What's New

ADEC/AgNIC Digital Infrastructure Initiative

• Plan to Develop a Digital Information Infrastructure to Manage Land Grant Information
  Randall Heatley, Extension Specialist and Manager (retired), College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Michigan State University

ADEC Awards of Excellence

• 2008 Excellence in College and University Distance Education National Awards
  
  • Call for Nominations
  • Final Submission Form
  
  
• 2008 1890 Webb-Godfrey-Hill Distance Education Award of Excellence
  
  • Call for Nominations
  • Proposal Form
  • Award History
    
    
• 2007 Award Winners
  
  
• 2006 Award Winners

ADEC Strategic Plan

• ADEC Strategic Plan (2006)

New Additions to the ADEC Web Site

• Conferences and Workshops, Recent Proceedings
  • All ADEC 2007
    April 25-27, Seattle, Washington
  • Educause Policy 2007
    May 16-27, 2007, Arlington, VA
  • Great Plains Network 2007 Annual Conference: Markers, Milestone, and New Directions
    May 30 - June 1, 2007, Kansas City, Missouri
  • National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN) 2007: Future Directions in Distance Learning - Key Trends to Watch
    June 10-12, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    
    
• Conferences and Workshops, Upcoming
• 13th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning
  November 7-9, Caribe Royale, Orlando, Florida
• 3rd International Forum for Women in Learning (IFWE)
  Sponsored by the United States Distance Learning Association
  Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 28-30, 2007
  
  
• New ADEC Member Websites
  • INVenture
    A free business planning tool from Purdue University and the Agricultural Innovation and Commercialization Center / New Ventures Team
    
    
• ADEC Staff & Member Presentations
  • Disasters and Technology: Titanic – Dimensions of Disasters
    Presented by Dr. Janet K. Poley Sloan Foundation Academic Continuity & Emergency Management Workshop, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD, June 27, 2007
  • Context for Change – Planning with the Existing Environment
    Dr. Janet K. Poley, AgNIC Annual Meeting, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, May 10, 2007
  • ADEC Strategic Plan – Learning Shapes the World
    Dr. Janet K. Poley, Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Vancouver, BC, April 30, 2007
  • The Learning Debate
    Dr. Janet K. Poley, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, March 9, 2007
    
    
• Publications
  • ADEC/USDA China Scientific Exchange Final Report
    Final report of the ADEC/USDA sponsored exchange to review agricultural distance learning in China (March 2007). Team members include Dave King, Oregon State University; Jeanne Gleason, New Mexico State University; Roger Terry, University of Nebraska; and Bob Rubinyi, University of Minnesota.
    
  • High Definition Videoconferencing: Codec Performance, Security, and Collaboration Tools
    REU Report, Gregg Trueb, Suzanne Lammers, Prasad Callyam, 2007

News Articles and Press Releases

• Troubles Grow for a University Built on Profits
  By Sam Dillon, New York Times, February 11, 2007