The FMC is currently involved with a number of far-reaching projects that involve digital media and message design at a variety of levels and with an assortment of technologies. These assignments reflect our diverse capabilities and strengths:
Current Projects
OSU Extension and Agricultural Resource Economics
"Ties To The Ranch" will be a DVD-based workshop on intergenerational transfer of family ranchland, and will use a videographic storytelling of a fictitious ranching family who face all the trials of intergenerational transfer, and navigate to a successful outcome. The DVD will help other Extension educators deliver this important workshop. For more information contact the Forestry Media Center
OSU College of Forestry
We continue to offer production expertise and videographic support for the creation of distance education modules, including:
- All modules (10) for a new DE course known as NR 201: Managing Natural Resources for the Future;
- COMPLETED!A "virtual field tour" for OSU College of Forestry's "Introduction to Forestry" course.
OSU Benton County Extension Service
Field study cards focusing on upland prairie and wetlands of the Willamette Valley, western Oregon. This is part four in the development of a series of illustrated, weatherproof field study cards for use by schools in teaching students about the flora and fauna local to the Mid-Willamette Valley. For more information, contact the Benton County, Oregon, Extension Service.
OSU College of Forestry
COMPLETED! 2008 Starker Lecture Series focusing on "The Role of Planted Forests in the Pacific Northwest: Meeting Societal Demands in a Dynamic Environment". Forestry Media Center produced the four lectures for both a live audience and a live stream; now the lectures can be viewed as streaming media on the internet. Fore more information please visit the Starker Lecture Series webpage.
Recent Releases
OSU College of Forestry
COMPLETED! Website developed and managed, and participation on the planning committee for the 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources (UENR).
Oregon Forest Resources Institute
COMPLETED!"100 Years of Forestry In Oregon" - Production of a High Definition video to alert and inform Oregonians about a century of challenges and changes in the practice of forestry in our state. This production will be premiered at the Society of American Foresters national Convention inPortland, in October 23-28, 2007.
Introduction to Forestry Distance Education Version
COMPLETED!"Introduction to Forestry", a 10-week course for beginning university students, provides a broad overview of forests, forestry, forest engineering and wood science and engineering. This course, which has been offered for decades in a traditional classroom format, is designed for all students interested in forest resources and human uses of those resources. It provides an overview of forest attributes and issues world wide, with strong emphasis on the United States and especially Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. The goal is to help students know, understand, and articulate essential principles of sustainable forestry.
With the leadership and production skills of the Forestry Media Center, the course is now offered world-wide as video-based distance education materials (both on-line and on DVD) through Oregon State University's eCampus.
Oregon Forest Resources Institute
COMPLETED!"Inquiry At Hinkle Creek: Doing Science In Our Forests" - This educational video uses the research under way at the Hinkle Creek Paired Watershed Study to demonstrate to middle and high school students how the scientific method is put to at work in a large-scale forestry research project. At the heart of the process is how scientists use their creativity as well as their scientific training to ask the right questions. This video is available from OFRI., Oregon Forest Resources Institute.
Oregon Forest Resources Institute and Extension Service
COMPLETED! "Ties to the Land", Version 2.0, a DVD-based workshop on intergenerational transfer of family property, which continues to complement a workbook but goes further to help other Extension educators deliver this important workshop. For more information contact the "Ties to the Land" program of OSU Austin Family Business Center.
OSU College of Forestry
COMPLETED! "Voices of Forestry: Celebrating 100 Years of the OSU College of Forestry" To help celebrate the Centennial of the College, we produced an engaging visual retrospective of key events in the College’s history, using archival photographs, film footage, and interviews with alums. Our goal was to show how key events affected the College, and how the College affected forestry in Oregon and beyond. Alums, particularly those who participate regularly in College activities, and donors comprised our target audience. The 20-minute video was well received.
US Forest Service, Extension Service, Oregon Department of Forestry, and others
COMPLETED! "Shaping Your Forest: An Introduction to Thinning Practices in Eastern Oregon". An informational DVD produced with the OSU Extension Service and the Oregon Department of Forestry.
