ADEC

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ADEC

• Distance Education
• Consortium

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• The American Distance Education Consortium

• 65 U.S. State Universities and Land Grant
  Colleges
• Western Hemisphere Initiative

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ADEC IS

• an international consortium of
• state universities and land grant colleges
• providing economic programs and services
• via the latest and most appropriate technology

• the foremost leader in providing and creating
  access to customer driven distance education in
  its mission areas

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ADEC PROGRAMS

• Food and Agriculture
• Children, Youth and Families
• Community and Economic Development
• Distance Education and Technology
• Environment and Natural Resources
• Nutrition and Health
• Other

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ADEC Trademarks

• Agricultural Satellite Corporation
• AgSat

• The American Distance Education Consortium

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ADEC ADMINISTRATION

• Board of Directors
• Program Panel
• Principal Contact Officers
• Staff

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ADEC CATALOG

• Degree Programs and Courses
• Via Internet
• Via Videotape
• Via Satellite
• Combinations

• Extension and non-academic programs
• Local
• National
• International

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IDEAL COMMITTEE

• Credit and Transfers
• Tuition
• Electronic Commerce
• Multi-Institutional Cooperation
• Guiding Principles for Distance Teaching and
  Learning

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International Partnerships

• IICA Agreement
• Monterrey Tech Partnership
• Chinese Networking
• International Council for Open and Distance
  Education (ICDE)
• Collaborations in Asia, Africa Latin America

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ADEC Institutions Work Together

• Strategic Planning
• Technology Research Development
• Guiding Principles
• www.adec.edu
• IDEAL quality case studies module development
  digital libraries
• Shared catalog e-commerce

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Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources

• Agricultural Telecommunications Program
• Sustainable Development Global Seminar
• Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees
• E-Extension Adult Youth Learning Opportunities

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Agricultural Telecommunications

• Develop National/International Network
• Academic Programs
• Extension Programs
• Module Development
• Natural Resources Environment
• New Uses for Agricultural Products
• Nutrition Family Sciences

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Examples

• Library of Crop Technology Modules
• International Food Law
• Certified Pesticide Applicator Training
• Food Safety Modules
• Seed Analyst Training
• Turf Grass
• Product Development for Food Industry

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Examples (Cont.)

• Dairy Modules for Veterinarians
• Horticulture Modules
• Youth Learning Net
• Lessons in Plant Biotechnology
• Rangelands and Natural Resource Web Training
• Fish School
• Equine Knowledge Base

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Examples (cont.)

• Soil Health/Organic Farming
• Cooperative Extension Curriculum Project
• Wireless Technology for Agricultural Research
• Decision Evaluator for Cattle Industry
• RadioSource Net
• Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources

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Degree Programs-PhD

• Ag Education Doc_at_Distance
• Education Teachers
• Doctor of Pharmacy (not PhD)

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Masters Degrees (many)

• Entomology
• Professional Agriculture
• Agribusiness
• Agronomy
• Community Economic Development
• Adult Education
• Engineering (all types)

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Masters (cont)

• Business
• Security Management
• Information Resources Library Sciences
• Education Human Resources
• Optical Sciences
• Distance Education

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Certificate Programs

• Pesticide Applicator
• Master Gardener
• Watershed Management
• Fire Science
• International Food Law
• Distance Education
• International Issues

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Certificate Programs (cont.)

• Security Management
• Facilities Management
• Family Financial Planning
• Community Economic Development
• Food System Management
• Webmaster Certificate
• Computer Aided Design

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Quality Distance Teaching Learning

• Clear Purpose and Defined Objectives and Outcomes
• Learner Actively Engaged
• Uses Variety of Media
• Problem Based, Not just Knowledge-Based
• Support Interaction Communities of Interest
• Contributes to Social Mission of Education
  Training

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E-Learning New Directions

• Global Interest Growing
• National, state and local governments are
  investing
• Technology must become easier, lower cost per
  unit and offer better content
• Virtual enterprises and collaborative commerce
• Simulation, shared geographical space, community
  software
• Wireless new opportunities

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Advanced Internet Satellite Extension Project -
NSF

• Goal
• Bring advanced networking applications to
  geographically remote learners for purposes of
  research, teaching and extension.

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Research Projects

• EPSCoR
• to extend the AISEP test-bed into EPSCoR states
  in a systematic fashion, as well as test specific
  remote sensing, GIS and other scientific
  applications of hybrid networking, including
  satellite
• using appropriate combinations of fiber,
  satellite, wires and radio technology to carry
  signals in combination with software and devices
  for data collection, communications,
  visualization and decision making

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Improved Efficiencies of Nitrogen and Irrigation
Management
Tachyon Central Ground Station San Diego
Earth Satellite
Internet 2
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Satellite IP
Data loggers and sensors
Tachyon Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
network
Computer
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ADEC Projects

• International partnerships
• Wireless Internet
• Digital Broadcast Channel/s
• International Teleport

• Quality Programs
• Lifelong Learning
• Workplace Education
• Collaboratories - research - science

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Contact ADEC

• Dr. Janet Poley, C218 Animal Science, P.O. Box
  830952, Lincoln, NE. 68583-0952
• Voice 402-472-7000
• Fax [phone]
• e-mail jpoley_at_unl.edu
• web http//www.adec.edu