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Cooperative Extension Curriculum Project. A project of the Cooperative Extension Southern Region Program Leadership Network. CECP Concept.
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Cooperative Extension Curriculum Project A project of the Cooperative Extension Southern Region Program Leadership Network World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004
CECP Concept • There is a critical need to recruit, train and retain skilled, knowledgeable Extension professionals that have a passion for non-formal, community-based education. • Work is underway to create a multi-state professional development system for Extension in 14 southern states. World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004
CECP Concept • The intent of the project is to increase the quality of training while using human and financial resources more efficiently. • More specifically, extension professionals across the 14-state southern region will collaborate to produce non-duplicative learning modules within an online Content Management System. World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004
CECP Outlook Short-term: An online environment for regional development and sharing of in-service training materials for Extension county agents. Long-term: A national learning management system within a much larger effort to leverage the Web for all Extension–“e-Extension” World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004
CECP Interim System World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004
CECP Process Module is Edited & Placed in CECP Team Develops module Module is Peer Reviewed World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004
CECP Characteristics • Local / state identity and branding preserved • Universal point of access • Easy and seamless access to information that includes a common look and feel • Materials will be modular and shareable across participating states. • Process will be in place to support reviewed and non-reviewed materials World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004
CECP Current Status • CECP is a project of the Southern Region Program Leadership Network. • A steering committee to oversee CECP has been created. • Module development is being coordinated by program area: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Family & Consumer Sciences, Communications & Information Technology. • Module development should begin in earnest in September. World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004
So what doe CECP mean for Aquaculture? • Extension professionals who are consistently trained with the “best of the best” information. • Reduced duplication of work resulting in professionals with more time to help clientele. • Better coordination among faculty within their professions. World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004
For more information, see: http://srpln.msstate.edu/cecp/ World Aquaculture Society, March 4, 2004