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UNL Extension Staff Workshop

Goals of the Workshop


1. (60 - 90 minutes) Appreciate the growing number of sites and wide aray of information available on the World Wide Web. [lecture/demonstration]

2. (60 minutes) Be able to identify opportunities for incorporating the growing capacity of the World Wide Web (people participating, information resources, and teaching/learning power) for Extension Programming. The workshop will include attention to the "good, the bad, and the ugly" informational and instructional materials, as well as consider market research potential for programs, as well as marketing opportunities not to be missed. [lecture/demonstration]

3. (No time set) Be able to use the World Wide Web as a "just in time" learning tool and appropriately incorporate its use as a teaching tool into Extension curriculum. [lecture/demonstration]

4. (No time set) Identify changing roles for Extension Specialists and Educators, including "blurring" of lines between teacher and learner - information provider and information recipient. The importance of productive, creative, non-duplicative teamwork will be considered including role shifts and changes. [discussion/small groups]

5. (No time set) Identify program quality factors and principles that can be applied in the rapidly changing on-line worls. Copyright and legal issues will be considered. [discussion/small groups]

6. (No time set) Begin the process of articulating Best Practices for application within Nebraska Cooperative Extension to assure dynamic, proactive programming for the "new geography."