It is time to reflect our historic ability to come together to design multi-institutional programming. ADEC needs a clear, concise statement of purpose. The ADEC strategic plan to develop distance education delivery of educational programs is on the right track. This task force proposes that Extension educational materials, including online educational programs, be peer reviewed. This means they would be shared and recognized by peers and colleagues.
Recognition is a component.
A peer reviewed course is more likely to be recognized and used. But, we need to develop a rigorous, refereed peer review system for educational products. Colleagues from many state land grants do the same thing over and over. We can be efficient and promote quality. We need to get away from the redundancy.