NETC08 presentations - Tuesday April 29

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8:30 - 9:15 am

Session Name: Web 2.0 - Learning Environments and the Open Community
Session Number: 1059
Location: Tanglewood
Day and Time: Tuesday, 8:30 - 9:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Web 2.0 Technologies
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

Within the idea of "Web 2.0" there are many tools that can be used to create quality learning environments. These environments can implement the use of technologies such as wikis, blogs, widgets, video, YouTube, etc. This session will cover methodologies for creating quality learning environments using Web 2.0 Technologies and will also open a discussion about the role of the Open Community (the idea that the community is actually the new "open source" for learning with these new technologies as the backbone) within that environment.


Led By: Neal Wollenberg, Computer Information Specialist - Web Developer, Kansas State University
Gerry Snyder


Session Name: Real Life Education in Second Life
Session Number: 1104
Location: Pinehurst
Day and Time: Tuesday, 8:30 - 9:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: elearning
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

This session will present an overview of real life educational opportunities in virtual worlds with an emphasis on Second Life. The session will touch on the advantages and disadvantages of learning in Second Life. We'll look at examples of in-world pedagogy and tour some actual in-world educational builds, including those of the Cooperative Extension System. Current research results on in-world learning will be presented. Participants will learn about opportunities for them to get directly involved in Second Life education.


Led By: Kevin Gamble, Associate Director, National eXtension Initiative


Session Name: Web Content Manager Training Program-Migration to Adobe Contribute Content Management System
Session Number: 1053
Location: Mendenhall
Day and Time: Tuesday, 8:30 - 9:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Course Management Systems
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

In 2006 and 2007, the Office of Information Technology of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia implemented the Adobe Contribute web content management system for their centrally hosted web services including those hosted for the Georgia County Cooperative Extension Offices throughout the state. A multiple-tier approach was developed for migrating, training and supporting these geographically dispersed new and existing web content managers to the new system. These tiers included regional classroom-environment training throughout the state, one on one online assistance using GoToMeeting software, printed and online training resources, as well as a dedicated help desk for assisting new and existing web content managers. Experiences and lessons learned will be discussed.


Led By: Wayne Crotts, System Adminstrator Principal, The University of Georgia
Diana Williams


Session Name: Make your own d@$% report!
Session Number: 1062
Location: Bellamy
Day and Time: Tuesday, 8:30 - 9:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Web Based Applications
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

Using a combination of Microsoft Reporting Services Report Modeling, MS-SQL, XML, AJAX, and ASP.NET, LSU AgCenter IT has put report development and deployment into the hands of power users, and created a wrapper application that provides a user-friendly custom reporting environment. This presentation will focus on the lessons learned during the implementation of the process for Accounting Services' fiscal reports. This session will also explore how Power users can develop reports using Report Builder, and deploy them to the Reports Server so that they can add a new report, start to finish, without ever needing IT programming! Topics for discussion will include future uses of the custom report building process as well as future data mining endeavors. View the powerpoint at http://www.slideshare.net/lambrite/netc08-gl-rs/


Led By: Sarah Johnston, IT Analyst, LSU AgCenter
Fred Piazza, CIO


Session Name: Bailey Island -- Quest for Teen Second Life
Session Number: 1078
Location: Hope
Day and Time: Tuesday, 8:30 - 9:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: eLearning / Distance Education
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

Bailey Island - an eXtension place for teens in the parallel online universe of Teen Second Life. Learn how youth explored TSL, set up a community, and the events, activities and learning taking place on the Island. Discuss the role of Second Life as a web conferencing and online learning platform for youth, safety concerns, and how learning to 'live' in a virtual world will attract youth and provide access to opportunities to develop technology literacy skills that might not otherwise occur.


Led By: Trudy Dunham, , University of Minnesota Extension
Jeanne Wiebke, Iowa State University; Vishal Singh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln


Session Name: Real-time Collaboration in Higher Education with Teaming + Conferencing
Session Number: 1106
Location: Biltmore
Day and Time: Tuesday, 8:30 - 9:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Web conferencing
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

Novell Teaming + Conferencing will increase teacher productivity by enabling educators to create, share and track electronic documents with students and other faculty members.

Educators can create virtual classrooms or workspaces to collaborate with and distribute learning materials to students and other teachers. Using the built-in workflow functions, teachers can easily track the status of documents. Novell Teaming + Conferencing will increase the amount of time teachers can spend in the classroom while providing a tool for sharing curriculum and classroom materials between faculty members that have similar teaching responsibilities.

Novell Teaming + Conferencing also provides a powerful framework for facilitating on-line or distance e-learning solutions. Using Novell Teaming + Conferencing teachers can record lectures and instructional based lessons (audio combined with computer screen visuals) that can be viewed on-demand by students over the web using any web-browser.

This session will outline the reasons collaboration is so important in today's world of information and how Novell's Teaming+Conferencing solution will help your organization be successful in managing information.
Led By: Greg White, Workgroup Technology Specialist, Novell


9:30 - 10:15 am

Session Name: Moodle- what's all the eXcitement about?
Session Number: 1001
Location: Tanglewood
Day and Time: Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: eLearning / Distance Education
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

We'd been looking for a way to effectively and efficiently develop, deliver, and track online education at Texas AgriLife Extension, and to do so we needed a good, robust tool at a great price. We found it in Moodle, an open source (freely available!) Learning Management System.
We have been tinkering with Moodle in Texas since the summer of 2006, but jumped in with two feet in the summer of 2007 when eXtension offered to make Moodle available and support its use for Extension at the national level.
Join us to see the Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment called Moodle, learn about Mooodle's functionality and potential, see about how we're using it to develop courses for employees' professional development and for clientèle outreach, and how you might use it as well.

eXtension Moodle sites include:

Other links of interest include:


Led By: Jennifer Jahedkar, Assistant Extension Information Technologist, Texas AgriLife Extension


Session Name: Best Practices for Adoption of Wikis and other Web 2.0 Tools
Session Number: 1072
Location: Pinehurst
Day and Time: Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Web 2.0 Technologies
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

"Flat, open, uncontrolled..." While these words aptly describe wiki software and other Web 2.0 tools, most of us would choose different words to describe our how our extension organizations work today. Despite the mismatch, Web 2.0 tools like wikis can provide a productive collaborative environment for enhancing communication within our organizations.
Extension Information Technology implemented a wiki in 2006 and moved North Carolina Cooperative Extension through a soft transition from our existing web based Intranet into a Mediawiki Intranet over the course of about a year.
During this session, we'll review the literature regarding best practices for successful adoption of wikis and other Web 2.0 tools. We'll talk about how we implemented the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Intranet Wiki, in contrast or in keeping to those best practices. Finally, we'll share the results of a 2008 user survey to gauge user adoption and acceptance of the new Internet wiki and discuss the lessons we've learned along the way.


Led By: Rhonda Conlon, Director, Extension Info Tech, NC State University Extension Information Technology
Ray Kimsey; Scott McCollum


Session Name: Virtualizing Your World
Session Number: 1003
Location: Mendenhall
Day and Time: Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Systems, Networking and Firewalls
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

Increasingly, IT staff are being asked to provide more services, faster implementations, and continuous up-time, all with limited staff and budgets. Converting traditional physical servers to virtual servers can enable systems administrators to meet these needs without losing their sanity, and even to provide new services.
In this session, we examine the traditional server approach, the pros and cons of multi-use and single-use server structures. Then we compare the benefits of virtualization with VMWare, what its advantages are. We also look at the downside of virtual environments, the caveats of converting. Finally, we will look at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UGA's conversion to VMWare, our experience with the conversion, and tips for others thinking about converting.


Led By: Diana Williams, Systems Administrator, UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences


Session Name: Start Spreading the News: Reaching a wider audience with the same content
Session Number: 1004
Location: Bellamy
Day and Time: Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:15 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Web-related technologies
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

Sure you're putting your organizations news on the web site. Everybody is. But how far is it really reaching? And how many times do you need to duplicate the same content in newsletters, press releases, emails, feeds and even on other websites? At the University of Maryland College of AGNR we've harnessed the power of our content management system to re-purpose our news content over and over again to spread the news far and wide. Come see how it works. We'll talk about the technical issues we had to overcome, as well as the more complicated issues of getting buy-in to the change. We also want to hear your ideas on content re-purposing and news distribution.


Led By: Mark Shute, Web Manager, University of Maryland
Sue Johnston, Web Trainer


Session Name: Looking Back to the Future
Session Number: 1080
Location: Hope
Day and Time: Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:15 am
Format: Panel
Topic: eLearning / Distance Education
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

The CYFERnet Technology Management Team has advocated using technology tools to collaborate for more than ten years. We have been especially interested in two things:
  1. Facilitating multi-state at-risk youth programs where the objective was to introduce youth to new technologies or to get the adult youth workers to use the technology tools for communication and other processes
  2. Facilitating the creation and management of relevant information and resources by Extension faculty to make it more accessible and useful to these youth and family programs.
We envision, we plan, we implement, and then what? Did those great ideas pan out? Morph into something else? Fail miserably? Succeed beyond our wildest expectations? Looking back at the technology innovations we tried, some succeeded while others did not. What good practices and strategies actually worked? What innovations were adopted and institutionalized. From laptops, online communities, metatags to Web 2.0 technologies, a look back at our history is illustrative of the cyclic nature of implementing new technologies. What lessons did we learn? Is it intuition, sound reasoning or educated guessing that moves us to recommend and try innovative technologies? We'll look at recommendations on how to improve our adoption curve and lessons learned in the evolution and adoption of new technologies. Come join the discussion and share your thoughts and experiences.


Led By: Trudy Dunham, , University of Minnesota Extension
Kevin Gamble, National eXtension Initiative; Ray Kimsey, NC State University; Ron Roeber, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bob Rubinyi, University of Minnesota; Roger Terry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

10:45 - 11:30 am

Session Name: eXtension's Moodle Presence--Something for Everyone
Session Number: 1026
Location: Tanglewood
Day and Time: Tuesday, 10:45 - 11:30 am
Format: Panel Discussion
Topic: Learning Management Systems
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

eXtension is providing Moodle services for use by practically anyone in the Cooperative Extension System through three main sites. This session will provide an overview of these three sites, the reasons Moodle was chosen for eXtension, the services that eXtension is providing, the status of development on its various sites, and what Extension faculty can do to get on board. Panelists representing each of the three eXtension Moodle sites will speak to their experiences in developing content for delivery through this technology.


Led By: Lawrence Lippke, Professional Development Coordinator, eXtension
Jennifer Jahedkar


Session Name: A Dozen Things You Can Use Through eXtension Today
Session Number: 1086
Location: Pinehurst
Day and Time: Tuesday, 10:45 - 11:30 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Web 2.0 Technologies
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

This presentation will highlight 12 services offered by eXtension that are available for everyone in the Cooperative Extension System to use today. This will be a fast moving overview highlighting several services that are available for immediate use in your state and county offices.
  1. Collaborative writing and knowledge management
  2. Identity management and OpenID authentication services
  3. Intellectual property rights management
  4. Social Networking/Community support
  5. Professional development
  6. Web conferencing
  7. Evaluation and survey capabilities
  8. Advanced Web analytics
  9. Multi User Virtual Environments - Second Life
  10. Cooperative Search
  11. News aggregation and Feeds
  12. Widgets for your Web sites


Led By: Kevin Gamble, Associate Director, National eXtension Initiative
Several others from the eXtension Engineering Team


Session Name: On-Line 4-H Reporting: Vermont's Green Ribbon Approach, Part II
Session Number: 1101
Location: Bellamy
Day and Time: Tuesday, 10:45 - 11:30 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Web Based applications
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

This session is a follow up to one that I presented at ACE/NETC 2007 in Albuquerque. Since November of 2006, Vermont has been using its own on-line 4-H database to keep track of member, leader and volunteer enrollments. The secure statewide database is accessible to any user with an Internet connection. It gives county educators, staff and statewide administrators, up-to-the-minute access to all information that we have collected. Currently, the application does not create an ES-237 report, but we use the database "crunch the numbers" when filling out the ES-237 report. We have been continually tweaking the application to meet the needs of our 4-H educators and county staff. Educators and staff have been very happy with improvements over applications that were used in previous years.


Led By: John Cooley, Information Tech Professional, University of Vermont Extension


Session Name: Click This!: Turn Presentation into Participation
Session Number: 1054
Location: Hope
Day and Time: Tuesday, 10:45 - 11:30 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Other
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

Engage, motivate, interact and collect real-time feedback from face-to-face audiences using TurningPoint technology. TurningPoint integrates with PowerPoint to create interactive presentations. It allows instructors to collect, evaluate and record learner responses instantly. Learn how Iowa State University Extension has increased learning and attentiveness by incorporating student response system technology.
This session will present an overview of the implementation process, demonstrate how to create interactive presentations and collect student responses. We will discuss best practices, lessons learned, and the impact of TurningPoint response systems in Extension programming.


Led By: Kristin Taylor, Program Specialist, Iowa State University Extension
Robin Brekke


Session Name: High Def: The Next Generation of Video
Session Number: 1113
Location: Biltmore
Day and Time: Tuesday, 10:45 - 11:30 am
Format: Presentation
Topic: Video Conferencing
Level: Introductory

Session Abstract:

High Definition is actually here!!! What are the next steps? Am I ready to deploy HD Video? Do I have the bandwidth? How much more will it cost? What are the best applications for HD Video?
These questions and more will be answered at the presentation.


Led By: Bob Dyer, Vertical Account Manager, NC, VA and WV, Polycom


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