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Live Webcast on the Strategic Case for Online Learning to Be Offered at K-State
February 21, 2008
Kansas State University's Provost's Office, Division of Continuing Education, College of Agriculture and College of Human Ecology will sponsor the live webcast, “The Strategic Case for Online Learning: Access, Engagement and Success.
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The webcast will be 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in 137 Waters Hall.
Peter McPherson, president of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, will discuss the growth of distance education in higher education.
Short video case studies will focus on creating student access, reaching students regardless of location, increasing the speed to degree completion, academic continuity in disasters, increasing diversity, growing continuing education and professional education, developing strategic partnerships, financial/cost models, and increasing student retention and success.
The case studies and additional materials will be made available following the conference to all participants for their use in planning, administrative decision-making and faculty development. The Southern Regional Education Board, Colorado State University, Purdue University, Pennsylvania State University and Washington State University assisted in developing the case studies.
Speakers who will be live and available for interaction include: Frank Mayadas, program director of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Jack Wilson, president of the University of Massachusetts and chair of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges' Sloan Commission on Online Learning; Melvin Johnson, president of Tennessee State University and a member of the Sloan Commission on Online Learning; and Sam Smith, president emeritus of Washington State University and consultant to the Sloan Commission on Online Learning.
Additional speakers will cover the use of distance education/online learning as a strategic asset and include J.B. Milliken, president of the University of Nebraska and a member of the Sloan Commission on Online Learning; Graham Spanier, president of Pennsylvania State University; Elson Floyd, president of Washington State University; and Edward Ray, president of Oregon State University.
The webcast also will provide the opportunity for e-mail, voice and fax questions and comments.
No registration is required to attend. Participants are invited to bring their lunch; coffee, tea and brownies will be provided.
The webcast is produced by the American Distance Education Consortium in cooperation with National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges and the Sloan Consortium, and was made possible through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
More information about the program is available at http://www.adec.edu
Questions about the webcast can be directed to Janice Nikkel, K-State Division of Continuing Education, at 785-532-2548 or jnikkel@k-state.edu
- Source: Melinda Sinn, 785-532-5888, sinnpio@k-state.edu
- News release prepared by: Rosanna Vail, 785-532-2720, rvail@k-state.edu
- K-State Media Relations
