Broadband on the Bayou: Taking Learning to the Next Level

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Broadband on the Bayou Taking Learning to the
Next Level

• Michael D.Abbiatti
• Associate Commissioner
• Louisiana Board of Regents

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Framing the Discussion

• Who are we?
• Where are we going?
• How will we get there?
• What can you do?

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Who are we?
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Important Facts

• We are all employees of the same organization
• Our resource base is shifting from state funded
  to state supported
• Collaboration maximizes resources
• Competition is good collab-petition is better
  collaboration is best
• E-learning is now a core functionality
• We all have the requisite skills for success

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Goals Specific to Higher Education

• Increase Access to High Quality Educational
  Opportunities
• Eliminate Needless Duplication
• Disseminate Unique Programs
• Positively Impact Economic Development (yours
  and theirs)

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Where are we going?
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Overview

• Coordinated Strategy
• Central Role of Postsecondary Education
• Value of Collaboration

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Transitions in Parallel

• The geographic delta was formed by shifts in the
  speed and direction of the Mississippi River.
  New, extremely fertile land was deposited as the
  river responded to geographic barriers seeking
  the most direct route to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Transitions in Parallel

• Today's economic delta is being formed by market
  forces that dictate the flow of a rising tide of
  information. This river of facts and figures
  changes course by the millisecond carving out
  islands of opportunity.

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Transitional Convergence

• The geographic Mississippi Delta was transformed
  by low tech and hand power
• The economic Mississippi Delta is being
  transformed by high tech and mind power.

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How will we get there?
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Required Skillsets

• Strong Academic core
• On-demand access to educational resources
• Strong customer focus
• Strong student support programs
• Extensive marketing

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Essential Tools

• Clear Intent and Vision
• Top-down Support Collaboration
• Realistic Business Plan
• Short Decision Cycle
• Willingness to Invest

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Support on ALL Levels Leads to Success!

• Financial Support
• Grants
• Shared resource environments
• Increasing market share
• Decreasing delivery costs
• Administrative Faculty Support
• Closing the unspoken gap
• Securing a place at the table
• Becoming more than a cash cow
• Student Support
• Rapid time to market student support

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Technology

• Network-centric
• Global IP direction
• Partnership with state agencies including K-12
• High priority for many reasons
• Maintains campus culture
• Aggregates demand

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Specific Initiatives

• Statewide E-learning Support Center
• Statewide Faculty Development
• LEARNET/LONI
• TECHTRAIN,Executive Seminar Series
• D2L Pilot/ NSU/SREB Evaluation Pilot
• K-20 UDL Initiative/MERLOT

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What can you do?
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Specific Events

• Rededicate yourself as a professional educator
• Take the time to improve yourself professionally
• Maximize your resources for the benefit of your
  students

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Specific Events

• Read the new Master Plan for Postsecondary
  Education.
• Read the VISION 2020 documents.
• Pay particular attention to Goal 1.

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Closing Thoughts

• Our only job is to teach the citizens of
  Louisiana how to do things they dont know how to
  do.
• Our students world is changing.

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Closing Thoughts

• Our resource base is wider and deeper than ever
  before.
• There is no silver bullet that will ensure
  quality education.

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Closing Thoughts

• Collaboration is the key to success.
• After all, its up to you.

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Questions?
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Broadband on the Bayou Data, Delivery, and
Dollars

• Michael D.Abbiatti
• Associate Commissioner
• Louisiana Board of Regents

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DATA, DELIVERY, DOLLARS

• What do we do?
• How do we do what we do?
• How do we know?

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DATA

• E-learning renders distance/time constraints moot
  issues.
• E-learning is not a one trick pony investment.
• Students have clearly validated e-learning as a
  must have not a nice to have capability.
• E-learning takes place in all learning
  environments

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DATA

• 40K enrollments per year
• 200K enrollments since 1998
• 2400 courses per year
• 15-20 full degree programs

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DELIVERY

• Internet transport
• LEARNET
• LONI
• Commodity
• Leased line transport
• Satellite-based transport
• Cable transport
• Videotape transport
• Multimode

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DOLLARS

• What do we invest?
• How will we invest in the future?

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Technology Projects

• SELECT Grants
• Fiber infrastructure/Internet Connectivity
• Governors Information Technology Initiative
• LCTCS support
• Rapides Parish University Center
• Wireless projects

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Direct Impact Projects

• Statewide e-learning Support Center
• MERLOT
• UDL
• New statewide interactive video network
• D2L pilot at LSUA
• NSU/SREB Evaluation Pilot

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Opportunities to Excel

• Steadily Increasing Demand
• Increasing Cost Effectiveness
• Steadily Increasing Access Options
• Development of More Multi- technology Options

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Questions?
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