New Horizons for Extension Education Delivery Systems

presented by Dr. Janet Poley

Presentation Notes

1. WHERE ARE WE?
   • Explosion of WWW based information
   • Good, Bad and Ugly
   • Research
   • Education
   • Extension
   • International

2. Professional Development
   • "Just in Time Learning"
   • Search Engines

3. Needs Assessment/Marketing/Market Research

4. On-Line Discussions - Communication "Killer App"

5. Trusted Print Media On-Line

6. FAQs - Ag Answers

7. New Geography - New boundaries

8. End of Cold War - Technology Explosion
   (new and coming - digital convergence - wired - wireless- technology glut)

9. Economics - Follow-the-Money

10. Creating Programs, Products and Services - Name of the Game

Resource Links

• American Society of Animal Science
• A2Z Lycos
• Ag Answers Purdue and Ohio State
• Ag Genome Information Server
• American Dairy Association
• Beef Today
• Concentration in Agriculture
• Farm Journal
• Iowa State Favorite Extension Sites
• MARC
• National Cattleman's Association
• National Pork Producers Council
• NCSU On-Line Courses
• One Globe Agricultural Resources
• Pigvision
• Pork Industry Handbook
• Pork Producers Homepage
• Precision Beef Alliance
• Progressive Farmer On-Line
• University of Adelaide
• University of Nebraska
• Virtual Library of Agriculture