Road Show

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Road Show

• Ohio Learning Network Update Current Services,
  Resources and Initiatives 

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Resources for Member Institutions

• Grants
• Web Resources
• Services and Cost Savings
• Reports
• Partnerships and Capacity Building

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Grants Academic Outreach

• Emerging Needs Grants
• Technology Innovation Course
• Redevelopment Grants
• http//www.oln.org/funding/emerge.php

OLN Contact George Steele gsteele_at_oln.org
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Grants Professional Development

• Partnership Grants (2001-2002)
• Learning Communities Initiative (2003-2006)
• http//www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning/lci/lci_
  comm.php

OLN Contact Sheryl Hansen shansen_at_oln.org
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Web ResourcesTeaching and Learning
http//www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning

• Ohio Showcase
• http//www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning/ohioshow
  case.php
• Resources and professional development
  opportunities
• 7 Principles of Good Practice
• IDEAS Now!

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http//www.cscc.edu/oln
OLN contact Sheryl Hansen shansen_at_oln.org
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OLN Contact George Steele gsteele_at_oln.org
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• E 4 ME http//www.e4meohio.org/
• 2,085 have enrolled since Dec 2005
• 23 have completed course (849 never logged on)
• 72 female
• 48 under 50 years of age
• 50 some college, 25 high school
• 36 FT work
• E 4 ME support
• E-Guides Helping with the transition
• E 4 ME P Reaching new learners
• E- Fee Adding value, 8 participating institutions

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Emerging Technologies Test Bed
http//www.oln.org/et/testbed

• The Test Bed
• a space for hands-on testing,
• get information,
• identify commercial and open source solutions,
  and
• share best practices about how other institutions
  have piloted and/or implemented new technologies.

OLN Contact Cable Green cgreen_at_oln.org
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Ohio IT Clearinghousehttp//www.ohioitclearingh
ouse.org

• Ohio IT Educational Offerings
• Career and Workforce Resources
• IT Certificates
• ICDL OhioComputingUnlimited.org
• CompTIA PLUS Certificates
• OhioITNow Blog and New PODCAST
• Current News About IT Research, Education and
  Business in Ohio
• OLN Contact Rich Bowers rbowers_at_oln.org

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Adjunct Professor Exchange

• 394 postings as of Feb. 14!
• Public Site http//www.oln.org/registry/main.php
  
• Maintenance Site http//www.ohiolearns.org/catadm
  /maint.php
• OLN Contact George Steele gsteele_at_oln.org

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http//www.teachuohio.org/

• March 23, 2006 Chunking Learning The Why and
  How of Successful Modularization
• April 26, 2006 PODcasting
• May, 2006 Date Time TBA 2006 ODCE Conference
  Best Presentation
• June 20, 2006 Ohio OSPILOT Update
• July 11, 2006 Succeeding with ADA Resources For
  You
• OLN Contact Sheryl Hansen shansen_at_oln.org

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http//www.technopoli.org

• Ohios online calendar of events
• about technology in education
• OLN Contact Andrea Wood awoood_at_oln.org

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http//www.oln.org/coursecheck

• Want your distance or hybrid courses to be more
  engaging for students?
• Use the CourseCheck Self Assessment and Resource
  Bank
• OLN Contact Sheryl Hansen shansen_at_oln.org

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Services Cost Savings

• 11 institutions currently participate
• 4 more institutions considering
• Participating institutions have realized over
  86,000 in cost savings
• More than 2,000 students have used the service
• http//www.smarthinking.com
• OLN Contact Gail Peters gpeters_at_oln.org

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Services Cost Savings

• WebCT Consortia
• Cumulative savings for 30 institutions running
  WebCT CE 592,100
• (01 through 06)

OLN Contact Cable Green cgreen_at_oln.org
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OSPILOT

• 41 institutions OLN OhioLINK
• http//ospilot.oln.org
• Walsh University on Sakai
• Franklin University moving to Sakai

OLN Contact Cable Green cgreen_at_oln.org
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CLE Hosting / Shared Services

• Hosting Fees
• License
• Integration Costs (optional)
• ------------------
• Sub-Total
• - OLN Support
• ------------------
• Total CLE Hosting Costs

OLN Contact Cable Green cgreen_at_oln.org
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OnLine Communities

• http//www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning/communiti
  es.php

• Creating Engaging Learning Spaces
• Teaching 100 Online
• Instructional Design
• Blackboard Users
• WebCT Administrators
• OLN Learning Times Community

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OLN Partnerships

• Ohio Digital Commons for Education
• ODCE Conference
• Digital Repositories
• Ralph Regula School of Computational Science
• E 4 ME Partners CTCs (7) OCAN
• Learning Institutes - 7
• Ohio Board of Regents (multiple ways!)
• State Agencies (ORC, eTech Ohio, etc.)
• MICTA ADL Academic Co-Lab

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Reports

• External Review of OLN Grants (2005)
• http//www.oln.org/funding/pdf/OLN_Master_Final_D
  ec05.pdf
• The Future of Distance and E-Learning in Ohio
  (2003) http//www.oln.org/about_oln/pdf/Futures_
  Final_Report_5-10-04.pdf
• Quality Learning in Ohio and at a Distance (2003)
  http//www.oln.org/about_oln/pdf/Quality_TF.pdf
• Bounded Exuberance e-Learning in Ohio (2005)
  http//www.oln.org/pdf/Bounded-web.pdf

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Questions?
George Steele Director, Educational
Access gsteele_at_oln.org Sheryl Hansen Director,
Professional Development Programs shansen_at_oln.org
Cable Green Director, Technology cgreen_at_oln.org