Trends and Issues in Extension

Immediately following my presentation at the USAIN conference I truck down to Columbus and fly to Raleigh, NC for the National Extension Technology Conference (NETC). Steve Lichtensteiger (OSU Extension Regional System’s Tech) and I present an overview of a blended e-learning program conducted at Ohio State last year. I’ve also scheduled several other meetings throughout the conference, including one on developing a proposed virtual book club.

More posts as the conference nears. I also hope to post a bit more during the conference like I did in 2006 (see here, here, here,  here, and here).

I’m putting the final touches on an upcoming pre-conference  about Web 2.0’s impact on agriculture information specialists from USAIN (United States Agricultural Information Network).  Extension professionals should be aware of USAIN. They focus on policy and other issues around agriculture information. Take a few minutes and poke around their website. The librarians at your ag library probably are involved with USAIN.

I’m looking forward to a fun teaching and conversation session!