Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/18
Outputs
Target Audience:Faculty of team university and peers of other university Graduate students and undergraduate students Extension educators Changes/Problems:The project team reached a consensus to develop an e-textbook, which can be updated promptly. Along with development of the modules, we all developed an introduction for each module including an introduction of the whole module, learning process, teaching components, reading materials, and resources link. These module introductions can be good starting points for the chapters of a digital text book. However, due to the deep learning curve on e-textbook writing and overwhelming efforts in development of all of the modules and submodules, we did not finish the e-textbook. Continued efforts are still needed to write an e-textbook. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? OSU offered online trainings to the project team members including faculty and participating students on five course design, module templates, options and tools to recording presentations, and module evaluations. NCSU, NCAT, OSU, UI, and UNL team jointly developed and offered four experiential learning workshops on environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T minority students, staff, and faculty in Aug. of 2015, 2016, and 2018. OSU offered experiential learning workshops to OSU College of Engineering minority students on environmental control of green homes in June of 2016 and 2018. Eighty-five (85) students participated in the workshops. UI team offered a hands-on experiential learning workshop - Introduction of environmental control of animal facilities for underrepresented minority high school students during the summer, 2015-2018. Fifty-eight students participated in workshops. Many project members participated 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 26-29. 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana; 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 17-20. 2016. Orlando, Florida; 2017 ASEE Annual Conference; and 2018 annual meeting of North American College Teachers of Agriculture Association. The project team and the advisory group along with some peers had annual meetings in July of 2015, July of 2017, and July of 2018 during the International Annual Conferences of ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers). Trainings offered during the annual project meetings include updates on the goal and objectives of the project, progresses of each objective, review of the eLearning module topics and learning objectives, and review of topics for the proposed textbook on controlled environment animal production. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The project results have been disseminated through online meetings among the team members. Some modules have been shared with peers. In addition, the following professional conference papers, abstracts, and/or presentations had been developed to disseminate the scholarly results of the project. Christy, A. and L.Y. Zhao. 2015. Collaborative on-line course design for education in controlled environmental animal production (eCEAP). ASABE presentation. Paper No. 152190238. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE. Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2015. Control of AFO air emissions for reduced climate change and environmental impacts. ASABE Paper No. 15218998. 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 26-29. 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2016. Development of eLearning Modules on Controlled Environment Animal Production: Air Quality, Economics and Broiler Specifics. ASABE Paper No. 2461611. 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 17-20. 2016. Orlando, Florida. Zhao, L.Y., L. Wang-Li, R. C. Noble, M. Worku, A. D. Christy, and X. Wang. 2017. Experiential Learning for Minority Students in Environmental Control of Animal Production-- Work in Progress. 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper abstract. Christy, A. L. Y. Zhao, E. Buck, X. Wang, L. Wang-Li, R. Stowell, R.C. Noble, K. Zering, E. Oviedo, A. Green, W. Zheng, C. Powers, and M. Worku. 2017. Innovative use of technology for education in controlled environment animal production (eCEAP). 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper abstract. Dr. Lingjuan Wang-Li has also used the modules for the NCSU BAE Environmental Summer Camp Workshop and course AES332 on Animal Environmental Management. Christy, Ann D., L.Y. Zhao, Emily Buck, Xinlei Wang, Lingjuan Wang Li, Richard Stowell, Ralph C. Noble, Kelly Zering, Edgar Oviedo, Angela Green, Crystal Powers, and Mulumebet Worku. 2018. Technology-enhanced faculty development in controlled environment animal production. NACTA Journal Abstracts 62(1): 57-58. Zhao, L.Y., Lingjuan Wang Li, Ralph C. Noble, Mulumebet Worku, Ann D. Christy, Xinlei Wang, and Rick Stowell. 2018. Experiential Learning in Environmental Control of Animal Production for Minority Students. NACTA Journal Abstracts 62(1):57. Stowell, R., L. Wang-Li, and L. Zhao. 2018. Instructor experiences in implementing eCEAP eLearning curriculum. Abstract #247 in NACTA Journal 62 (Supl. 1): 109. ISBN: 978-1-387-71616-6. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The project is finished. However, due to the nature of curriculum and eLearning material development, the project team will continue to update and improve the modules, collaborate with peers to test, evaluate, and improve the modules, and further develop the reading materials for each module to form a digital text book "eCEAP for Sustainability"
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Animal farms are evolving toward larger and more concentrated operations and facing significant challenges that affect their viability and sustainability. Climate change concerns, animal welfare issues, and increasing energy cost heighten the challenges. The animal industry needs a trained workforce and professionals with knowledge and technological competency to transform these industry challenges into opportunities to make animal production sustainable. However, current educational curricula at most land-grant universities on environmental control of animal facilities do not include these challenges. To meet this critical need, the proposed project created new eLearning modules, eCEAP (eLearning on Controlled Environment Animal Production). We have developed 19 modules (77 sum-modules). They have improved students learning and faculty teaching competencies in the NIFA challenge areas related to CEAP. Experiential learning workshops for underrepresented students were also developed and offered to 237 minority students and faculty in 1890 institutions to increase the diversity of students and future workforce in food and agricultural areas. The eCEAP modules enhanced institutional capacities in offering continuing education courses and new distance teaching courses in the area of eCEAP for global education opportunities. It is expected to contribute to a sustainable animal agriculture. The CEAP modules are listed below: M 1 - Introduction of CEAP M 1-1 Introduction of CEAP M 1-2 Animals Needs for Controlled Environment M 1-3 Issues and Challenges of CEAP M 2 - Introduction of HVAC environmental control M 2-1 HVAC Environmental Control M 2-2 Environment and Animal Response M 2-3 HVAC for Animal Buildings M 3 - Psychometric processes M 3-1 Properties of air M 3-2 Fundamental Psychrometric Processes M 3-3 Comprehensive and Practical Psychrometric and Air Conditioning Processes M 3-4 Real-world Psychrometric and Air Conditioning Processes M 4 - Insulation design and moisture management M 4-1 Conductive Heat Transfer & Insulation M 4-2 Heat Losses Through Building Surfaces M 4-3 Condensation & Moisture Management M 5 - Ventilation design, product, and systems M 5-1 Ventilation Fundamentals M 5-2 Ventilation and Air Distribution M 5-3 Selection of Fans and Ducts M 6 - Energy and mass balance analysis of animal M 6-1 Heat and Moisture Production of Animals M 6-2 Energy Balance of Animals Buildings M 6-3 Mass Balance of Animals Buildings M 6-4 Ventilation Rate of Animals Buildings M 7 - Heating design, products, and management M 7-1 Heating system types M 7-2 Heating system capacity M 7-3 Heating system management and control M 8 - Cooling system design & management M 8-1 Cooling system types M 8-2 Cooling system capacity M 8-3 Evaporative cooling system management and control M 9 - Sensing and controls of HVAC: Fundamentals M 10 - Adaption to climate change M 10-1Climate Trends M 10-2 Climate Impacts to Food Animal Systems M 10-3 General Adaptation Concepts and Methods M 10-4 Example environmental control modifications M 12 - Energy efficiency analysis and on-farm renewable energy M 12-1: Energy Consumption and Energy Efficiency in Animal Production M 12-2: Energy Auditing on Farm M 12-3: Energy Efficient Technologies in Animal Production M 12-4: Renewable Energy Applications on Farms M 11 - Control of air quality and emissions from AFOs M11-1 Overview of air emissions from CEAP M 11-2 PM issues M 11-3 Gas & Odor Issues M 11-4 PM Measurements M 11-5 Measurement of Gas Emissions M 11-6 Measurement of Odor Emission M11-7 Model Based Emission Estimation M 11-8 Control Air Emissions: Animal Management M 11-9 Control Air Emissions: Waste Management M 11-10 Mitigation of air emissions in animal buildings M 13 - Food safety, animal health, and prevention of infectious disease M 13-1 Infectious Disease Control for Bio-security in Swine production M 13-2 Pathogens Causing Infectious Diseases in Poultry Production M 13-3 Bioaerosol Concentrations & Distribution in CEAP Facilities M 13-4 Thermal Control of Pathogen Prevalence in Animal Buildings M 13-5 Mitigation of Bioaerosols in Animal Buildings M 13-6 Fate & Transport of Bioaerosols from CEAP facilities M 13-7 Biosecurity of CEAP M 14 - Environmental control for sound animal welfare M 14-1 Introduction of Animal Welfare M 14-2 Measuring and Auditing Poultry Welfare M 14-3 Welfare Issues of Broilers M 14-4 Welfare Issues of Layers M 14-5 Welfare Issues for Breeders M 14-6 Welfare Issues for Turkeys M 14-7 Welfare Issues for Swine M 14-8 Welfare Issues for Cattle M 16 - Economic analysis M 16-0: Economic basics for CEAP businesses: intro M 16-1: Basic concepts for CEAP businesses M 16-2: How do environmental issues affect economics of CEAP? M 16-3: How is economics used in CEAP? M 16-4: How do I use economics to evaluate CEAP technologies M 17 -Layer Production Facilities & Environmental Control M 17-1 Introduction of Layer Production and Facilities M 17-2 Environmental Control Systems M 17-3 Mitigation of Air Emissions M 18 - Broiler Production Facilities & Environmental Control M 18-1 Introduction to Broiler Production in the U.S. M 18-2 Environmental Control and Management M 18-3 Mitigation of Air Emissions M 19 - Environmental Control of Swine Production M 19-1 Stages of Swine Production M 19-2 Ventilation Systems Module 19-3 Heating and Cooling M 20 -Dairy and Beef Cattle Production Facilities M 20-1 Dairy and beef cattle needs M 20-2 Trends in beef facilities M 20-3 Trends in dairy facilities Objective 2. We have developed a website (http://u.osu.edu/eceap/) for general information distribution. Box tool became available during the project process and we are using a project box folder to share module development materials. Both Moodle and Canvas were evaluated for their functions and easy to use as an online platform for delivery of the modules. We selected Canvas course management software to build the online platform for delivery of the modules. Objective 3. The project team reached a consensus to develop an e-textbook, which can be updated promptly. Along with development of the modules, we all developed an introduction for each module including an introduction of the whole module, learning process, teaching components, reading materials, and resources link. These module introductions can be good starting points for the chapters of a digital text book. However, due to the deep learning curve on e-textbook writing and overwhelming efforts in development of all of the modules and submodules, we did not finish the e-textbook. Continued efforts are still needed to write an e-textbook. Objective 4. We developed and offered online trainings on Course Design Institute, eLearning module development, module templates, options and tools to record module presentations, and module evaluations. Objective 5. We developed summer workshops for minority students to increased their knowledge and competencies in CEAP. Four workshops about environmental control of homes, dairy barns, poultry houses, and swine barns were offered in summer of 2015, 2016 and 2018 at NCA&T. Fifty-six (56) minority students and faculty participated the workshops. Significant knowledge and vision increase have been shown by evaluations of pre- and poste tests and student self-reflection presentations. OSU team developed and offered an experiential learning workshop for OSU minority students. Twenty-five (25) and 60 students participated in the workshop in 2016 and 2018, respectively. The minority students were very excited to learn environmental control principles, fundamentals, strategies and technologies. NCSU (1) recruited 5 female and/or underrepresented minority students for summer internships, working on air quality and animal welfare research; (2) offered a half day experiential learning workshop for high school students attending "
Publications
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Zhao, L.Y., L. Wang-Li, R. C. Noble, M. Worku, A. D. Christy, and X. Wang. 2017. Experiential Learning for Minority Students in Environmental Control of Animal Production-- Work in Progress. 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper abstract.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Christy, A. L. Y. Zhao, E. Buck, X. Wang, L. Wang-Li, R. Stowell, R.C. Noble, K. Zering, E. Oviedo, A. Green, W. Zheng, C. Powers, and M. Worku. 2017. Innovative use of technology for education in controlled environment animal production (eCEAP). 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper abstract.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Christy, Ann D., L.Y. Zhao, Emily Buck, Xinlei Wang, Lingjuan Wang Li, Richard Stowell, Ralph C. Noble, Kelly Zering, Edgar Oviedo, Angela Green, Crystal Powers, and Mulumebet Worku. 2018. Technology-enhanced faculty development in controlled environment animal production. NACTA Journal Abstracts 62(1): 57-58.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Christy, A. and L.Y. Zhao. 2015. Collaborative on-line course design for education in controlled environmental animal production (eCEAP). ASABE presentation. Paper No. 152190238. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2015. Control of AFO air emissions for reduced climate change and environmental impacts. ASABE Paper No. 15218998. 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 26-29. 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2016. Development of eLearning Modules on Controlled Environment Animal Production: Air Quality, Economics and Broiler Specifics. ASABE Paper No. 2461611. 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 17-20. 2016. Orlando, Florida.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Zhao, L.Y., Lingjuan Wang Li, Ralph C. Noble, Mulumebet Worku, Ann D. Christy, Xinlei Wang, and Rick Stowell. 2018. Experiential Learning in Environmental Control of Animal Production for Minority Students. NACTA Journal Abstracts 62(1):57.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Stowell, R., L. Wang-Li, and L. Zhao. 2018. Instructor experiences in implementing eCEAP eLearning curriculum. Abstract #247 in NACTA Journal 62 (Supl. 1): 109. ISBN: 978-1-387-71616-6.
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Progress 09/01/16 to 08/31/17
Outputs
Target Audience:Faculty, Graduate students and undergraduate students. Changes/Problems:Request for a one-year no-cost extension with a new Project End Date of 08/31/2018 The project team request for a non-cost extension for 12 months with a new Project End Date of 08/31/2018 due to the following reasons: The project had an initial delay of 9 months due to IRB application and approval and four sub-award establishment processes. Most team universities actually started the project activities on June 1 of 2014. The development of the Year 3 modules needs more interaction and collaboration with peers and the animal producers. We need more time to review and finalize the Year 3 animal species specific modules (17-20). More time is needed to apply the newly developed modules in various existing courses for sufficient evaluation data collection because we have to conduct eLearning module evaluation through teaching of existing course and our courses are only offered once a year. The development, review, and evaluation of the eLearning modules took much longer time than our expectation. We need more time to finish the textbook writing because writing the reading materials (textbook chapters) is more effective after the teaching modules are developed and reviewed by peers and the project advisors. Draft chapters for some modules have been developed. More chapters need to be drafted, reviewed and published. For the overall project team, the focused objectives and tasks in the coming extension year are to Evaluate Year 1 and/or Year 2 modules through pilot teaching, Conduct peer review of Year 2 modules, Develop and finalize Year 3 modules (17-20), and Write and peer review the reading materials for each module and then form a digital text book "eCEAP for Sustainability" What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? OSU offered trainings to the project team members including faculty and participating students on module templates, options and tools to recording presentations, and module evaluations through online project meetings. NCSU, and NCAT and OSU jointly developed and offered four experiential learning workshops on environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T student during August 15 - 16, 2016. OSU offer experiential learning workshops to OSU College of Engineering minority students on environmental control of green homes. Twenty-five (25) students participated in the first workshop on June 20, 2016. UIUC, NCSU, NCAT, and UNL teams participated in the faculty training on eLearning templates and the five Course Design Institute trainings. UIUC collaborated with the Research Apprentice Program to offer a hands-on experiential learning workshop - Introduction of environmental control of animal facilities for underrepresented minority high school students during the summer, 2016. Fifteen students participated in this workshop. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The project results have been disseminated through online meetings among the team members. In addition, the following professional conference papers, abstracts, and/or presentations had been developed to disseminate the scholarly results of the project. Christy, A. and L.Y. Zhao. 2015. Collaborative on-line course design for education in controlled environmental animal production (eCEAP). ASABE presentation. Paper No. 152190238. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE. Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2015. Control of AFO air emissions for reduced climate change and environmental impacts. ASABE Paper No. 15218998. 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 26-29. 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2016. Development of eLearning Modules on Controlled Environment Animal Production: Air Quality, Economics and Broiler Specifics. ASABE Paper No. 2461611. 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 17-20. 2016. Orlando, Florida. Zhao, L.Y., L. Wang-Li, R. C. Noble, M. Worku, A. D. Christy, and X. Wang. 2017. Experiential Learning for Minority Students in Environmental Control of Animal Production-- Work in Progress. 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper abstract. Christy, A. L. Y. Zhao, E. Buck, X. Wang, L. Wang-Li, R. Stowell, R.C. Noble, K. Zering, E. Oviedo, A. Green, W. Zheng, C. Powers, and M. Worku. 2017. Innovative use of technology for education in controlled environment animal production (eCEAP). 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper abstract. Dr. Lingjuan Wang-Li has also used the modules for the NCSU BAE Environmental Summer Camp Workshop and course AES332 on Animal Environmental Management. The project team and the advisory group along with some peers had an annual meeting in July of 2015 and July of 2017 during the International Annual Conferences of ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers). Trainings offered during the annual project meetings include updates on the goal and objectives of the project, progresses of each objective, review of the eLearning module topics and learning objectives, and review of topics for the proposed text book on controlled environment animal production. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?For the overall project team, the focused objectives in coming extension year are to Evaluate Year 1 and/or Year 2 modules through pilot teaching, Conduct peer review of Year 2 modules, and Develop and finalize Year 3 modules (17-20. Write, review and finalize the reading materials for each module and then form a digital text book "eCEAP for Sustainability" Specifically, OSU team will conduct the following specific tasks in the extension year Piot test and evaluate modules 1-11 through teaching of an existing course FABE 5820--Environmental Control and Air Quality Finalize submodules of Module 11, 13, 16 and review modules 10, 12, and 14. Finish development of Module 17 in collaboration Dr. Hongwei Xin and collaborating layer producers. Write text book chapters for modules 1,3,5,9, 11, and 17. Upload the finished modules into the eCEAP Canvas course management system (online platform). Coordinate edit and review of the eBook chapters. Work with NCA&T and NCSU to offer experiential learning workshop with online teaching, virtual tours, and face-to-face field tours on environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T students or other 1890 institutions. The UIUC team will conduct the following specific tasks in Year 3. Finalize development of Module 2, 6, 12, Develop Module 19 in year 4 for Objective 1. Review other modules ? Finalize reading materials for Module 2, 6, 12, and 19 for objective 3.? Collaborated with the Research Apprentice Program to offer hands-on experiential learning workshops for underrepresented minority high school students for Objective 5 in summer 2017 and 2018. The NCSU team will conduct the following specific tasks in Year 3. Piot test and evaluate modules 1-11 through teaching of an existing course AES332 on Animal Environmental Management Finalize modules 11, 14, 15, 16 and 18 for Objective 1.? Finalize reading materials (text book chapters) for Modules 4, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 18 for objective 3.? Work with NCA&T and OSU to offer experiential learning workshop with online teaching, virtual tours, and face-to-face field tours on environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T students or other 1890 institutions. The UNL team will conduct the following specific tasks in Year 3. Finalize and evaluate Modules 7, 8 and 10. Develop curriculum covering environmental control and facility design, troubleshooting, and virtual tours and experiential learning for beef and dairy cattle (Module 20). Write reading materials (text book chapters) for Modules 7, 8, 10, and 20. The NCAT team will conduct the following specific tasks in Year 3. Collaborated with NCA&T and NCSU to offer experiential learning workshop with online teaching, virtual tours, and face-to-face field tours on environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T students; Reach out to faculty and students of other peer 1890 institutions for partition of the online workshops and virtual tours; and Conduct following up evaluations on the experiential learning workshops.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Overall, the project team has finished development and review of the Year 1 modules (1-9), developed the Year 2 modules (10-16), and drafted Year 3 modules (17-20). We have preliminarily developed website (http://u.osu.edu/eceap/ ) and decided to use Canvas course management software to build the online platform for delivery of the modules. We have developed and offered Course Design Institute and eLearning material development trainings for the team faculty and graduate associates. Experiential learning workshops and internships for underrepresented and high school students had been offered at NCAT, OSU, UIUC, and NCSU over the past summers. An eBook or iBook on eCEAP for sustainability is still in under development. Pilot testing and evaluation of the modules are still in need. The OSU accomplishments in the past project years are summarized per the Objectives as the following: Objective 1: developed the modules 1, 3, 5, and 9 and collaborated in development of modules 11, 13, 15, and 16. Objective 2: Developed a project website (http://u.osu.edu/eceap/ ), investigated various course management systems in comparison with Moodle offered by eXtension, and determined to use Canvas course management software to build the online platform for delivery of the modules. Objective 3. developed a topic list for the text book and explored options for publishing a text book as an eBook and a traditional text book. The project team reached a consensus to develop an eBook, which can be updated promptly. We have communicated with ASABE and other publishers to explore an option to publish the digital text book and/or monographs. Objective 4. Developed options and tools to record module presentations, and internal module evaluations had also been conducted through monthly project meetings. Objective 5: OSU team also developed and offered an experiential learning workshop for OSU College of Engineering minority students on environmental control of green homes. The UIUC accomplishments in the past project years are summarized per the Objectives as the following: Objective 1: Developed and revised the module 2, 6, 12, and co-developed modules 11 and 14. Started to develop module 19 for animal species - swine. Objective 3: Prepared reading material for module 2, 6, 12 and 19. The NCSU accomplishments in the past project year are summarized per the Objectives as the following: The project was stared on June 1st, 2014. The accomplishments at NCSU are as following: Objective 1: developed the following modules/sub-modules: Module 4: Insulation design and moisture management Module 4-1: conductive heat transfer and insulation Module 4-2: heat losses through building surfaces Module 4-3: condensation and moisture management Module 11: Assessment and Control of Air Quality and Emissions for Reduced Climate Change and Environmental Impacts Module 11-1: particulate matter issues associated with CEAP facilities Module 11-2: gas pollutants and odor issues associated with CEAP facilities Module 11-3: greenhouse gas (GHG) issues associated with CEAP facilities incomplete draft) Module 11-4: measurement of particulate matter in CEAP facilities Module 11-7-2: model based emission estimation Module 11-8: control of CEAP air quality and air emissions: animal management Module 11-9: control of CEAP air quality and air emissions: waste management Module 13 (combination of planned modules 13 & 15): Environmental Control for Food safety, animal health, and prevention of infectious disease Module 13-2: bioaerosol concentrations and distributions in CEAP facilities Module 13-5: fate and transport of air emissions from CEAP facilities Module 13-6: biosecurity of CEAP Module 14: animal welfare Module 14-2: measuring and auditing poultry welfare Module 14-3: welfare issues in broilers Module 14-4: welfare issues in layers Module 14-5: welfare issues in breeders Module 14-6: welfare issues in turkeys Module 16: economic analysis Module 18: broiler specific environmental control and facility design. To help enhance our module development, a comprehensive survey about production housing environmental control, operation practices, waste management, and energy consumption was conducted in paper form and online format. Information obtained through the survey will be incorporated into module 18 on Broiler Specifics. Objective 3: produced reading materials for the modules 4, 11, 13/15, 14,16 and 18. Objective 5: Recruited female and/or underrepresented minority students, for summer internships, working on air quality and animal welfare research. The UNL accomplishments in the past project years are summarized per the Objectives as the following: Objective 1: According to the project plan, learning objectives, curriculum outlines, and draft curricula materials were developed for the following modules: Module 7: Heating design, products, and management M 7-1: Heating system types M 7-2: Determination of supplemental heating needs M 7-3: System management, control and trouble-shooting (draft) Module 8: Cooling load calculation M 8-1: Cooling system types M 8-2: Determination of supplemental cooling needs M 8-3: System management, control and trouble-shooting (draft) Module 10 - Adaption to climate change through HVAC environmental control M 10-1: Climate trends M 10-2: Climate impacts M 10-3: Climate adaptation M 10-4: Example environmental control modifications (draft) Objective 2: Provided feedback to the team developing the online platform. Objectives 3: Piloted selected modules (portions of Modules 1-7) of the curricula with students in a special topics course (Spring 2017). The NCAT accomplishments in the past project year are summarized per the Objectives as the following: In collaboration with OSU and NCSU, NCAT team developed and organized four experiential learning workshops for NCA&T student on August 15 - 16, 2016. The experiential learning workshops were developed to help the minority students to increased knowledge and competencies for future career placement to serve the animal production industry. Specifically, the students were helped to draw connections between the animal's needs, the role of engineering facilities and technologies to meet these needs, real world problems and challenges in animal production, and a sustainable future. The four workshops were: Environmental control of homes and class-rooms and tour of on-campus green buildings. Environmental control of dairy barns and tour of a university dairy farm Environmental control of poultry houses and tour of a commercial poultry facilities Environmental control of swine barns Fifteen minority students participated four workshops including undergraduate students and graduate students with majors ranging from animal science, veterinary, and environmental health. Evaluation of the workshops were conducted using pre- and post-tests and student self-reflect presentations. Significant knowledge and vision increase have been shown by the evaluations.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:Faculty, Graduate students and undergraduate students Changes/Problems:Due to IRB application delay and many subcontracting processes, the project starting date for the collaborating institutions was delayed to June 1 of 2014 from Sep. 1 of 2013. Therefore, the project team has applied a no-cost extension of the project. We are in an accural Year 3 for the project. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? OSU offered trainings to the project team members including faculty and participating students on module templates, options and tools to recording presentations, and module evaluations through online project meetings. NCSU, and NCAT and OSU jointly developed and offered four experiential learning workshops on environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T student during August 15 - 16, 2016. UIUC Participated in the faculty training on eLearning templates and the five Course Design Institute trainings. UIUC collaborated with the Research Apprentice Program to offer a hands-on experiential learning workshop - Introduction of environmental control of animal facilities for underrepresented minority high school students during the summer, 2016. Fifteen students participated in this workshop. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The project results have been disseminated through online meetings among the team members. In addition, the following professional conference papers and/or presentations had been developed to disseminate the scholarly results of the project. Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2015. Control of AFO air emissions for reduced climate change and environmental impacts. ASABE Paper No. 15218998. 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 26-29. 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2016. Development of eLearning Modules on Controlled Environment Animal Production: Air Quality, Economics and Broiler Specifics. ASABE Paper No. 2461611. 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 17-20. 2016. Orlando, Florida. Zhao, L.Y., L. Wang-Li, R. C. Noble, M. Worku, A. D. Christy, and X. Wang. 2017. Experiential Learning for Minority Students in Environmental Control of Animal Production-- Work in Progress. 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper. Christy, A. L. Y. Zhao, E. Buck, X. Wang, L. Wang-Li, R. Stowell, R.C. Noble, K. Zering, E. Oviedo, A. Green, W. Zheng, C. Powers, and M. Worku. 2017. Innovative use of technology for education in controlled environment animal production (eCEAP). 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The focused objectives in Year 3 are finalized Year 1 and Year 2 leaning modules, start to develop Year 3 modules, start to write textbook chapters, and conduct evaluations. Specifically, OSU team will conduct the following specific tasks in Year 3. Finalize the modules 1, 3, 5, and 9, jointly finish modules 11, 13, and 16, and start to develop Module 17 for Objective 1. Test Canvas course management system in comparison and compare Canvas with Moodle offered by eXtension in terms of eLearning materials format, easy access, resource support, and features for student and faculty interaction, and so on for Objective 2. Continue to communicate with ASABE and other publishers to explore an option which can publish a peer reviewed text book in eBook or iBook format. Finalize topic/chapter list of the text book and reach out to potential authors beyond the project team. Work with the authors to finish drafting the text book for Objective 3. Conduct faculty trainings as needed for Objective 4 Collaborated with NCA&T and NCSU to offer experiential learning workshop with online teaching, virtual tours, and face-to-face field tours on environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T students and continue develop and offer experiential learning workshop for OSU College of Engineering minority students on environmental control of homes and animal production facilities for Objective 5. The UIUC team will conduct the following specific tasks in Year 3. Finish development of Module 2, 6, 12, 14 and 15 and start to develop Module 19 in year 3 for Objective 1. Finish reading materials writing (text book chapters) for Module 12, 14, 15 and 19 for objective 3. Collaborated with the Research Apprentice Program to offer hands-on experiential learning workshops for underrepresented minority high school students for Objective 5. The NCSU team will conduct the following specific tasks in Year 3. Finish development of Modules 4, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 18 for Objective 1. Finish reading materials writing (text book chapters) for Modules 4, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 18 for objective 3. Develop and offer experiential-learning summer internship or workshops for minority students at NCA&T and NCSU Objective 5. The UNL team will conduct the following specific tasks in Year 3. Finalize and pilot Modules 7, 8 and 10. Fevelop curriculum covering environmental control and facility design, troubleshooting, and virtual tours and experiential learning for beef and dairy cattle (Module 20). Draft reaching materials (text book chapters) for Modules 7, 8, 10, and 20. The NCAT team will conduct the following specific tasks in Year 3. Collaborated with NCA&T and NCSU to offer experiential learning workshop with online teaching, virtual tours, and face-to-face field tours on environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T students; Reach out to faculty and students of other peer 1890 institutions for partition of the online workshops and virtual tours; and Conduct following up evaluations on the experiential learning workshops.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Overall, the project team accomplishes are as follows: (Objective 1) Revising Year 1 modules 1-9 and developing Year 2 modules 10-16. (Objective 2) Various course management tools. (Objective 3) Postponed textbook development work till the modules are finalized in Year 3. (Objective 4) Conducted trainings on eLearning module contents, templates, and tools through online meetings. (Objective 5) Developed and offered several experiential learning workshops at UIUC, OSU, and NCAT. The OSU accomplishments in the past project year are summarized per the Objectives as the following: Objective 1: revised the modules 1, 3, 5, and 9 and collaborated in development of modules 11, 13, and 16. Objective 2: investigated various course management systems in comparison with module offered by eXtension. Objective 3. developed a topic list for the text book and explored options for publishing a text book as an eBook and a traditional text book. The project team reached a consensus to develop an eBook, which can be updated promptly. However, peer review of the eBook textbook is still an unresolved issue. The project team will continue to communicate with ASABE and other publishers to explore an option which can publish a peer reviewed text book in eBook or iBook format. In addition, potential authors beyond the project team need to be invited. Objective 4. Faculty trainings on module templates, options and tools to record module presentations, and module evaluations had been conducted through monthly project meetings. Objective 5: Collaborated with NCA&T and NCSU to offer an experiential learning workshop - environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T student on August 15 - 16, 2016. OSU team also developed and offered an experiential learning workshop for OSU College of Engineering minority students on environmental control of green homes. Twenty-five students participated in the first workshop on June 20, 2016. The minority students were very excited to learn environmental control principles, fundamentals, strategies and technologies. Several of them expressed strong interest in the subject of environmental control for buildings. The UIUC accomplishments in the past project year are summarized per the Objectives at the following: Objective 1: revised the module 2 and 6 developed in year 1, started developing module 11, 12, 14 and 15 in year 2. Objective 3: started producing reading material for module 2, 6, 12, 14 and 15. Objective 5: collaborated with the Research Apprentice Program to offer a hands-on experiential learning workshop - Introduction of environmental control of animal facilities for underrepresented minority high school students during the summer, 2016. According to their self-assessment of knowledge on environmental control of animal facilities, the experiential learning workshops helped them to raise the average self-assessment score from 4.1 to 8.2 (out of 10). The NCSU accomplishments in the past project year are summarized per the Objectives at the following: Objective 1: continued working on the modules 4, 11, 14, 15, & 16. Objective 3: continued producing written materials for modules 11 and 16. Objective 5: collaborated with OSU and NCA&T to offer an experiential learning workshop - environmental control of animal facilities for NCA&T students on August 15-16, 2015. The specific accomplishments include: Matrices for modules 4, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18 have been done. These matrices outline the module objectives, contents to address the objectives, and associated assessment plan (homework, etc.) for each of the modules. Module 4: the module PowerPoint presentation (PPT), covering conductive heat transfer, R-value calculation, selection of insulation materials and heat losses through building surfaces, has been developed. Topics related to the moisture management will be added into this module soon. Module 11: this module covers (1) fundamental properties and issues of air pollutants emitted from CEAP facilities; (2) assessments of air pollutant concentrations within the CEAP facilities and emissions from the facilities; (3) factors affecting pollutant generations and emissions; (4) mitigation and control of the pollutants; (5) fate and transport of the pollutants; (6) global aspect of CEAP air emissions. The write up for submodules (1) to (3) have been done. A set of homework and quiz questions for submodules (1) to (3) has also been generated. Modules 14 &15: All the materials and data for the development of the modules have been collected. The module PPTs are partially done; summarizing materials for additional readings are also partially done. Some of the evaluation tools were developed Module 16: the first draft of the module outline was created; the initial PowerPoint slides and related questions and answers for quizzes and tests were generated. Improvements and revisions of the module outline and associated materials are ongoing. The UNL accomplishments in the past project year are summarized per the Objectives at the following: Objective 1: According to the project plan, learning objectives, curriculum outlines, and draft curricula materials were developed for the following modules: Module 7: Heating design, products, and management Module 8: Cooling load calculation Module 10 - Adaption to climate change through HVAC environmental control Objective 2: Provided feedback to the team developing the online platform. Objectives 3: Participated in Course Design Institute follow-up training offered in 2016. The NCAT accomplishments in the past project year are summarized per the Objectives at the following: In collaboration with OSU and NCSU, NCAT team developed and organized four experiential learning workshop for NCA&T student on August 15 - 16, 2016. The experiential learning workshops were developed to help the minority students to increased knowledge and competencies for future career placement to serve the animal production industry. Specifically, the students were helped to draw connections between the animal's needs, the role of engineering facilities and technologies to meet these needs, real world problems and challenges in animal production, and a sustainable future. The four workshops were: Environmental control of homes and class-rooms and tour of on-campus green buildings. Environmental control of dairy barns and tour of a university dairy farm Environmental control of poultry houses and tour of a commercial poultry facilities Environmental control of swine barns Fifteen minority students participated four workshops including undergraduate students and graduate students with majors ranging from animal science, veterinary, and environmental health. Evaluation of the workshops were conducted using pre- and post-tests and student self-reflect presentations. Significant knowledge and vision increase have been shown by the evaluations.
Publications
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2015. Control of AFO air emissions for reduced climate change and environmental impacts. ASABE Paper No. 15218998. 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 26-29. 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Zheng, Y., L. Wang-Li, E. Oviedo, K. Zering, L. Zhao. 2016. Development of eLearning Modules on Controlled Environment Animal Production: Air Quality, Economics and Broiler Specifics. ASABE Paper No. 2461611. 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 17-20. 2016. Orlando, Florida
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Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Zhao, L.Y., L. Wang_Li, R. C. Noble, M. Worku, A. D. Christy, and X. Wang. 2017. Experiential Learning for Minority Students in Environmental Control of Animal Production-- Work in Progress. 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Christy, A. L. Y. Zhao, E. Buck, X. Wang, L. Wang-Li, R. Stowell, R.C. Noble, K. Zering, E. Oviedo, A. Green, W. Zheng, C. Powers, and M. Worku. 2017. Innovative use of technology for education in controlled environment animal production (eCEAP). 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Paper.
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Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/15
Outputs
Target Audience:Faculty, Graduate students and undergraduate students Changes/Problems:Due to unexpected IRB application and approval process and four sub-award establishment processes, the team universities actually started the project activities on June 1 of 2014. Therefore, the project task schedules were adjusted accordingly. We are expecting a delay of 9-months for the project. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Fiveonline trainings on backward course design were developed and offered to the project team including all of the co-PIs and participating graduate students. The Course Design Institute (CDI) trainings werearchived online and can be accessed through the project website. The project team and the advisory group along with peers who are interested in the project had an annual meeting in July of 2015 during the International Annual Conference of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Trainings offered during the annual project meetings include updates on the goal and objectives of the project, progresses of each project objectives, review of the eLearning module topics and learning objectives, and review of topics for the proposed text book on controlled environment animal production. Trainings on eLearning module templates has been developed and offered. More training will be developed on deploying e-learning modules, developing and editing online video, recording and editing lectures in Camtasia, and uploading materials to Moodle and Box for storage. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?A conference presentation and paper has been presented during the 2015 InternationalAnnual Conference of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers: Christy, A. and L.Y. Zhao. 2015. Collaborative on-line course design for education in controlled environmental animal production (eCEAP). ASABE presentation. Paper No. 152190238. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE. The project team and the advisory group along with some peers had an annual meeting in July of 2015 during the International Annual Conference of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Trainings offered during the annual project meetings include updates on the goal and objectives of the project, progresses of each objectives, review of the eLearning module topics and learning objectives, and review of topics for the proposed text book on controlled environment animal production. The project website serves as a communication platform for the project team to communicate with the public, advisory committee, and within the team. The PI has collaborated with the NCSU and NCAT teams to the developed four experiential learning workshops to minority undergraduate students: (1) Environmental control of homes and class-rooms, (2) Environmental control of poultry houses, (3) Environmental control of dairy barns, and (4) Environmental control of swine barns. The experiential learning workshops had been offed to students at North Carolina A &T State University in Aug. 2015. These experiential learning workshops will be offered to more minority students of OSU, NCAT, and any other interested 1890 institutions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Objective 1. Review and finalize the first-year modules (1-9) among the team members and some of the advisory members and peers. Objective 2. Refine the project online platform http://u.osu.edu/eceap/ based on review and comments of the project members and advisory group. Train the project team to use the project Box site for document sharing and peer review. Start to build the project Moodle site under eXtension with the developed modules. Objective 3. Finalize the textbook topics, the associated authorships, and a book proposal for the textbook. Determine the textbook publication format and layout. Start to draft textbook chapters related to the modules 1-9 and module 10-16. Objective 4. More training will be developed on deploying e-learning modules, developing and editing online video, recording and editing lectures in Camtasia, uploading materials to Moodle and box for storage, eBook writing, and electronic publishing. In addition, trainings on IRB applications and effective project evaluation will be developed and offered. Objective 5. The following developed experiential learning workshops to minority undergraduate students will be improved based on the student and peer evaluation: (1) Environmental control of homes and class-rooms, (2) Environmental control of poultry houses, (3) Environmental control of dairy barns, and (4) Environmental control of swine barns. These experiential learning workshops will be offered to more minority students at OSU, NCAT, and any other interested 1890 institutions. At NCSU, one underrepresented minority student will be recruited for an internship in summer of 2016, working on air quality and animal welfare research in summer of 2015. The UIUC team will continuously collaborate with the Research Apprentice Program to offer and evaluate a hands-on experiential learning workshop on Introduction of environmental control of animal facilities for underrepresented minority high school students in summer of 2016.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1. The team finalized eLearning module template design, drafted the first-year modules (1-9) on fundamentals of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, and started development of the second-year modules (10-16) on new and challenge issues associated with controlled environment animal production. Objective 2. An online platform for discussing the grant and sharing materials was developed under: http://u.osu.edu/eceap/. A Box document sharing site has been established for the project. A Moodle site under eXtension has been approved and will be set up by January 2016 to start housing all developed modules. The site won't be open to students beyond the grant project collaborators until all are developed and uploaded. Objective 3. The project team has begun working on discussing contents and topics for the digital textbook among the team and with the project advisory group during an annual project meeting in July of 2015. Dr. Buck and her student areworking on set-up the basic format and layout for the book. Objective 4. Five online course design institute (CDI) trainings on backward course design were developed and offered to the project team including all of the co-PIs and participating graduate students. The CDI trainings were archived online and can be accessed through the project website. Objective 5. The PI has collaborated with the NCSU and NCAT teams and developed four experiential learning workshops to minority undergraduate students: (1) Environmental control of homes and class-rooms, (2) Environmental control of poultry houses, (3) Environmental control of dairy barns, and (4) Environmental control of swine barns. The experiential learning workshops had been offed to students at North Carolina A &T State University in Aug. 2015. At NCSU, one underrepresented minority student, Ms. Sabriya Dobbins, was recruited for a summer internship, working on air quality and animal welfare research in summer of 2015. The UIUC team has collaborated with the UIUC Research Apprentice Program to offer a hands-on experiential learning workshop on introduction of environmental control of animal facilities for underrepresented minority high school students during the summer, 2015. According to their self-assessment of knowledge on environmental control of animal facilities, the experiential learning workshops helped them to raise the average self-assessment score from 4.3 to 7.9 (out of 10).
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
1. Christy, A. and L.Y. Zhao. 2015. Collaborative on-line course design for education in controlled environmental animal production (eCEAP). ASABE presentation. Paper No. 152190238. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE.
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
A project website was completed that houses information about the project and collaborators. There are student and faculty sections, which will be linked to the the eXtension online training course site--oncampus.extension.org once all are completed. There is portal for the public, the project team and collaborators, and students. It houses all training and materials developed under objective 4.
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Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Faculty of team university Graduate students and undergraduate students Changes/Problems: Due to unexpected IRB application and approval process and four sub-award establishment processes, the team universities actually started the project activities on June 1 of 2014. Therefore, the project task schedules were adjusted accordingly. We are expecting a delay of 9-months for the project. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? A faculty training on eLearning templates had been conducted. Five Course Design Institute trainings have been developed and will be offered in December of 2014. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The project team had met with the project Advisory Committee members during the 2014 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Montreal, Canada and informed the Advisory Committee about the project objectives, goals, methods and approaches, and project schedule plan. The project team had met online in June of 2014 to confirm project objectives, goals, tasks, and specific duties of each collaborating institution, curriculum development methods and approaches, and project schedule plan, and project management plan and responsibilities of each member. Dr. Emily Buck is establishing an website for the project to communicate with public, students, and faculty. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? For the next reporting period (project year 1-2), we will Finish development of Module 1 to 9 and start to develop Module 10-16 for Objective 1 and . Dr. Emily Buck and her student will finish development of online platform for the project for objective 2. Start to write textbook chapters related to Module 1-9 for Objective 3. Continue development and offering of faculty training on eLearning templates and new delivery methods for Objective 4 Develop and offer experiential-learning workshops for minority students at OS, NCAT, NCSU, and UIUC for Objective 5.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Due to unexpected IRB application and approval process and four sub-award establishment processes, the team universities started the project on June 1 of 2014. Objective 1: According to the project plan, Module 1 to 9 are currently under development. Objective 2: Dr. Emily Buck and her student are developing an online platform for the project. Objective 3. A faculty training on eLearning templates had been conducted. Five Course Design Institute trainings have been developed and will be offered in December of 2014.
Publications
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