AGRI 1171 Ag Technology
An introduction to agriculture technology applications used for solving agriculture problems with emphasis on logical and systematic decision making. Establishing a basic understanding of technology and how it’s used in agriculture. It lists the topics, objectives, readings/resources, activities, assignments, assessments, discussions and a quiz. Topics include GPS-GIS, Precision Farming, Google Maps, Surety maps, Precision Ag maps, and Trimble GPS. There are two PowerPoint presentations, one on Drones and other is an overview of Precision Agriculture.
- Date:
- 2014
- Primary Material Type:
- Hybrid/Blended Course
- Other Material Types:
- Assignment, Collection, Presentation, Quiz/Test, Reference Material, Syllabus, Tutorial
- Institution:
- Southeast Community College
- Project Name:
- Mapping New Careers in Geospatial Technologies
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 3
- Subjects:
- Ag Technology, Certificate, GPS, GIS, Precision Farming, Surety, Trimble
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Ag Leader, Norder Supply, and Servitech helped define strategy and goals, identify necessary skills and competencies, provided resources and assistance with program design and hired qualified participants who completed the certificate.
- Industry Sector:
- Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (11)
- Occupation:
- Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations (45-0000)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences (01)
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- 10 weeks
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Mix of Active and Presentation.
- Quality Rubric:
- Other
- Quality Note:
- Custom rubric used to ensure quality based on the Seven Principles for Good Teaching Practice (Chickering and Gamson)
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Consultations during development of instructional materials
- Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
- Conducting an evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report
- SME Quality Report is posted in Skills Commons
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
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- Custom Quality Rubric
- Expertise of Project's Instructional Designers
- Course Note:
- Precision Agriculture Certificate
Accessibility
- Accessibility Features:
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- Text Access - Text to Speech
- Text Adjust - Compatible
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Order - Digital resource layout
- Structural Markup - Navigation Text
- Table Markup
- Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
- Non-Decorative Images Have Alt Text
Copyright / Licensing