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For more information contact Kathy Anderson, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, at kanderson1@unl.edu
The fee for this course is $10. To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following button.
If you purchase at least $40 worth of courses from this category, you can receive a 20% discount by entering the voucher code of HorseQuest20.
- Teacher: Kathy Anderson
- Teacher: Colleen Brady
- Teacher: Kris Hiney
- Teacher: Laura Kenny
Equine Herpes Virus provides the participants the opportunity to learn the different ways the EHV-1 virus is expressed in horses, and know how to prevent and treat the disease. This course offers a badge and is one of several available in the HorseQuest Badge Portfolio. This course includes a video, a learning lesson, and a quiz.
The fee for this course is $10. To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following button:
If you purchase at least $40 worth of courses from this category, you can receive a 20% discount by entering the voucher code of HorseQuest20.
- Teacher: Kathy Anderson
- Teacher: Colleen Brady
What is your horse's body condition? Did you know there was a scoring system to rank your horse's physical condition? Check out our latest learning lesson about how to body condition score your horse. Learn a time-tested and accepted method to evaluate your horse's fat cover and the balance between the food he eats and the amount of energy he burns.
For information contact Colleen Brady, bradyc@purdue.edu
The fee for this course is $10. To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following link.
If you purchase at least $40 worth of courses from this category, you can receive a 20% discount by entering the voucher code of HorseQuest20.
- Teacher: Kathy Anderson
- Teacher: Colleen Brady
A course for Extension staff at North Dakota State University, this provides a self-paced guide to evaluating extension programs, materials, and communications.
For more information or to enroll contact robert.bertsch@ndsu.edu
- Teacher: Sonja Fuchs
This course will strengthen Extension and healthcare professionals’ ability to evaluate health-related media messages, recognize misinformation, and support community members in making informed health decisions.
This course is part of the Vaccine Education series created by Clemson University Cooperative Extension.
Other courses in this series include:- Getting Started: Vaccine Education Onboarding
- The Science of Vaccination
- The Critical Role of Extension Agents & Vaccine Education at the National Level
- Communication Strategies and Motivation Interviewing
- Motivational Interviewing Case Studies
- Neuromarketing Strategies for Brain-Friendly Health Messaging in Extension Outreach
- Teacher: Molly Immendorf
- Teacher: Lisa Linfield
Original course materials designed by Oregon State University.
- Teacher: Molly Immendorf
- Teacher: Lisa Linfield
In this course, you will learn how vaccines work to protect individuals and communities, gain insights into the rigorous regulatory processes ensuring vaccine safety, and review evidence supporting vaccine effectiveness.
This course is part of the Vaccine Education series created by Clemson University Cooperative Extension.
Other courses in this series include:- Getting Started: Vaccine Education Onboarding
- Vaccination as a Priority
- The Science of Vaccination
- The Critical Role of Extension Agents & Vaccine Education at the National Level
- Motivational Interviewing Case Studies
- Neuromarketing Strategies for Brain-Friendly Health Messaging in Extension Outreach
- Health Media Literacy
- Teacher: Molly Immendorf
- Teacher: Lisa Linfield
This is an introductory course for the Vaccine Education series created by Clemson University Cooperative Extension.
Other courses in this series include:
- Vaccination as a Priority
- The Science of Vaccination
- The Critical Role of Extension Agents & Vaccine Education at the National Level
- Communication Strategies and Motivational Interviewing
- Motivational Interviewing and Case Studies
- Neuromarketing Strategies for Brain-Friendly Health Messaging in Extension Outreach
- Health Media Literacy
- Teacher: Molly Immendorf
- Teacher: Lisa Linfield
This program is designed to improve patient-provider communication by teaching participants how to discuss vaccines with their healthcare providers using research-based information that addresses common hesitancies. The estimated time commitment is 1-2 hours.
Original course materials designed by the University of Arkansas.
- Teacher: Molly Immendorf
- Teacher: Lisa Linfield
In this course, you will learn how neuromarketing principles can transform your outreach.
This course is part of the Vaccine Education series created by Clemson University Cooperative Extension.
Other courses in this series include:- Getting Started: Vaccine Education Onboarding
- Vaccination as a Priority
- The Science of Vaccination
- The Critical Role of Extension Agents & Vaccine Education at the National Level
- Communication Strategies and Motivation Interviewing
- Motivational Interviewing Case Studies
- Health Media Literacy
- Teacher: Molly Immendorf
- Teacher: Lisa Linfield
In this course, you will learn how vaccines work to protect individuals and communities, gain insights into the rigorous regulatory processes ensuring vaccine safety, and review evidence supporting vaccine effectiveness.
This course is part of the Vaccine Education series created by Clemson University Cooperative Extension.
Other courses in this series include:- Getting Started: Vaccine Education Onboarding
- Vaccination as a Priority
- The Critical Role of Extension Agents & Vaccine Education at the National Level
- Communication Strategies and Motivation Interviewing
- Motivational Interviewing Case Studies
- Neuromarketing Strategies for Brain-Friendly Health Messaging in Extension Outreach
- Health Media Literacy
- Teacher: Molly Immendorf
- Teacher: Lisa Linfield
In this course, you will learn about vaccine hesitancy, the significance of community immunity, and recent vaccination development.
This course is part of the Vaccine Education series created by Clemson University Cooperative Extension.
Other courses in this series include:- Getting Started: Vaccine Education Onboarding
- The Science of Vaccination
- The Critical Role of Extension Agents & Vaccine Education at the National Level
- Communication Strategies and Motivation Interviewing
- Motivational Interviewing Case Studies
- Neuromarketing Strategies for Brain-Friendly Health Messaging in Extension Outreach
- Health Media Literacy
- Teacher: Molly Immendorf
- Teacher: Lisa Linfield
Expanded Learning Opportunities: Experiential Learning is for Employees or Volunteers in Youth Serving Organizations. Participants will learn how children and youth in out-of-school settings reach their full potential as a result of positive youth/adult interactions, purposeful learning experiences, and safe environments.
Participants will be able to: identify experiential learning techniques, provide purposeful and directing teaching, and engage and energize youth so they are ready to learn.
For more information or to enroll contact:
- Elizabeth Janning, janning2@unl.edu with Nebraska Extension.
- LaDonna Werth, ladonna.werth@unl.edu with Nebraska Extension.
- Deb Weitzenkamp, dweitzenkamp2@unl.edu with Nebraska Extension.
- Teacher: Deborah Weitzenkamp
Extension Horses presents an 8 week webinar series to improve the lives of you and your horse. Experts from across the country will present live on Thursday evenings at 7 pm CST/ 8 EST.
Recordings will be uploaded for later viewing.
October 3 - Horse Show Trends - Dr. Kathy Anderson, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
October 10 - Hints for Horse Owners Buying Hay - Dr. Bob Coleman, University of Kentucky
October 17 - Protecting Water Quality - Laura Kenney, MS ,Penn State University
October 24 - Feeding the Senior Horse - Dr. Nettie Liburt, Liburt Nutritional Consulting
October 31 - Supplements, Dr. Carey Williams, Rutgers University
November 7 - Pain in the Equine - Dr. Kris Hiney, Oklahoma State University
November 14 - Social License to Operate - Dr. Colleen Brady, Purdue University
November 21 - Pasture Management - Robyn Stewart, MS, University of Georgia
- Teacher: Kathy Anderson
- Teacher: Colleen Brady
- Teacher: Kris Hiney
- Teacher: Laura Kenny
This course is designed as a resource for educators who are unexpectedly having to teach to remote learners during the COVID-19 outbreak. The design is a variety of individual lessons, covering a variety of topics related to horse care and management. It is designed more as a 'buffet' of choices than a course designed around a specific aspect of horse care and management. If you have any questions regarding the course, please contact Dr. Colleen Brady, bradyc@purdue.edu. For more free educational material, check out our YouTube channel.
- Teacher: Colleen Brady
For more information about this course or to enroll contact Curt Emanuel at cemanuel@purdue.edu
- Teacher: Curt Emanuel
- Teacher: AMANDA MOSIMAN
The Ohio State Occasional Quantity Cooks training helps extension volunteers prepare as they plan for, prepare and deliver food for a one-time event in their county. They take the pre-test before they begin the class and then take the post-test at the end. A certificate of completion is generated to give to their supervisor as verification that they have completed the training.
- Teacher: Nicole Arnold
- Teacher: Jonathan Gladden
- Teacher: Kate Shumaker
The Cattle Feedyard Safety Program, through the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, Gallagher Insurance, Nebraska Extension and the Nebraska Cattlemen, has compiled safety modules that can be used by cattle producers to conduct safety trainings with their employees. The modules are based on the topics identified through surveys, insurance companies, and other safety and health experts. The top 15 employee safety topics identified have been labeled the Feedyard 15.
This training is intended for anyone new to agriculture, about to begin employment in agriculture outside of their family business or wishing to improve their current skills and knowledge. People of all ages find this set of lessons relevant.
Price for this course is $10.- Teacher: Ellen Duysen
- Teacher: Deana Namuth-Covert
- Teacher: Aaron Yoder
You will be able to re-enroll in the CFA program at https://register.ext.vt.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=1208465; however, there will be a minimal fee for enrollment ($10) and all testing modules will have to be completed again in the new system, regardless if they have been completed in the previous CFA program.
Fertilizer Applicator Certification Training (FACT) is a cooperative effort of Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE), Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The training consists of 10 online, self-paced modules, which cover the knowledge areas in which one must be proficient in order to become a Certified Fertilizer Applicator (CFA) in Virginia. Individuals who successfully complete all 10 modules will receive proof of satisfactory completion of the training, which can be submitted to VDACS as part of the CFA online application.
For more information or to enroll contact: Mike Goatley, Turfgrass Extension Specialist / Professor Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech at goatley@vt.edu
- Instructor: Mike Goatley
- Instructor: Mark Sumner
This short course offers a comprehensive overview of fiber hemp production through research-based production strategies and demonstrations of practical skills. Class sessions will feature presentations from farmers, field researchers, and industry experts. The curriculum topics will primarily focus on best agronomic practices in hemp production.
- Teacher: Heather Darby
- Teacher: Shannon MacDonald
- Teacher: Laura Sullivan
This four-part, asynchronous learning module was created by the Military Families Learning Network’s Early Intervention team. The interactive course focuses on the rights of young children with disabilities in military families, eligibility for special education programs and services for children with disabilities available within military systems, and strategies to support military families as they navigate these systems in military contexts.
Course Overview
The Financial Management Series for Volunteers is a comprehensive collection of online training
modules designed to equip volunteers with essential financial management skills tailored specifically for the 4-H Youth Development Programs (YDP). Through this structured series, participants will gain the knowledge and tools necessary to ensure financial integrity, compliance, and effective resource utilization within their respective 4-H organizations.
The series includes:
- Module 1: Financial Management Fundamentals.
- Module 2: Bank Accounts & Signer Responsibilities.
- Module 3: Planning, Fundraising, and Resource Management.
- Module 4: Gifts, Scholarships, Special Considerations.
- Module 5: Annual Financial Reporting & Compliance.
- Module 6: Financial Responsibilities of 4-H Treasurer Advisors, Club Treasurers, VMO Treasurers, and VMO Finance Managers.
- Module 7: Excess Funds, Financial Processing, Disbursements, & Taxes.
Length
Each module is between 7 and 15 minutes with a total course time of approximately 75 minutes. Coursework can be completed over multiple sessions (you will have the option to resume where you left off).
Who Should Attend
California Adult Volunteers who have a financial role in the 4-H program such as Club Leaders, VMO Treasurers, Treasurer Advisors.
- Teacher: Zeva Cho
- Teacher: CA 4-H eXtension Tech Support
- Teacher: Scott Mautte
- Teacher: Gemma Miner
Finding Land to Farm in Idaho Short Course
Four Sessions
Are you a Land Seeker?
Perhaps you are returning from military service or changing careers. Maybe you have worked or apprenticed on farms or been inspired by urban agriculture or the local food movement. If you have a desire to find land to farm or ranch, the Finding Land to Farm short course is for you!
People learn best by doing! This 4-part short course takes a skills-based approach to teaching and learning that focuses on what people need to know and do to successfully find land to farm. In addition to live webinar-based class sessions, participants will have access to online classroom materials including activities and resources essential to making land tenure decisions.
Week 1: Introduction to Land Tenure Options
Week 2: Assessing Your Financial Position
Week 3: Finding and Assessing Farmland
Week 4: Ins and Outs of Leasing and Buying Land
The Finding Land to Farm curriculum “Farmland for the Next Generation” was developed by the American Farmland Trust, the Worldwide Instructional Design System and a team of 25 farming and land access experts from across the United States through grant from the U.S. Department of Agricultures Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, Award # 2015-70017-23901.
For more information, please contact:
Colette DePhelps, University of Idaho Extension, cdephelps@uidaho.edu
- Teacher: Colette DePhelps
- Teacher: Mackenzie Lawrence
This is a video-based series course. Through watching and following along with the videos, viewers will increase their knowledge about nutritional value of trout and food safety guidelines. Viewers will gain skills to engage with their children in the kitchen and at mealtime. Viewers will gain cooking skills related to cooking trout and increase confidence in their abilities to cook trout.
- Teacher: Erin Doty
- Teacher: Hannah Kindelspire
- Teacher: Annie Roe
The audience for this course is:
The Florida Master Gardener
Volunteer Training Program prepares potential candidates to assist UF/IFAS
County Extension with outreach and educational in the areas of Horticulture,
Landscape Management, and Gardening. Sessions
are taught by UF/IFAS Agents and Specialists and will cover challenges that
come with living and gardening in the Florida.
Upon Successful completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Explain the role of UF/IFAS Extension, Extension Agents, and Master Gardeners.
- Define EDIS and search it for reference materials.
- Identify common weeds, invasive plants, and common pest insects
- Distinguish differences between different plant pathogens and common nutrient deficiencies
- List the 9 Principles of Florida Friendly Landscaping™
- Provide 5 major concepts that are needed when planning and designing a landscape or garden.
- Demonstrate proper best practices for plant propagation, tree care, and fruit and Vegetable Gardening
- Synthesize learned material to provide researched based and informed guidance to Extension Clients via verbal or online communication
For more information or to enroll please contact:
Julio Perez
Commercial and Residential Horticulture Agent I
UF/IFAS Extension Putnam County
pjulio@ufl.edu
Mimi Vreeland
Residential Horticulture Agent I
UF/IFAS Extension Flagler County
mvreeland@ufl.edu
- Teacher: Julio Perez
- Teacher: Mimi Vreeland
Forest Engineering 2022
This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop. Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.
The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.
Any questions may be forwarded to:
Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester
Topic 6: Deer Wintering Areas
Speaker: Dan Hill, Deer Habitat Biologist-Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Managing forest lands with consideration for our wintering deer herd.
- Teacher: Raymond Berthiaume
- Teacher: Faye Cragin
- Teacher: andrew fast
Forest Engineering 2022
This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop. Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.
The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.
Any questions may be forwarded to:
Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester
Topic 4: Forest Market Update
Speaker: Eric Kingsley-INRS
An update of current forest product markets in the region.
- Teacher: Raymond Berthiaume
- Teacher: Faye Cragin
- Teacher: andrew fast
Forest Engineering 2022
This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop. Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.
The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.
Any questions may be forwarded to:
Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester
Topic 11: Forest Pest & Disease Update
Speaker: Michael Parisio-Maine Forest Service
An update on what forest pests and diseases are still a threat to the health and vigor of our forests, and ideas on how to manage for them.
- Teacher: Raymond Berthiaume
- Teacher: Faye Cragin
- Teacher: andrew fast
Forest Engineering 2022
This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop. Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.
The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.
Any questions may be forwarded to:
Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester
Topic 7: Latest Bird Survey Update
Speaker: Joseph Roy, Private Lands Wildlife Biologist-Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Discussion of some of the latest survey data and forest management recommendations around some of our threatened bird species.
- Teacher: Raymond Berthiaume
- Teacher: Faye Cragin
- Teacher: andrew fast
Forest Engineering 2022
This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop. Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.
The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.
Any questions may be forwarded to:
Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester
Topic 1: Mechanized Operators Course Presentation
A description of the course outline, progress to date, future plans moving forward.
- Teacher: Raymond Berthiaume
- Teacher: Faye Cragin
- Teacher: andrew fast