A National Perspective on
Distance Education

Janet K. Poley
President
ADEC

A Presentation at Cornell University
3/31/00

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1. A National Perspective on Distance Education
   Janet K. Poley
   President
   American Distance Education Consortium
2. ADEC - 10 Years of Progress
   
   • Policies
     • Programs
     • Technologies
     • Learners
     • Faculty & Staff
     • Recognizing Quality
3. ADEC Resources
   
   • Collaborative Virtual Organization
   • Website Portal
   • Knowledge Marketplace
   • Consortium Infrastructure

4. Trends from Local to National to Global
   • Everybody in the Game
   • Cherry Picking
   • Rich Media: Poor Democracy
   • Major Reshuffles
   • Follow the Money

5. The ADEC Model - The Digital Environment
   • Content - Quality, Modularization, Depth and Breadth
   • Packaging - TV more like Internet/ Internet more like TV
   • Transmission - Speeds, Bandwidth, Carriers, Organizational Change
   • Manipulation - Software
   • Terminals - Appliances

6. What's Happening to Teaching and Learning
   
   • Blurring
   • Media Attributes
   • Attributes of Delivery Systems
   • Mixing of Learners
   • Mixing of Modes
   • Mixing of Cultures
   • Emphasis on Quality

7. Assessment, Evaluation, Validation
   • Approaches
   • Standards
   • Computer-Based
   • Consequences

8. Learning Where?
   • Campus
   • Home
   • Learning Centeres
   • Anywhere

9. Learning When?
   • Anytime
   • 24/7
   • Implications for Customer Service and Support

10. ADEC Initiatives
    • Digital Boradcast Satellite
    • National Science Foundation Project
    • IDEAL2
    • Agricultural Telecommunications
    • DEEP (Evaluation System)
    • Capacity Building

11. Trends
    • Many Chasing Money and Students
    • For Profits Versus Non-Profits
    • Private Sector Versus Public Sector
    • Intellectual Property
    • Consortial Arrangements

12. Digital Divide
    • Global
    • Gender
    • Race
    • Rural/Remote

13. New Organizational Forms (E-Cornell)
    • Control
    • Venture Capitol
    • Profits
    • Brands
    • Certificate Programs
    • Competition
    • Values
    • ???

14. Faculty & Staff
    • More Time
    • Reasonable Agreements on Intellectual Property
    • More Support
    • Learning Opportunities
    • Recognition by Peers and Department Chairs

15. Distance Education
    What's Working?
    What's Not Working?
    Unintended Consequences?
    

16. The Future - Where Are We Headed
    • Open Systems
    • Taxonomies
    • Global Arrangements
    • Control of Intellectual Property
    • New Business and Financial Arrangements
    • Legal and Regulatory Arguments