In a new podcast, Scott Adams interviews Ward Cates … Ward makes a comment that he thinks the board needs to find out from the divisions what’s required to help the divisions thrive.

What do you think? What do we need?

The second part of Sharon’s charge was to examine our description and mission. I’ll quote out what I know of it here. This is from the small paragraph on the AECT website. It’s the only description I remember seeing.

AECT’s Division of Distance Learning represents members with interests in the full range of distance learning techonologies as a means of addressing the educational needs of students, the educational community, and the general public.

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We have 6 months before Orlando. More, Sharon Smaldino has called for a completion of divisional action plans by the end of the Summer Leadership Program in July. It’s a stretch goal … but one that we might be able to accomplish. We have some outstanding issues regarding how our strategic plan can contribute to the larger AECT strategic plan (given that it’s not been formulated yet) but there are some things we can do.
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Don Little and I have a prototype of The Overlay running.

For those who haven’t been in on the discussion, The Overlay is intended to be a social space online that provides connectivity to the extended community. We are hoping for 100 people registered and active by the time we get to Orlando.

It’s not finished yet, but it’s getting to the point where we would welcome some more participation. Everybody who creates an account gets a blog, access to the directory of registered members, and the opportunity to be part of a social experiment.