NATIONAL WEBCAST DISCUSSION

What: NATIONAL WEBCAST DISCUSSION
When: Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time

The Partners: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; The American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC); The National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC); Sloan-C and Cooperating Universities

THE STRATEGIC CASE FOR ONLINE LEARNING: ACCESS, ENGAGEMENT AND SUCCESS

To see the archived program of the February 27 live webcast, click on the URL below. This is the same URL used to access the webcast on Wednesday.

http://eces.wsu.edu/video/stream.html

Beginning in 2007, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation made possible a national initiative focused on the strategic importance of online learning and distance education in higher education. This live national videoconference coming from Washington State University is an opportunity for individuals (at their computers) and in groups participating locally together to:

interact with university presidents and other national leaders involved in the NASULGC/SLOAN National Online Learning Commission;
experience real case examples from universities where online learning, distance education and rapid internet interaction made a difference (time to graduation, business and financial strength, disaster recovery, mentoring, etc.);
see how some universities are incorporating this strategic asset in their master plans;
discuss and raise questions about what works, what doesn't and what leadership in this area requires for the future.

Opportunities for pre-conference interaction, local group discussion formation and online learning resources will be made available shortly.

The American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) is collaborating with Washington State University and Oregon State University in producing the event. The NASULGC Commission, Sloan-C, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Colorado State University, the Southern Educational Regional Education Board (SREB) and others are participating in marketing, case study development and program planning.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Presidents, Chancellors, Provosts, Vice-Presidents and Deans for Engagement and Distance Education, Program Directors, Faculty and Learners interested in developing quality online learning programs with breadth and scale.

ULTIMATE GOAL: Access to quality, affordable higher education to all wishing to learn.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

Fill out your free registration from this page.
Prior to the event, you will be sent instructions via email for how to access the program. Please be sure that you can receive emails from the sloan-c.org and/or adec.edu domain.
Follow the instructions in the email and enjoy the program!