2013 4-H Science e-Academy

Join us to participate in an interactive, online training opportunity to learn how to train volunteers and community partners in 4-H Science programs.

e-Academy Educational Highlights

• Participants will come away with the knowledge they need to train volunteers and community partners in 4-H Science programs.
• Subject matter experts, from across the country, will lead you through more than 22 hours of interactive learning sessions.
• Educators from within 4-H Science will make themselves available to answer questions and share their valuable experience and expertise. 

What is the E in e-Academy?

Simply put, the E reflects the use of the Internet for a specific activity. Many of you remember the emergence of electronic mail or e-mail and how it has changed our lives. This E-Academy reflects the evolving paradigm of providing professional development utilizing educational technologies and the Internet.

Keys Terms and Phrases

• E-learning is the computer and network-enabled transfer of skills and knowledge
• Blended learning is education that combines face-to-face classroom methods with computer-mediated activities
• Differentiated instruction - is a framework or philosophy for effective teaching that involves providing students with different avenues to acquiring content; to processing, constructing, or making sense of ideas
• Synchronous learning a group of people learning the same thing at the same time
• Asynchronous learning is learning outside the constraints of time and place