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Educational Media and Communications Support
Plan Goals
To develop educational media in support of state specialists' educational and outreach goals. Media may include video, multimedia programs, games and print materials.
- Owner
- Jeanne Gleason
Impact Reports
Web Support
NMSU Media Productions Web and Programming Group provide important programming and web resources for ACES, NMSU administration and NMSU in general, including NMSU systemwide branding support and web maintenance, social media maintenance on Facebook and twitter, server maintenance, tech support, interface support, and database and web support for various departments and committees. Staff also helps maintain departmental and program listservs and manage domains for websites (grant and college sites), assist with game and application testing, and provide programming support to multimedia projects including game and app development.
NMSU Media Productions Web and Programming Group provide important programming and web resources for ACES, NMSU administration and NMSU in general, including NMSU systemwide branding support and web maintenance, social media maintenance on Facebook and twitter, server maintenance, tech support, interface support, and database and web support for various departments and committees. Staff also helps maintain departmental and program listservs and manage domains for websites (grant and college sites), assist with game and application testing, and provide programming support to multimedia projects including game and app development.
Outreach: Social Media
NMSU Media Productions staff members have distributed work through many channels to reach as many audiences as possible. Close to 200 videos have been provide for distribution via iTunes U from the Ag Communications Video Library and Repository. Media Productions staff continues to populate the private side of iTunes with our videos for access by faculty and students when logged into the teaching side of the application. Media Productions staff routinely distributes its materials on its many project websites, but also through popular social media, professional and networking sites such as YouTube, iTunesU, Facebook, Twitter, and Veezyon.
NMSU Media Productions staff members have distributed work through many channels to reach as many audiences as possible. Close to 200 videos have been provide for distribution via iTunes U from the Ag Communications Video Library and Repository. Media Productions staff continues to populate the private side of iTunes with our videos for access by faculty and students when logged into the teaching side of the application. Media Productions staff routinely distributes its materials on its many project websites, but also through popular social media, professional and networking sites such as YouTube, iTunesU, Facebook, Twitter, and Veezyon.
International Outreach: Iraq Capacity Building for Iraq’s Ministry of Agriculture Communications Programs
Dr. Jeanne Gleason presented a workshop, July 25-29, 2011, “Communications techniques to enhance higher education” to several Iraqi extension and communication professionals on strengthening their video and educational media capabilities. This training was part of the continued Iraq Agricultural Revitalization project and training program, which first began in 2008.
Dr. Jeanne Gleason presented a workshop, July 25-29, 2011, “Communications techniques to enhance higher education” to several Iraqi extension and communication professionals on strengthening their video and educational media capabilities. This training was part of the continued Iraq Agricultural Revitalization project and training program, which first began in 2008.
Multimedia Production: Treadsylvania Game
The National 4-H organization in partnership with SVIA-Specialty Vehicle Institute of America, partnered with Media productions to create a game that encourages youth (10-18 years old) to engage in safe behavior and appropriate choices when given an opportunity to ride an ATV. Priority in the design process was to create a game that is so entertaining, users will choose to play it even when not specifically seeking ATV safety-related information or when directed to play by an adult. In addition, it should be appealing to youth, even those who would not identify themselves as interested in ATVs or likely to own one. The game is complete and freely available at http://www.atv-youth.org/. After being placed on Kongregate, an online download site for gamers, in 2011, the game had almost 25,000 plays.
The National 4-H organization in partnership with SVIA-Specialty Vehicle Institute of America, partnered with Media productions to create a game that encourages youth (10-18 years old) to engage in safe behavior and appropriate choices when given an opportunity to ride an ATV. Priority in the design process was to create a game that is so entertaining, users will choose to play it even when not specifically seeking ATV safety-related information or when directed to play by an adult. In addition, it should be appealing to youth, even those who would not identify themselves as interested in ATVs or likely to own one. The game is complete and freely available at http://www.atv-youth.org/. After being placed on Kongregate, an online download site for gamers, in 2011, the game had almost 25,000 plays.
Multimedia Production: Virtual Labs
Grant Title: Recruitment and Retention of a Diverse Population of Food Safety Students Using Market Research for Enhanced Programs and Growing and Improving the Great Plains Institute of Food Safety
In partnership with North Dakota and South Dakota Universities, project members intend to expand student numbers and involvement in food safety by increasing numbers of graduates in baccalaureate degrees in the food and agricultural sciences. To do that, the main project objectives are to:
-Attract and attain new population demographics for our programs
-Develop high quality, multimedia-enhanced curriculum tools encouraging retention in the food safety programs
-Train instructors to better utilize online tools and integrated curriculum
-Engage in evaluation strategies measuring participants’ change in knowledge, observed behavior, and program usability
This project is funded by USDA’s Higher Education Challenge grant program. Researchers have developed four virtual lab modules on corn mold, disposable lab equipment, gram staining and microscope familiarity, and a website to help distribute material (http://virtuallab.nmsu.edu/).
Four, web-based virtual lab modules on Corn Mold, Disposable Lab Equipment, Gram Staining and Microscope familiarity) and a website (http://virtuallab.nmsu.edu/) to promote and distribute material, have been created.
The video unit us arranging professional narration and cutting audio clips that will be used in four animated Web programs.
Grant Title: Recruitment and Retention of a Diverse Population of Food Safety Students Using Market Research for Enhanced Programs and Growing and Improving the Great Plains Institute of Food Safety
In partnership with North Dakota and South Dakota Universities, project members intend to expand student numbers and involvement in food safety by increasing numbers of graduates in baccalaureate degrees in the food and agricultural sciences. To do that, the main project objectives are to:
-Attract and attain new population demographics for our programs
-Develop high quality, multimedia-enhanced curriculum tools encouraging retention in the food safety programs
-Train instructors to better utilize online tools and integrated curriculum
-Engage in evaluation strategies measuring participants’ change in knowledge, observed behavior, and program usability
This project is funded by USDA’s Higher Education Challenge grant program. Researchers have developed four virtual lab modules on corn mold, disposable lab equipment, gram staining and microscope familiarity, and a website to help distribute material (http://virtuallab.nmsu.edu/).
Four, web-based virtual lab modules on Corn Mold, Disposable Lab Equipment, Gram Staining and Microscope familiarity) and a website (http://virtuallab.nmsu.edu/) to promote and distribute material, have been created.
The video unit us arranging professional narration and cutting audio clips that will be used in four animated Web programs.