Extension service goes online into communities
COLUMBIA – To minimize the spread of COVID-19, University of Missouri Extension faculty and staff have found ways to serve learners and deliver programs.
Within days of program suspension, MU Extension launched a statewide COVID-19 resources website – extension2.missouri.edu/covid-19-resources-public – to help Missouri families, communities, businesses and workers navigate the pandemic and response. This centralized hub collects reliable and carefully sourced content from MU Extension and elsewhere, MU information states.
When Chelsea Corkins, an engagement specialist in 4-H youth development, heard face-to-face programming would be suspended, she took this position: “We are educators. We are not going to stop educating. So, what do we do next?”
“Next” involved a brainstorming session with Blake Gazaway, Velynda Cameron and other 4-H specialists across the state. They created a nine-week plan for Missouri youth that includes brief daily lessons via Zoom on a variety of topics; 30…