GROUNDBREAKING WEB SITE NEW RESOURCE FOR CONSUMERS

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System and its two land-grant universities, Alabama A&M and Auburn, are key partners in a groundbreaking new Web site, eXtension.org, being launched this week.

eXtension.org, will be a gateway to answering many of life

Consumers will find the site easy to navigate. eXtension currently has 16 resource areas called Communities of Practice. Each is typically a multi-institutional, multistate and multidisciplinary group that brings the "best of the best" educational resources to the public.

Professionals with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System are leaders in a number of these communities, including cotton, imported fire ants, caregiving, parenting, and youth science, engineering and technology. Alabama Extension professionals are also lending their expertise to the communications and information technology aspects of eXtension.org.

Not only does eXtension.org bring consumers the best knowledge from the sharpest minds in higher education, it also enhances the learning experience by using the most innovative and advanced features available on the Web. Users can rate eXtension.org articles based on their usefulness, with the

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