Learn Online
Learning from Extension is as close as your computer. Check out these online offerings.
Agriculture |
Community |
Environment |
Family, Food & Housing |
Garden |
Youth
Agriculture
Horse Extension Webinars
- Who:
- Horse owners
- What:
- Seminar topics for horse owners
- When:
- Quarterly
- Format:
- Seminar; on-demand recordings of past seminars
- More:
- Horse Extension Webinar Library
Introduction to Animal Agriculture
- Who:
- New agribusiness staff; 4-H youth
- What:
- Brief orientation to Swine, Dairy, Beef, Crops, Manure, and Poultry agriculture
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Introduction to Animal Agriculture (Videos)
FINPACK Online Training
- Who:
- Producers and agricultural professionals
- What:
- Learn how to use every aspect of the Web-based FINPACK farm financial planning and analysis software.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- FINPACK Training
Healthy Bees: A Course for Keeping Bees Healthy
- Who:
- Beekeepers
- What:
- Learn about healthy bees and strategies you can use to keep them that way — with minimum or no use of pesticides and antibiotics.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Healthy Bees
PORKcast Online Seminars
- Who:
- Pork production managers and owners
- What:
- Quarterly seminars provide management information to pork production managers and owners.
- When:
- Quarterly
- Format:
- Seminar; on-demand recordings of past seminars
- More:
- PorkCast
Community
Building Extension's Public Value
- Who:
- Train-the-Trainer for Extension professionals interested in conducting "Building Extension's Public Value" workshops for Extension staff in their own states
- What:
- Extension programs create public value when they benefit the greater community. Nationwide, participants have learned how their programs create public value and how to communicate this value to key stakeholders.
- When:
- To Be Announced
- Format:
- Seminar
- More:
- Help Build Extension's Public Value!
Environment
Natural Resource Learning Modules
- Who:
- Landowners
- What:
- Interactive learning modules cover forestry and wildlife topics to help you better understand and/or manage your natural resources.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- National Learning Center for Private Forest and Range Landowners
Family, Food & Housing
Alcohol Use on Campus
- Who:
- Any parent of a college student or soon-to-be college student
- What:
- Addresses the risks associated with young people’s binge drinking during the college years. Provides statistics, tips for talking about alcohol, comments from parents and college students, online discussion opportunities, and a list of available resources.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Alcohol Use on Campus
Dealing with Stress: A Web-based Educational Series
- Who:
- Any person working in agriculture who is experiencing stress
- What:
- Helps you understand what stress is and identify stress in your lives that you can change. Offers information, tools, and additional resources to build skills to better manage the physical, emotional, and attitudinal effects of stress. Also helps to develop skills to change what you do, how you think, and how you face conflict so that you have less stress in your lives.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Dealing with Stress: A Web-based Educational Series
Family Mealtime Online Course
- Who:
- Any person raising children
- What:
- Free online course that reviews the benefits of eating meals together as a family and tips for getting started.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Family Mealtime Online Course
Renter 101: Your Money — Your Housing — Your Time
- Who:
- Any person currently (or looking at) living in a rental unit
- What:
- Free online course that helps renters better navigate the rental process. Looks at how to better manage resources to pay rent, choose and apply for affordable housing, communicate effectively, maintain a home, and more.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Renter 101: Your Money- Your Housing- Your Time
Invest NOW: Money in Retirement
- Who:
- Any person needing help understanding investment and retirement
- What:
- Helps select the best investments for you, find money to invest, better understand retirement plans/IRAs/Social Security, and more. Narrated presentations, activities, self-assessments, and resources.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Invest NOW: Money in Retirement
Parents Forever Online Course for Parents
- Who:
- Parents who are getting divorcing, separating, or going through another family transition
- What:
- Comprehensive online course that teaches parents valuable skills and tools to reduce the effects of the family transition on their children and themselves. Meets all 25 minimum standards required by Minnesota Statute 518.157 for Minnesota court-ordered education.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Parents Forever Online Course for Parents
Parents Forever Online Course for Trainers
- Who:
- Professionals who want to teach the "Parents Forever" curriculum or use it in their work with families
- What:
- Reviews the five content areas of the Parents Forever curriculum: The Impact of Divorce on Adults, The Impact of Divorce on Children, Legal Issues and Mediation, Money Issues and the Cost of Raising Children, and Pathways to a New Life. Provides tips and tools for teaching the curriculum.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Parents Forever Online Course for Trainers
Serve It Up Safely On-Line
- Who:
- Certified food managers, food service workers, managers, volunteers, health care workers, health educators, dietary managers, and dietitians
- What:
- Food safety training — It is interactive, using videos, quizzes and case studies to keep you engaged as you move through the modules. You even get the kinds of takeaways you receive at an in-person training; there are tip sheets and resources to download throughout the training. Choose from 8 modules; take the full course or 1 module. Meets Minnesota’s Certification renewal requirement.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Serve it up Safely On-Line Course
Food Preservation Mini Module Series
- Who:
- Consumers, youth and adults
- What:
- Fifteen home food preservation mini-modules. These 5 - 10 minutes presentations feature topics on the how's and why's of safely preserving food at home. Appropriate for youth and adults. 4-H leaders, youth and judges will find guideline, age and skill level ideas and project standards for food preservation projects.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Food Safety
TAP Series ONLINE Food Safety Manager Certification
- Who:
- Workers in restaurants, grocery store delis, resort and hotel kitchens, and other food service establishments
- What:
- Satisfies the education requirement for Food Manager Certification.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- TAP Series ONLINE Food Safety Manager Certification
Garden
HORT 1003 Master Gardener Core Course: Horticulture for the Home and Garden
- Who:
- Prospective Master Gardener volunteers; horticulture professionals; garden enthusiasts
- What:
- To become a Master Gardener, you first must enroll and be accepted in your local county Extension program. Contact your county Extension office. Upon acceptance in your home county, you then take the Master Gardener Core Course.
- When:
- Annually from mid-January through early May; registration deadline: December 31st
- Format:
- Class
- More:
- Become a Master Gardener
Youth
Youth Work Matters
- Who:
- Adults who work with or on behalf of youth
- What:
- This online course takes an in-depth exploration into the foundational research and theories of positive youth development. Explore, wrestle and produce resources and skills for working with youth. The content comes from real youth work experience and strong research-based material, including the basic youth needs, ecological context, assets and resiliency, and experiential learning.
Both interactive and self-paced learning.
- When:
- Next class Spring 2011
- Format:
- Class
- More:
- Youth Work Matters Online
New Directions for Youth Development
- Who:
- Youth work professionals
- What:
- Connects the newest knowledge with needed changes in practices and policies.
- When:
- Bimonthly (every two months)
- Format:
- Seminars; on-demand recordings of past seminars
- More:
- New Directions for Youth Development Webinars
Youth Work Matters
- Who:
- Youth work professionals; volunteers or short-term staff members
- What:
- Gives you opportunities to think critically about working with youth; learn about the research and theories of healthy youth development; connect theory and research to actual practice with youth; reflect on and apply lessons learned to practice with youth.
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Youth Work Matters
