A statewide team of WSU Extension faculty and staff was formed to produce the training. The team met monthly via Zoom Video Conferencing. The course was designed in Blackboard by Global Campus (WSU’s distance learning center) in collaboration with the Tree Stewards Team. Quizzes were included to insure a basic level of knowledge would be acquired by the student. Upon successful completion of the training, students receive a certificate acknowledging they’ve taken and passed the training.
WSU Extension now has a noncredit peer-reviewed online course available to those who want to learn more about tree stewardship and how to be an advocate for trees in their community. These advocates can play an important role in urban and community forest health management. Master Gardeners who have taken the training record the volunteer hours they spend on tree stewardship education in the WSU Online Volunteer Database. Other evaluation tools to be developed will show the impact of the training. The training is available as a self-paced course that does not require instructor facilitation.
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