EB80303 GAZEL eLearning Policy and Strategy Summit – February 2008

Last week 150 expert eLearningi leaders from seven Arizona communities and the US Department of Education met for a day at the Mesa Conference Center:

Business,

eLearning Enterprise,

K-12,

Higher Ed,

Governance,

Researchi

I had 40 folks in my eLearning in Education Workshop: 1 hr Policy, 1.5 hr Strategy

Policy issues emerged from a Nominal Group Process. We started with exploring barriers between communities which inhibit eLearning transformationi of education. Out the large number of policy issues contribute seven groupings emerged.

1. Human resource system

2. Information-Connectivity –data driven decisions

3. Curriculum – pedagogy

4. Time and Timing

5. Funds and Funding including Cost reduction

6. Redesign of an interorganizational that integrates these communities

7. Meta Issue: An effective process the will accelerate this innovative transformation to eLearning in education.

In the afternoon session a host of radial-middle strategies were generated to address implementation that will address these issues.

Over the next month eSATSi will be working with this input. The task will be to recreate the eLearning based interorganizational design and implementation plan for accelerating Arizona education transformation along the eLearning vector.

The theme will be “implementing with what you have.” Arizona has a host of world class eLearning initiatives and resources within our communities.

Check out http://www.gazel.us/files/Final_Report_Summit_08.pdf for the complete report.