ADEC Distance Education Awards
| University of Florida |
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This group was nominated by Dr. Larry Connor, Dean for Academic Programs,
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. In
nominating the group, Dr. Connor noted that:
"All four of these individuals contributed greatly to the growth
of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences Distance Education program. Both Cheek and Poucher
served on a Task force for Off-Campus Instruction which resulted
in the formation of the Task Force for Distance Education.
Cheek, Poucher and Telg served on that task force. Mesecher
provided leadership by implementing recommendations made in the
distance education task force report........These individuals
were instrumental in getting faculty to 'buy-in' to our programs.
As a result of their efforts, we are embarking on a new
professional master of agriculture degree to be offered via
distance education."
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| Rutgers University |
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This group was nominated for this award by Dean Ian Maw. Dr. Maw noted
the following about their efforts in his write-up:
"I am very pleased to submit for consideration a nomination of a
very exciting new inter-institutional educational effort to
develop and share computer assisted courses via distance
education modalities. Under the auspices of the Mid-Atlantic
consortium, the animal sciences departments of fifteen higher
education institutions in the Northeast have come together to
discover ways in which unnecessary duplication can be minimized
and resident expertise can be shared among the institutions to
enhance access and programmatic excellence in a wide range of
academic, research and outreach efforts. Efforts such as these,
while not common place now, are surely likely to become so in
this next century and are thus deserving of recognition as they
attempt to develop a new paradigm for higher education."
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| Utah State University |
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This group was nominated for this award by Lee Roderick. Dr. Roderick
did an excellent job of describing what it took to transition the
USU system to better meet statewide needs while allowing for
regional and national coverage. Dr. Roderick noted:
"Following approval of legislative funding, the entire digital
satellite system was planned, designed, and implemented within
six months. During the summer of 1997, satellite receive
stations were installed at 53 sites and 76 classrooms across
Utah, with the hub installed on the USU campus ........By
providing leadership, initiative and continuity in this major
transition, USU has greatly expanded the capabilities of Utah's
distance education network, and made it possible for many more
place-bound Utahns to fulfill their dreams of a better life
through higher education."
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