North Central Region PACT

How eXtension Is Partnering With PSEP?

Lawrence A. Lippke, PhDeXtension Campus/Catalog Administrator

College Station, TX

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Our History

• First national meeting Spring 2002 • Approved 2004; launched 2005• Funding

•Institutional assessment = 0.8% of 3(b) & (c) funds•New Technologies in Agricultural Extension (USDA)

• Focus on Communities of Practice• Multi-institutional teams; most received funding• “Best of best” content• FAQs• 74+ CoPs created

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Our Recent Past

• Much content was duplicated from institutional sites• Directors viewed it as competing with institutional sites, and not very effective; unneeded• Significant growth in social media systems• Institutional capability increased in 10 years• Developed several delivery and collaboration tools

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Our Immediate Past

• ECOP launched strategic planning effort in 2014 to define new role; approved by vote of Directors in fall 2014

• Voluntary membership based model• Independent eXtension Foundation; board elected regionally• Benefits based on level of membership

• Premium: pay 75% of prior assessment• Basic: pay 60% of prior assessment• Non member: pay nothing• Specified at https://extension.org/membership/extension-benefits/

•2016 Membership: 37 premium, 20 basic

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Current North Central Membership

Premium Members:Michigan State University University of MinnesotaNorth Dakota State University University of MissouriOhio State University University of NebraskaPurdue University University of Wisconsin

Basic Members:Kansas State University South Dakota State UniversityLincoln University

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Board of Directors

• Dennis Calvin (Penn State)• Vernon Jones (Langston)• Fred Schlutt (U of Alaska)• Jason Henderson (Purdue)• Doug Steele (Texas AgriLife)• Jane Clary Loveless (NIFA, ex officio)• Jane Schuchardt (ECOP, ex officio)

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Our New Purpose

eXtension helps Cooperative Extension professionals

make a visible and measureable impact on local issues

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PSEP Center of Excellence

• Task force being led by Dean Herzfeld• Central repository of resources for use by Extension pesticide safety educators• Central “one stop” site to access pesticide safety education offerings throughout CES• eXtension Role:

• Provide platform for educational delivery as needed or preferred• Provide one-stop shopping site with course catalog & sales when requested

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Demonstration

• Catalog• Potential PSEP Landing Page• State Pages• Course listings

•Campus examples:• Pennsylvania• Texas

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Wrap up points

• Details of PSEP Center being developed

• Catalog sales options (invoice, multi-seat purchase, vouchers, bulk discounts)

• Use of Campus & Catalog not contingent on PSEP Center.• If premium member, can use both now; e.g., Texas & Pennsylvania• If basic or non-member, can list offerings on Catalog

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Questions/Followup

• Interested? • Offering online courses: [email protected]• Listing on Catalog: [email protected]

• More info:https://extension.org/tools-for-extension-professionals/

• Contact me:Larry Lippke

[email protected]