Knowledge Sharing Innovation

Project summary

Interactive Web site to educate visitors of the Augusta Springs center, a U.S. Forest Service wetlands and conservation education center on the North River Ranger District, George Washington National Forest.

www.AugustaSprings.org

Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech, Virginia

 

The objective of this project was to develop an interactive Web site to educate visitors of the Augusta Springs center. The Web site is meant to facilitate on-line scheduling and communication with local school groups and enable school groups to prepare volunteers who lead groups through the center. The site also allows approved users (educators, teachers, etc.) to add their own content to share through this Web site.

Informational and training materials to be used for remote training workshops.

Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) Training for Eastern United States

The Nature Conservancy, Indiana

 

The objective of this project was to develop informational and training materials to be used for remote CWMA training workshops in Eastern US through two on-line training sessions and one teleconference.

A community of practice for the Northeastern Minnesota Forest Products Action Team and the regional wood products industry using a variety of means.

Demonstration of a Community of Practice to Enhance Economic Development

Northeast Minnesota (NE MN) Forestry Industry, Minnesota

 

The objective of this project was to develop a community of practice for the NE MN Forest Products Action Team and the regional wood products industry using Web-pages, on-line plant visit reporting forms, Web-based seminars, chat rooms, e-newsletters, and archives as tools to accomplish sustainable economic development of the wood products industry in NE MN.

An interactive educational program for school districts to inform teachers, students and parents about the issues facing the Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest.

Forest Resources and Ecology: A Distance Education Network Model

Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin

 

The primary objective of this project was to develop an interactive educational program using the Interactive Television (ITV) technology for seven Nicolet Distance Education Network (NDEN) school districts to inform teachers, students and parents about the issues facing the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. The goal was to prepare students and teachers for hands-on conservation education projects by developing their skills to address forest issues and enabling them to share their knowledge and lessons learned through ITV and NDEN Web site.

A multimedia online learning network focused on native plant conservation and restoration.

Native Plants Learning Network: Propagating restoration through technology

The Nature Conservancy, Michigan

 

The objective of this project was to develop a multimedia online learning network focused on native plant conservation and restoration. The goal was to maximize relevant information sharing while minimizing time and travel by using interactive information technology such as video-conferences, Web sites and Web chats.

An interactive Web site that provides a forum for Place-Based education models.

Promise of Place Interactive Web site

Shelburne Farms and Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont

 

The objective of this project was to develop an interactive Web site, Promise of Place, to serve as a forum for sharing curriculum, best practices and other information regarding place-based education models that address natural resource related issues in the northeast.

A Web site to carry on informed dialog and develop community-based solutions to the problems of local wildlife.

Sustaining White-tailed Deer and Forests: An Electronic Resource Center

Cooperative Extension, University of Georgia, Georgia

 

A year-long effort to develop and market a single Web site to help communities around national forests facing deer overabundance to carry on informed dialog and develop solutions.

A community of practice for the inspection of historic wood structures.

Web-based Learning and Technology Transfer of Inspection Methods for Historic Wood Structures

Natural Resource Research Institute (NRRI), University of Minnesota, Minnesota

 

The objective of this project was to develop a community of practice for the inspection of historic wood structures using Web pages, Web-based seminars, video-streaming, chat rooms, e-newsletters, a marketplace and archives to provide direct assistance to owners of historic wood structures enabling better inspections, maintenance and safety of these structures. As a subset of this project, the project team conducted a Webinar for the City of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina. The City of New Orleans contacted Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and NRRI for information that could be used to train building inspectors about the specific problems associated with flooded wood-frame homes and other buildings. The FPL and U of MN prepared and completed a Web-based seminar that New Orleans inspectors accessed via computer.