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Funding Program:
Enhancement Grants - Special Projects |
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Project Title:
wikiIPM: A Rich Internet Application to Support IPM Education and Training |
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Lead State: GA Lead Organization: University of Georgia |
| Undesignated Funding: $24,689 |
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Start Date: Jul-01-2007 End Date: Jun-30-2008 |
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Area of Emphasis: IPM education |
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Summary:
IPM is an information intensive system of management. Land Grant Universities have been and continue to be the driving force in the development and implementation of IPM in the US. US crops and natural systems have experienced increased peril as a result of the increase in the number of non-native (potential) pests introduced into the US through global trade. In response, USDA-APHIS, USDA-FS, and Land Grant Institutions have developed programs to help detect and try to mitigate the impact of these non-native pests. The National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) sponsored by USDA-CSREES is one of a number of programs developed by US federal, state and Land Grant Institutions to detect and help mitigate impacts of these unwanted invaders. NPDN is implemented primarily through regional programs, with the Southern Region Plant Diagnostic Network (SPDN) program housed at The University of Florida. Existing regional and state IPM programs have cooperated and collaborated with, and in many cases, have been active in implementation of NPDN programs on matters relevant to both program missions. The University of Georgia, Bugwood Network maintains 15 web-based informational and image-archive systems with a mission of gathering, creating, maintaining and promoting the use of, and distributing digital information as tools to enhance and support educational activities in entomology, IPM, forestry, forest health and natural resource management. Several years ago, Bugwood pioneered development of a high resolution digital image archive that made digital images available to educators at no cost. These archives have evolved into the web-accessible Forestry Images and IPMImages systems that are based on a fully-relational taxonomic database and that enables users to select from over 55,000 images that can be downloaded for use in educational programs. In 2006, Forestry Images and IPMImages received 53 million hits and served 23.2 million pages of information to 5.3 million users. Bugwood and the Florida SPDN Center partnered in 2005 on a three year SR-IPM project to: a) expand the images available in IPMImages, and b) develop more effective image tools and linkages between these programs. This SR-IPM Capstone project wikiIPM: A Rich Internet Application to support IPM Education and Training will build upon the successes of this project. In this project, we will: 1) evaluate and build-upon the existing information available in the SPDN and Bugwood web systems; 2) develop and provide Rich Internet Application (RIA) tools that will enable IPM and SPDN educators to build educational fact sheets, newsletters and AG Alerts from information and images available on and through the SPDN and Bugwood systems; and 3) provide mechanisms that will enable educators to deliver locally-adapted educational resources to users through SPDN and state-level IPM information delivery systems. The initial target applications will be Fact Sheets and AG Alerts that will be developed for use in SPDN entomology and pathology educational and training materials.
Objectives: A. Develop wikiIPM (a website that allows visitors to add, remove, and otherwise edit and change content [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki]) for a select group of state and regional IPM specialists B. Develop templates for short fact sheets, bulletins and pest alerts (1-4 pages) C. Build rich internet application (web applications that have the features and functionality of traditional desktop applications [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Internet_application]) that allows users to select content from wikiIPM and images from IPMimages to develop custom publications (fact sheets, bulletin, pest alerts) using predesigned templates and tag this content based on distribution, commodity and discipline focus D. Generate pdfs, Microsoft Word docs, and HTML versions of these publications E. Develop RSS or web feeds to syndicate content allowing other web sites to subscribe to feeds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29) |
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Outcomes A. Develop wikiIPM ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki]) for a select group of state and regional IPM specialists We used Wikipedias MediaWiki. We changed the name to BugwoodWiki rather than using the name wikiIPM to enable us to include a wider range of subjects and projects than IPM. B. Develop templates for short fact sheets, bulletins and pest alerts (1-4 pages) Because of the unique nature of each of The Centers projects, we chose to develop templates and web-products on a project by project basis since each project has some unique criteria. The templates and project needs and approaches were discussed fact-to-face at the 2007 SPDN Regional meeting in Blacksburg, VA as well as on at least two teleconferences of the SPDN Education/Training committee develop templates for use in publication application. C. Build rich internet application (web applications that have the features and functionality of traditional desktop applications [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Internet_application]) that allows users to select content from wikiIPM and images from IPMimages to develop custom publications (fact sheets, bulletin, pest alerts) using predesigned template. We decided to use Wikipedias MediaWiki because: 1) we see it as a standard for Wikis; 2) it is well supported and has the benefit of having wide-use; and 3) it is very likely to be used in the future as well as upgraded, all of which are important for future uses. However, this MediaWiki has limited RIA features but we developed a number of extensions that enables the user to easily include images from IPMImages and we were able to enhance the Edit Toolbar. D. Generate pdfs, Microsoft Word docs, and HTML versions of these publications We built custom extensions using MediaWiki that are available through the sidebar to easily enable the user to accomplish these tasks. E. Develop RSS or web feeds to syndicate content allowing other web sites to subscribe to feeds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29) RSS exists for recent changes to the Wiki Traffic on BugwoodWiki http://wiki.bugwood.org/ November 2007 through November 2008 Month Page Views Visits Hits November, 2007 0 0 0 December, 2007 6,778 80 13,148 January, 2008 8,437 134 14,905 February, 2008 20,225 677 25,586 March, 2008 59,061 18,363 70,781 April, 2008 74,712 27,333 87,055 May, 2008 90,106 27,978 111,772 June, 2008 82,998 23,636 109,615 July, 2008 112,624 29,989 158,537 August, 2008 115,682 27,461 155,911 September, 2008 74,373 16,436 121,836 October, 2008 133,447 13,730 223,174 November, 2008 165,122 15,170 303,703 Yearly Totals: 943,565 200,987 1,396,023 Off-shoots of this Capstone Project include: 1. Urban Forest Inventory Pest Early Detection (IPED): A comprehensive protocol for detecting, identifying, evaluating, and reporting pests and diseases that threaten urban forests. BugwoodWiki will host the online resources 2. National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) First Detector Training Materials: A list of pests, diseases, and weeds that the National Plant Diagnostic Network Education and Training Committee is creating factsheets and Power Point materials for. They will be use by first detectors and other educators. 3. Diagnostician's Cookbook: An effort to compile standard recipes and techniques used by plant diagnosticians and make them available in one central location. BugwoodWiki will provide the platform for this effort and Bugwood Personnel will facilitate the delivery of this information to other access points including the Regional websites. 4. Southeast Vegetable Extension Workers (SEVEW), a group of about 40 extension specialists from 12 S.E. US Land-Grant universities working on vegetable crop production and pest management in Entomology, Horticulture, Plant Pathology and Weed Science. We are providing them a space for their group to communicate and collaborate. One such collaboration is a FAQ page for Downy Mildew of Cucurbits: http://wiki.bugwood.org/Pseudoperonospora_cubensis_(downy_mildew_of_cucurbits)/FAQ. 5. Georgia IPM: The site for Georgia IPM (www.gaipm.org) has been transferred into the BugwoodWiki. This includes the following publications: - Insect and Disease Identification Guide for IPM in the Southeast - Pecan Pest Management Handbook - Weevils and Borers. A County Agent's Guide to Insects Important to Agriculture in Georgia - Winter School Top Fifty Agricultural Insect Pests and Their Damage Sessions 6. High Plains IPM: BugwoodWiki is slated to be the new home for the High Plains IPM site in early 2009. 7. Selected Fact Sheets from Extension Services at: - University of Florida - University of Tennessee - Virginia Tech have been transferred into and are available through Bugwood Wiki. 8. Other items: A. Full integration of the Bugwood Image Archive with BugwoodWiki has been developed and made operational that allow for image use with citation and the importation of certain information (such as taxonomy) from the database by authors. B. Provided 4 online and 3 in person trainings/meetings to help or encourage people to use the wiki. 1. Online trainings: a. LaForest, J.H. How to use a Wiki . Bugwood Online Training Series. April 24, 2008. 6 people. b. LaForest, J.H. How to use a Wiki . Bugwood Online Training Series. May 7, 2008. 4 people. c. LaForest, J.H. How to use a Wiki . Bugwood Online Training Series. May 14, 2008. 7 people. d. LaForest, J.H. Master Gardener First Detector Resources A Partnership with the Bugwood Network. National Plant Diagnostic Network First Detector Training. October 16, 2008. 70 people. 2. In Person trainings: a. LaForest, J.H. Using the Wiki as an Educational Tool in Ornamentals. Kanuga Ornamentals Conference. September 25, 2008. 75 people. b. LaForest, J.H. Bugwood Wiki Authorship Opportunities for NPDN Educational Materials. Southern Plant Diagnostic Network Regional Meeting. October 21, 2008. 10 people. c. LaForest, J.H. Creating the Diagnosticians Cookbook. Southern Plant Diagnostic Network Regional Meeting. October 23, 2008. 40 people. |
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