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Monday, October 20, 2014

Networking Opportunies at Fall Conference

by Mike Riese, Linda Tempel and Rick Koelsch, UNL Extension

New to this year's fall conference, Extension professionals have four unique opportunities to grow their networks with other Extension peers.  These opportunities, jointly sponsored by NCEA and UNL Extension, were designed to support the #1 reason faculty have told us they come to Fall Conference.  By signing up we will reserve space (generally a table or floor space) at these networking sessions for you. Learn more below.

 
Issue/Opportunity Breakout Sessions - Sign Up

Do you:
  • See an emerging issue in which Extension should consider engaging?
  • Have an idea in which you would like to identify other interested faculty?
  • Wish to propose an initiative that would engage multiple action teams or work groups?
  • Anticipate a need for a new curriculum resource, decision tool, or other educational resource?

This is an opportunity to propose a discussion topic and learn who might be interested in partnering with you on a future proposal, extension initiative, or examining an emerging issue.  We will provide you an opportunity to share your idea and 40 minutes of time to visit others that might share your interest.  Individuals and teams are invited to propose An "Issue/Opportunity Breakout Session" around which you wish to start a discussion.


New Faculty Networking Session - Sign Up
Being new to Extension means we need to get to know you. We would like you to share something about yourself which might include your school, a prop for your favorite hobby, or something such as a YouTube video introducing yourself. The rest of your Extension colleagues would like to learn something about you. We will provide you a table and space at this networking session for you to introduce yourself to your Extension colleagues.
 

Technology Show & Tell Networking Session - Sign Up
All Extension professionals are invited to show off something they are doing with technology in Extension.  Do you have a cool app or decision tool, social media effort engaging clientele, valued tool for collaborating with a team, or educational experience delivered on-line.  Have you applied other (non-electronic) technologies to create a unique educational experience?  We invite all Extension Professionals to share a "Technology Show & Tell" experience with their peers in an informal networking environment.  We will provide space and/or table for your "Technology Show & Tell".
 

Extension Specialist Networking Session - Sign Up
Extension Specialists are invited to share research and extension programs with those attending Fall Conference during a specified networking time. What are your interests?  What cool research are you doing?  What educational products would you like to apply in Nebraska?  You are invited to set-up a poster (including a previously presented research poster), table top display, or short video to help others learn of your program and interests.  The goal of this session is to give Extension Specialists the opportunity to share their work as well as network with others that may be interested in similar topics.

Questions about any of these sessions can be addressed to Linda Tempel at 402-472-2966.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Tagging Videos For Growing Your Reach



by Lisa Brown Jasa, EdMedia

Your new YouTube video is one in a million. Or more like one in many millions.  Literally. 

How can you help current and potential Extension users find your video among all the related videos available on YouTube and other sites? And then, how can you lead them to related videos offered by UNL Extension?

Tagging is the key. Tags are short labels you use to identify the content of your video.  These are words that the user would typically use to search for your information. For example you might use “corn, planting, no-till, planter weights” on a video about why and how you add planter weights in no-till.

To help craft best practices for tagging UNL ExtensionTV videos ( Click Here to learn more about ExtensionTV. ) , EdMedia Software Specialist Nic Colgrove has opened a discussion in UNL Extension on https://www.yammer.com/unl.edu/#/threads/inGroup?type=in_group&feedId=4399864 .  UNL ExtensionTV.unl.edu aggregates and displays UNL Extension videos.  (See May 8 Keeping Up.)[ http://newsr          
oom.unl.edu/announce/keepingup/3361]  Careful tagging can help users quickly and easily find the information they need. It can also ensure that related UNL Extension videos are recommended after your video, eliminating the problem of having inappropriate or unrelated videos pop up immediately after yours, sometimes to a shocked viewer.

Join the discussion on what tags are needed 1) to improve the relevance of your videos in searches and 2) to accurately associate related videos.  What tags are critical to your subject area? Would you like to work from a base set of tags, create tags specific to your content with each new video, use a hybrid of these, or suggest a different system. What are the common terms your audience uses?  How can tagging encourage cross-team collaboration?

Join Nic’s discussion thread on Yammer on how we can make this best work for you and your clients or contact Nic Colgrove with your suggestions. We’ll keep the discussion thread open until June 4.

And remember, if you’re new to posting videos to YouTube or Vimeo, make sure they also appear on ExtensionTV by emailing Nic your host site URL.