Project Narrative Summary
The NTAE project, under the leadership of Oklahoma State University, continues to build upon the strengths and capacities of the Extension Foundation, including its experience providing technology tools for Cooperative Extension professionals and catalyzing professional development innovation in Year 3. NTAE projects are designed to achieve the objectives of the New Technologies for Ag Extension initiative and to align with USDA Strategic Goals and ECOP Program Priorities.
Key Strategies: Technology Learning and Networking Platform NTAE Competitive and NIFA NTAE Preselected Projects
❖ Technology for CES : Partnering with Eduworks and North Carolina State University (NCSU) to enhance existing functionalities to increase the amount of content available and improve access to content. The most significant enhancement involves building Artificial Intelligence into Extension’s Ask Extension tool. The current version, Ask an Expert, is a searchable repository of 50,000 questions posed by the public, and answers supplied by 2,600 Extension educators is now replaced by Ask Extension. Ask Extension is based on open-source software and contains several additional features that allow questions asked by the public to be routed to the state of question origin. ❖ National Program and Asset Registry : Another significant accomplishment is the National Registry of Cooperative Extension Programs and Assets launched to house searchable program information and resources such as presentations, information sheets, and evaluation tools for CES. We are using this tool with a CDC/NIFA program called Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching and Engagement (EXCITE) and are expanding the use of the tool to NTAE. This tool will enable Cooperative Extension to create a dynamic geographic map about the incredible work happening system-wide on immunization education and show the strength and value that Cooperative Extension brings to our communities. ❖ Learning and Networking Platform for CES: Connect Extension is a co-learning environment that expands networking and professional development opportunities to all
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