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Find free online courses here! Developed by our faculty and staff, these courses are open to Extension employees and our public. Powered by Moodle, this site officially launches July 1, 2009. Courses will be added as they are developed. To access a course, create your own account and password via the Login box above. In about 5 minutes, you should receive an email confirmation with instructions. Log in and click on the title of the course you want. Answer "Yes" to "Do you want to enroll?" Need help? Contact the site administrator at help@courses.uaex.edu or lferris@uaex.edu. | Target Audience: County Extension Agents with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.
Instructor: Steeve Pomerleau, Aquaculture Extension Specialist, UACES, 870-575-8139, spomerleau@uaex.edu
Course Availability: July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
Target Audience: County Extension Agents and master gardeners with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.
Content: This is the Year 1, core curriculum on entomology that includes lessons on the most common insect orders, special information on cockroaches, ants, and flies, key publications, and integrated pest management basics.
Course Availability: July 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010
Contact: Dr. John Hopkins, University of Arkansas Extension Entomologist, jhopkins@uaex.edu Target Audience: County Extension Agents and master gardeners with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
Content: This is the Year 2, core curriculum on entomology that includes lessons on the most common insect pests for turf and ornamentals, fire ants, insecticides and alternatives.
Course Availability: July 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010
Contact: Dr. John Hopkins, University of Arkansas Extension Entomologist, jhopkins@uaex.edu Target Audience:County Agriculture Agents with dairy production in their county and other extension faculty interested in fly managment in organic and conventional dairies.
Content:Biology, Identification and IPM of the major fly pests in dairy production (house, horn, stable and face flies) are covered. Emphasis is placed on monitoring and IPM methods (sanitation, biological and chemical control)
Availability: July 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010
Contact:rcorder@uaex.edu (479) 575-3183 Target Audience: County Extension Agents and Master Gardeners with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Others with little background in horticulture are also welcome to take the course.
Content: This is the Year 1, core curriculum on horticulture that includes lessons on horticulture basics, ornamental trees, shrubs, groundocvers and herbaceous plants, such as annuals, perennials, and bulbs.
Course Availability: July 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010 Target Audience: County Extension Agents and Master Gardeners with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.
Content: This is the Year 1, core curriculum on plant pathology that addresses basics of plant pathology and disease diagnosis, nematodes, digital photography tips, and sample submission.
Course Availability: July 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010Contact: Lisa Ferris, lferris@uaex.edu or Steve Vann, svann@uaex.edu
Target Audience: County Extension Agents and Master Gardeners with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.
Content: This is the Year 2, core curriculum on plant pathology that focuses on the most common diseases on ornamentals and turf in Arkansas. It also addresses management of nematodes.
Course Availability: July 1, 2009 -June 15, 2010
Contact: Lisa Ferris, lferris@uaex.edu or Steve Vann, svann@uaex.edu
Target Audience: Extension employees and interested public
Content: Learn about the history of Extension in the South. Professor Randol Waters of the University of Tennessee is your host. This course has five modules, each featuring a narrated video, handouts, and questions to check your knowledge. A cumulative Course Exam is included. Videos are also available on CD-Rom for students with slow internet connections.
Course Availability: April 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010 Contact: Lisa Ferris, lferris@uaex.edu
Target Audience: Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agents
Content: Narrated modules on spoilage, illness, and preservation methods. Pre-test and course exam are required.
Availability: June 1, 2009 - June 2010
Contact: dbrochetti@uaex.edu, 501-671-2022 Target Audience: FCS County Extension Agents Content: This course debunks many health myths and old wives' tales, while providing the student with the truth behind the myth. Course Availability: July 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010 Target Audience: Family and Consumer Sciences agents with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Content: This course provides very basic, foundational information about what gerontology is, statistics, myths, and perceptions about aging in the U.S.
Course Availability: July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
Contact: Dr. LaVona Traywick, ltraywick@uaex.edu Target Audience: Extension personnel and volunteers who deliver educational presentations to a variety of adult audiences
Content: Learn about the seven keys of effective educational presentations and how to achieve them. This course addresses how to determine needs, design your presentation, use personal attributes to deliver your presentation with confidence, and evaluate your presentation.
Availability: April 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010
Contact: Lisa Ferris, lferris@uaex.edu
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