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20055.5 Million Users (1-year old)
#1 Reference Site (4-years old)
#1 Search (9-years old)
20055.5 Million Users (1-year old)
#1 Reference Site (4-years old)
#1 Search (9-years old)
20151.23 Billion+ Monthly Users
31+ Million Articles495+ Million Monthly Users76K+ Volunteers
Android #1 Mobile Operating System
7-Years Old1 Trillion Downloads
2020Social “Telecom” Utility
User-Generated Content Advocacy
Web as Computer
10 Million Apps
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(Pictured from left to right)• Dennis Calvin, Pennsylvania State University, Chair• Jason Henderson, Purdue University• Doug Steele, Texas A&M University• Fred Schlutt, University of Alaska, Secretary• Vernon Jones, Langston University, Vice Chair/Treasurer
(Not pictured)• Jane Clary Loveless, ex-officio, non-voting, USDA-NIFA• Jane Schuchardt, ex-officio, non-voting, ECOP
Board of Directors
We believeExtension professionals are catalysts for putting research-based knowledge into action
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We believeWe can increase Extension professionals’ ability to deliver a visible and measureable impact, locally and system wide
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What we will do • Increase CES professionals’
effectiveness in addressing issues of importance
• Foster innovation in developing solutions and methods of work
• Advance the measurable impact of their work for the public good
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How we will do itBy helping agents, educators, faculty and specialists do their work more effectively and efficiently using people, resources and tools within the Cooperative Extension System
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How exactly • i-Three issue corps
– New methods for addressing critical issues
• i-Three innovation lab– Exploring applications in Extension
• i-Three rapid solutions– Prototyping and professional
development for fast, effective impact12/9/2015
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Role of Communities • Continue their vital role• Be an integral part of the i-Three
strategy– Work in the Lab– Be part of the Corps– Develop rapid solutions
• Use, and help create, new tools and services
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Role with USDA-NIFA • New Technologies for Ag Extension
(NTAE) eXtension: Catalyzing Innovation Through the Cooperative Extension System 2015-2019
• Systematic connection to grantees• Support for emerging issues to work
with eXtension to increase impact12/9/2015
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High-Quality CES Workforce
• Increase knowledge aligned with CES priority issues
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Strategic Partners
• Increase state digital capacity• Increase pipeline of innovations
with successful applications for CES
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i-Three LabJerry Thomas, Ph.D.
Fellows
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• MakersP. Hill, Utah State University
• Citizen ScienceK. Stofer, University of Florida
• Internet of ThingsJ. Hino, Oregon State Univesity
Innovation Projects
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• MappingS.Bradt, University of New Hampshire
• Personalized Learning G. Shelle, Michigan State University
• Micro LearningH. Whittaker, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
• Virtual Communication B. Koch, B. Bertsch, North Dakota State University
Innovation Projects
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• Spark LabM. Light, Ohio State University
• Forest Farming Citizen ScienceJ. Munsell, Virginia Tech
• Virtual RealityJ. Peutz, B. Cleveley, L. Wahl, U. Idaho
• Mobile AppH. Rader, University of Alaska
• Augmented RealityH. Wallace, E. Tipton, U. Tennessee
Join us!• Vote for the i-Three issue Corp• Apply for the i-Three innovation Lab• See measureable impact with the
Corp’s Rapid Solutions
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Rapid Ideas on Twitter
What do you want to learn in 15 minutes that will help you utilize learning technology?
#OSUEXTCON
Next Steps• Participate in the Impact Statement
Writing course produced at OSU (free for members)
• January/March – apply for a funded Innovation Fellowship or Project (for premium members)
• March 22-25 Join us for our first i-Three event in San Antonio
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The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action.
— Philip Sydney
