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Background Reading / References
Campbell, Dorothy M. and Linda Harris. 2001. Collaborative Theme Building: How Teachers Write Integrated Curriculum. Allyn and Bacon, Boston, Mass.
Friedman, Paul G. and Elaine Yarbrough. 1985. Training Strategies from Start to Finish. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Horton, William. Designing Web-Based Training. 2000. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
McDowell, George R. Land-Grant Universities and Extension in the 21st Century: Renegotiating or Abandoning a Social Contract. 2001. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa.
Posner, George, and Alan Rudnitsky. Course Design: A Guide to Curriculum Development for Teachers (6th Ed.) 2001. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., New York.
Wentling, Tim. Planning for Effective Training. 1993. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
Sustainable Ag Course-Curriculum Web Sites
Cooperative Extension Curriculum Project (CECP). Program / platform that we'll be integrating with to develop and host our national online course.
[ CECP Campus site with current course listings ]
Ecological Pest Management in Grapes. Online course for pest management professionals. UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.
University of Illinois Agroecology / Sustainable Agriculture Program Extension Training Modules (Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant)
• Modules Completed to Date
• Revised/Updated Sustainable Ag Overview Module
• Proposed New Look for Modules (not functional yet beyond this first page)
Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors. Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, UC Santa Cruz.
Enhancing Program Performance with Logic Models. Good example of online course from University of Wisconsin Extension.
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