1. Best Practices in On-line Learning eXtension: HorseQuest Betsy Greene, Ph.D. PAS University of Vermont

2. HorseQuest Community of Practice in eXtension –Extension Equine Specialists, Educators, Field Faculty, etc. with horse responsibilities Components of the site –Utilizing existing material –Efficient/effective ways of working Usage tracking –Who is using it when?

3. Components of HorseQuest Basic Information FAQs Learning Modules Web Chats (tonight) News Hot Topics

6. Techniques to Convert Existing Materials to Web Existing pubs posted Best of the best Basic information Incorporation of materials/knowledge into Learning Modules Collaboration/collegiality/trust

7. Examples of Current Activities Quarterly Web Chats –Group sets topics in face to face meetings –Experts are chosen/volunteer (3-4) –Materials are put up on web for pre-reading –One facilitator –Survey Evaluation post chat How well does it work?

9. Learning Modules Condition Scoring Your Horse Horse Owner Survival Horse Survival Green Acres Enjoying Your Horse Topics Chosen Based on FAQ Responses

12. Refresher… R = correlation coefficient - or - the measure of how well two variables (e.g. month # and area under the curve) fit. (September ’06 – May ’07) R 2 = (e.g. =.9409) = how much variability of data is explained by equation. (in the next case ~94% is explained by the month…i.e. good fit!)

13. Unique Visitors (P<.001)

14. Number of Visits (P<.001)

15. Most View Sites

16. Hours of Day: Pages Viewed

17. “Area Under the Curve” - Pages (P<.001)

18. Hours of Day: Hits

19. Area Under the Curve - Hits (P<.001)

20. Questions?