Broaden your gardening knowledge using online continuing education
UC Master Gardener volunteers are not only educators but are life-long learners who regularly engage in growing their skills and gardening knowledge. Although the current circumstance surrounded COVID-19 has disrupted our in-person public events and affected our daily lives, it doesn't mean we can't continue learning. Sharpen your mind from the comfort of your own home with these online learning opportunities for the gardener in you.
Online Continuing Education Resources
Horticultural Topics:
1. eXtension Campus (no log on required but recommended to be able to access most courses)
a. UC Master Gardener Program Recorded Training - This course acts as a repository of UC and UCCE trainings and was put together as a response to COVID-19
b. eLearn Urban Forestry Citizen Forester
2. eXtension Learn (no log on required)
a. All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series
3. UC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
4. Oregon State University (log on and registration required)
5. Xerces Society
b. Monarch Butterfly Conservation: What Farmers and Ranchers Can Do to Help This Imperiled Species
c. Pollinators, Plants, and People
Volunteer Development Resources:
1. Extension Master Gardener Social Media Training
a. Module 1 Social Media Toolbox
b. Module 2 Building Online Community
2. University of California Implicit Bias Trainings
a. UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Implicit Bias YouTube series
b. UC Managing Implicit Bias Series
3. North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension
a. Civil Rights Training for Extension Volunteers and Advisory Group Members
Attend a training and enter your Hours
The amount of continuing education hours you enter should include the training and any supplemental reading you may be directed to complete as part of the training. All of the trainings suggested in this blog qualify for continuing education hours for UC Master Gardener Program volunteers.
Staying connected with one another is important during this time. Consider teaming up with a fellow volunteer to take the same training as you and then talk about what you learned after. Although we cannot be together at this time we can expand our knowledge and connect with each other through online learning opportunities!
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Home Survival in Wildfire-Prone Areas Design & Maintenance Considerations (Fire)
Maintaining an Existing Landscape (Drought Related)
Planning a Low Water Landscape (Drought Related)
Weed Management in the Landscape (Training Class)
Weeds (Training Class)
Diagnosing and Managing Arthropod Pests (Training Class)
Plant Identification- tools and techniques for learning how to identify plants (Training Class)
Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions (Climate Related)
Asian Citrus Psyllid for Backyard Growers (IPM)
Slugs and Snails (IPM)
Avocado Cankers and their Causes (IPM)
Avocado Root Rot Disease Management (IPM)
Laurel Wilt Disease (IPM)
Invasive Shot-hole Borer (IPM)
Home Survival in Wildfire-Prone Areas Design & Maintenance Considerations (Fire)
Maintaining an Existing Landscape (Drought Related)
Planning a Low Water Landscape (Drought Related)
Weeds (Training Class)
Weed Management in the Landscape (Training Class)
Control of Weeds in the Garden Landscape (Training Class)
Diagnosing and Managing Arthropod Pests (Training Class)
Plant Identification- tools and techniques for learning how to identify plants (Training Class)
Plant Propagation (Training Class)
Vertebrate Pest Management (Training Class)
Plant Diagnostics (Training Class)
Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions (Climate Related)
Asian Citrus Psyllid for Backyard Growers (IPM)
Slugs and Snails (IPM)
Avocado Cankers and their Causes (IPM)
Avocado Root Rot Disease Management (IPM)
Laurel Wilt Disease (IPM)
Invasive Shot-hole Borer (IPM)
Bee Gardening (Horticulture)
Container Gardening (Ornamentals)
Gardening in Crisis: An American Norm (General)
Creating an Oasis for Yourself and Others (General)
Home Survival in Wildfire-Prone Areas Design & Maintenance Considerations (Fire)
Maintaining an Existing Landscape (Drought Related)
Planning a Low Water Landscape (Drought Related)
Introduction to Horticulture (Training Class)
Weeds (Training Class)
Weed Management in the Landscape (Training Class)
Control of Weeds in the Garden Landscape (Training Class)
Diagnosing and Managing Arthropod Pests (Training Class)
Plant Identification- tools and techniques for learning how to identify plants (Training Class)
Plant Propagation (Training Class)
Vertebrate Pest Management (Training Class)
Plant Diagnostics (Training Class)
Entomology (Training Class)
Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions (Climate Related)
Asian Citrus Psyllid for Backyard Growers (IPM)
Slugs and Snails (IPM)
Avocado Cankers and their Causes (IPM)
Avocado Root Rot Disease Management (IPM)
Laurel Wilt Disease (IPM)
Invasive Shot-hole Borer (IPM)
Bee Gardening (Horticulture)
Container Gardening (Ornamentals)
Gardening in Crisis: An American Norm (General)
Creating an Oasis for Yourself and Others (General)
Posted by Anne E Schellman on March 27, 2020 at 11:15 AM