The Google Earth Pro Pilot

This ePub documents an integrative model that Extension professionals can use to restructure existing curriculum or create new curriculum using Geographic information system (GIS) Google Earth Pro (GEP) to create land management plans that are technologically innovative and can serve audiences online, face to face, or in a format that combines virtual and in-person learning.


Attribution
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Meet the author
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Acknowledgments
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Executive Summary
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Part 1: Introduction
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Innovating Extension Curriculum
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Google Earth Pro Pilot History
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Rationale to Remake the GEP Course as Innovative Online Curriculum
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Part 2: Innovating the GEP Online Extension Curriculum
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The Process of Innovation
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Tools to Create Innovative Content for the GEP Online Extension Course
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Storyboarding
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Video
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360-Degree Imagery
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The Phases Leading to Our Innovative GEP Online Extension Course
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Phase 1: Issue Identification
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Phase 2: Building the Project Team
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Phase 3: Course Design
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Phase 4: Development
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Additional Phases
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Part 3: Partners and Leadership Development
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Partners
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Leadership Development
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Part 4: Impact and Reflection
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Results and Outcomes Related to the GEP Online Extension Course
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Lessons Learned
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Assumptions Going into the GEP Online Extension Curriculum Project
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Important Things to Know Before You Begin
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Part 4: Next Steps
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