Online Professional Development Facilitators and Designers Institute

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Online Professional Development Facilitators and
Designers Institute

• Myrtle Beach, SC
• January 7, 2005

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Welcome and Introductions

• Welcome old friends and new
• Institute background
• Staff for the day
• Institute participants who we are
• States, school districts (traditional and
  virtual), universities, consortia, educational
  organizations, etc.
• States represented include Alabama, Florida,
  Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
  Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska,
  N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
  Washington DC, W. Virginia, Wisconsin
• Thanks to SC for hosting the Institute!

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Todays Plan

• GOALS
• Meet, share and network with other OPD
  facilitators and designers
• Discuss key issues in implementing OPD programs
• Celebrate successes and address challenges
• Expand opportunities for OPD collaboration
  between our schools, states, and organizations
• Look ahead to where OPD is going
• Andhave fun!
• FORMAT
• Keynote update
• State/District Implementation 2 rounds/ Qs and
  As at the end
• Roundtables 2 rounds/ 6 choices
• Update on online initiatives
• Networking breaks, lunch, reception, etc.
• Where do we go from here?

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A quote

• Do not go where the path may lead, go instead
  where there is no path and leave a trail.
• -Ralph Waldo Emerson