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:
- March 3 and 5, 2009
- Format:
- Seminar
- More:
- Help Build Extension's Public Value!
Business Retention & Expansion Strategies: Online Consultant Class
- Who:
- Economic and community development professionals; local leaders; community development educators and consultants
- What:
- Gives you the training and tools that you need to coach a community through a successful business retention and expansion visitation program.
- When:
- Contact instructors
- Format:
- Class
- More:
- Business Retention & Expansion Strategies
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:
- Families with Teens
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:
- Families in Tough Times
Parents Forever Online Train the Trainer Course
- Who:
- Professionals who want to teach the "Parents Forever" curriculum or use it in their work with families.
- What:
- Includes "The Impact of Divorce on Adults," "The Impact of Divorce on Children," "Legal Issues and Mediation," "Money Issues and the Cost of Raising Children," "Pathways to a New Life."
- When:
- On demand
- Format:
- Self-learning
- More:
- Parents Forever
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
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
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
