity Management
Critical Conversation
Nov 8, 2012, Critical Conversation: Cultivating a workforce of knowledge workers
Dec 7, 2012, Critical Conversation: Personal vs. professional identities in social media
Dairy
Nov 12, 2012, Hoard's Dairyman Webinar Series: Sorting through our cropping strategies
Nov 19, 2012, Diagnosing Problems in Nutrition Programs Through Records
Dec 7, 2012, Feeding Systems for Group-Housed Dairy Calves
Dec 10, 2012, Hoard's Dairyman Webinar Series: Consistent, efficient TMR feeding
Jan 14, 2013, Potential and Pitfalls for Genomic Selection
Feb 12, 2013, Better Milk Quality from Better Mastitis Therapy Decisions
Disaster
Nov 2, 2012, Critical Issues for the Unexpected Helper in Drought: Part II
Entrepreneurship
Nov 8, 2012, Using Social Networks to Build Local Economies
Jan 10, 2013, Getting Action from Website Landing Pages
Feb 14, 2013, Top 10 Trends and Cool Tools in Social Media
eOrganic
Nov 13, 2012, Can we talk? Improving Weed Management Communication between Organic Farmers and Extension
Nov 16, 2012, Using the eOrganic Organic Seed Production Tutorials
Nov 27, 2012, Barley Fodder Feeding for Organic Dairies
eXtension
Nov 6, 2012, Institutional Team Web Conference - November 2012
Nov 27, 2012, Question Wranglers’ Meetup - November 2012
Dec 4, 2012, Institutional Team Web Conference - December 2012
Dec 18, 2012, Question Wranglers’ Meetup - December 2012
Jan 22, 2013, Question Wranglers’ Meetup - January 2013
Families Food Fitness
Nov 8, 2012, Healthy Portions for Preschoolers
Family Caregiving
Nov 13, 2012, Memory Banking: Using Life Story as a Tool for Caregiving
Feral Hogs
Nov 20, 2012, Feral Hog Disease Issues
Food Safety
Nov 27, 2012, Webinar: Controlling Listeria for RTE Meat and Poultry
Freshwater Aquaculture
Nov 12, 2012, 2012 eXtension Virtual Aquaculture Workshop - Day 1 Introduction to Aquaculture
Nov 13, 2012, 2012 eXtension Virtual Aquaculture Workshop - Day 2 Pond Culture
Nov 14, 2012, 2012 eXtension Virtual Aquaculture Workshop Day 3 - Species Culture
Nov 14, 2012, 2012 eXtension Virtual Aquaculture Workshop - Day 4 Aquaponics
Nov 15, 2012, 2012 eXtension Virtual Workshop Day 4 – Aquaponics
Horsequest
Nov 27, 2012, Equine Energetics
Dec 18, 2012, Horseplay! A Talk
Jan 22, 2013, Is it Coping or is it a Vice? A Review of Cribbing, Weaving and Other Stereotypic Behaviors in Horses
Feb 26, 2013, Horse Showing Trends from a Judge’s Perspective
Leadership
Feb 11, 2013, Strengthening Extension Advisory Leaders webinar
Military Families
Nov 14, 2012, Tech Tools to Support Military Deployment
Nov 14, 2012, Reflections of Military Life in Young Children’s Activity
Moodle
Nov 27, 2012, Developing Online Learning Through Moodle 2--Session 1
Nov 29, 2012, Developing Online Learning Through Moodle 2--Session 2
Dec 4, 2012, Developing Online Learning Through Moodle 2--Session 3
Dec 6, 2012, Developing Online Learning Through Moodle 2--Session 4
Dec 11, 2012, Developing Online Learning Through Moodle 2--Session 5
Dec 13, 2012, Developing Online Learning Through Moodle 2--Session 6
Network Literacy
Nov 7, 2012, Taking Your Event Social
Nov 12, 2012, Use of Social Media in Extension Urban Programming
Nov 15, 2012, Networked Extension Professional
Dec 11, 2012, Social Networking: Navigating the Privacy Setting Maze
Personal Finance
Nov 20, 2012, Managing the Holiday Financial Frenzy
Nov 27, 2012, College Student Financial Education Project Rescheduled
Dec 11, 2012, Long Term Planning
Youth
Nov 1, 2012, 4-H Guiding Principles #5: Youth Develop Skills for Success
Nov 5, 2012, Youth Culture and Technology: Debunking the Myths and Moving Forward
Nov 12, 2012, 4-H Guiding Principles #6: Youth Recognize, Appreciate, and Understand Multiculturalism
Nov 20, 2012, Impacts of Social Networking on Children and Youth
Dec 6, 2012, 4-H Guiding Principles #7: Youth Grow and Contribute as Active Citizens
Questions and Comments? Contact Beth
Raney at beth.raney@extension.org.
