Dr. Janet Poley Inducted into International Adult and Continuing Hall of Fame

Contact: Terissa Jackson
(405) 325-0307
terissajackson@ou.edu

April 23, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA RESIDENT TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE INTERNATIONAL ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION HALL OF FAME

NORMAN, OKLA. - As President of the American Distance Education Consortium in Lincoln, Nebraska, Janet K. Poley has been developing collaborative distance education efforts with international impact since 1994. Dr. Poley provides outstanding worldwide leadership to the field of adult education and will be inducted into the International Adult Continuing Education Hall of Fame on April 18th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is providing vision and developing new directions for cooperative efforts to deliver a variety of educational experiences via distance technologies.

The Hall of Fame was created to honor leaders in the fields of continuing education and adult learning. Election to the Hall of Fame acknowledges the distinguished contributions to the field of adult and continuing education.

Dr. Poley has developed a virtual organization on every Nebraska State University/ land grant campus and has determined ways information technology can be used to enhance learning. She serves as Professor for several Colleges at the University where she teaches courses in mass media, government and distance education. Poley served as Director and Deputy Administrator for Communications, Information and Technology for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 1989 through 1994. While there, she created a mechanism for international/global networking, providing hundreds of academic courses, degree programs, short courses, workshops, continuing professional development, research seminars, on-line information resources and informal educational opportunities in the United States and internationally. She worked closely with the White House to establish the first U.S. Government Internet service.

She has impacted adult and continuing education efforts in many developing countries through her work with the USDA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In Tanzania, she established a very notable work, a model rural development training and extension system in the five highest production regions in the country.

A plaque honoring Poley and the other inductees will be on display at the International Adult Continuing Education Hall of Fame at the University of Oklahoma's College of Continuing Education in Norman, Okla.

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	Contact: Terissa Jackson (405) 325-0307 terissajackson@ou.edu April 23, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINCOLN, NEBRASKA RESIDENT TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE INTERNATIONAL ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION HALL OF FAME NORMAN, OKLA. - As President of the American Distance Education Consortium in Lincoln, Nebraska, Janet K. Poley has been developing collaborative distance education efforts with international impact since 1994. Dr. Poley provides outstanding worldwide leadership to the field of adult education and will be inducted into the International Adult Continuing Education Hall of Fame on April 18th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is providing vision and developing new directions for cooperative efforts to deliver a variety of educational experiences via distance technologies. The Hall of Fame was created to honor leaders in the fields of continuing education and adult learning. Election to the Hall of Fame acknowledges the distinguished contributions to the field of adult and continuing education. Dr. Poley has developed a virtual organization on every Nebraska State University/ land grant campus and has determined ways information technology can be used to enhance learning. She serves as Professor for several Colleges at the University where she teaches courses in mass media, government and distance education. Poley served as Director and Deputy Administrator for Communications, Information and Technology for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 1989 through 1994. While there, she created a mechanism for international/global networking, providing hundreds of academic courses, degree programs, short courses, workshops, continuing professional development, research seminars, on-line information resources and informal educational opportunities in the United States and internationally. She worked closely with the White House to establish the first U.S. Government Internet service. She has impacted adult and continuing education efforts in many developing countries through her work with the USDA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In Tanzania, she established a very notable work, a model rural development training and extension system in the five highest production regions in the country. A plaque honoring Poley and the other inductees will be on display at the International Adult Continuing Education Hall of Fame at the University of Oklahoma's College of Continuing Education in Norman, Okla. ###


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