Distance Learning Tools - Definitions, Videos and Examples:
Blogs
Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Click here for a short video called “Blogs in Plain English” http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs
UNHCE Blog Examples:
UNHCE 4-H Gazette: http://extension.unh.edu/blogs/gazette/
UNHCE Professional Development Blog: http://extension.unh.edu/blogs/pd/
UNHCE Extension Update: http://extension.unh.edu/blogs/extupdate/
UNHCE Distance Learning Blog: http://extension.unh.edu/blogs/itde/archives/cat_distance_learning.html
Wikis
Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Click here for a short video called “Wikis in Plain English” http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
UNHCE Wikis Examples:
UNHCE Master Gardener Training http://mastergardenerclass.pbwiki.com/FrontPage?doneLogin=8eb417523a4be133083bc1a5d8e7601a4cffe8cd
eXtension’s Communities of Practice. View the categories at: http://www.extension.org/main/communities
Oregon Sea Grant Bibliography: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/wiki/bibliography/index.php/Main_Page
Shift Happens (on globalization and technology in the 21st century) :http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/
PodCasts
Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast
Click here for a short video called “Podcasting in Plain English” http://www.commoncraft.com/podcasting
UNHCE Podcasts Examples:
UNHCE Merrimack County Podcast featuring Thom Linehan and Sadie Puglisi http://extension.unh.edu/blogs/merrimack/podcasts/merrimack-002.mp3
UNHCE Profiles in Extension Series: http://extension.unh.edu/blogs/profiles/ (This includes links to several Podcasts, introducing UNHCE staff.)
UNHCE Merrimack County Podcasts: http://extension.unh.edu/blogs/merrimack/