A Quick Tour of its Past, Present, and Future

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• A Quick Tour of its Past, Present, and Future

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The past.

• Part of a Congressional Award to enhance
  e-learning programs and services within the
  System.
• Project launched in 2001 with three different
  project work groups worker, student, and
  educator.
• Contract with Avenet, Inc. executed (after an
  extensive RFP process) in August of 2001 for a
  lifetime, in perpetuity license for the core
  software engine.
• eFolio MinnesotaTM launched in August of 2002
  with a more public launch in May of 2003.

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Some key project assumptions

• Eligible users would extend to all Minnesota
  residents and students. eFolio Minnesota is free
  for these users.
• A users site would be theirs for life as
  long as they remain eligible.
• Sites would be owned by the individual user not
  the institution.
• Entirely web-based and capable of displaying
  multimedia documents and files.
• Technology literacy would not be a major barrier
  a word processing-type interface.
• Security and user privacy would be major
  considerations to address.

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The present.

• Over 28,000 registered users (see chart) with
  consistent monthly growth.
• Adoption of eFolio Minnesota within K-12,
  higher education, and workforce settings
  (samples).
• Partnerships with the Mn Dept. of Education (MDE)
  and the Dept. of Employment and Economic
  Development (DEED).
• Presentations at national education and workforce
  events.
• Marketing and licensing agreement with Avenet.

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The future.

• Publication of eFolio Minnesota research in
  April. National satellite broadcast set for
  April.
• Release of new functionality set for summer of
  2005. Includes interview and questionnaire
  functionality.
• Ongoing work with MDE and DEED.
• State summit planned for November 2005.
• Discussions with Peace Corps, health care
  organizations, Higher Learning Commission (HLC),
  Minnesota Rural Partners, corporations, and the
  Mn Board of Teaching around possible partnerships.

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Questions? Gary Langer (651-649-5770
gary.langer_at_so.mnscu.edu) Paul Wasko
(651-649-5946 paul.wasko_at_so.mnscu.edu)