TDEC Report

February 18-20, 2013

Adventist Learning Community(ALC)

• Broad platform including all the departments of the church.

Adventist Learning Community

Policy IT Processes Practice

Goals Set (ADMIN) Develop Conceptual Framework

Build Proposed Model

Courses Refined

Develop Courses/Modules

OK’ed ADMIN

OK’ed AU & GU

ADMIN Approval

OK’ed NAD, Unions, Confs

Select Design Team Identify Resources and

NeedsSelect LMS/CMS

Vendors Construct – LMS & CMS

Design Portal and Imagination Stations

Design Team Consults with

Clients

Needs of the Field

Courses Proposed and Identified for Development

Ministries

ADMIN Approval

Piloting and In-Service

Lives Changed

NO

Block Goal Accomplished

Report to Constituents

YES

Courses are Taught

Educating the World Church

OnlineCreating a cohesive plan for denomination-wide online

educational communication and resources

Vision: Affordable lifetime learning opportunities that promote Seventh-day Adventist identity within the church and a message of hope and wholeness to the world.

Mission: To create synergy for the systemic growth of all stakeholders of the Seventh-day Adventist church.

Questions to Answer

• Why?• How?• What?

• Who?• Where?• When?

Why?Why An Adventist Online

Educational/Professional Growth Presence?

UnifiedReliableOfficial

Make Adventist education available for

• Academic credit• Non-credit certification programs• Social media/community• Training/continuing education units• Spiritual enrichment• Development program for church

professionals, lay members and volunteers

Why?Uniquely Distinctly Seventh-day Adventist

Strengthen Adventist culture Capture unique Adventist narrative

The values, mission and vision of Adventist education on our physical

campuses must be mirrored in the digital world.

In the SchoolsBuild a virtual communityOffer affordable/competitive educationExpand capacity—junior academies, advanced

placement classes, vocation classesProvide clear plan for communicating benefitsLeverage best practice across the NADCommit to continuous program assessmentEstablish multi-modal delivery

• DVD• Cohort• Asynchronous/synchronous• Video streaming, etc.

What?Content and Demographics

NAD Department TrainingK-12 Courses Courses/Resources

Higher Ed Courses/ResourcesOther Organizational

Education/CertificationsLay Training

Who?Organization, Personnel and

Constituents

Identify Organizational Structure

Identify Positions/Skills Needed

Identify Constituents

AudienceMarket to:

– Parents– Churches/pastors– Schools/principals– Donors– NAD officers

Deliver to:– Home school students– Public school students K-12 and Higher Education– Church professionals and volunteers– Adventist schools/students– General public

Partners– Griggs– Approved distance education providers– NAD departments– Colleges and universities– AVLN

Who?Stakeholders

Church LeadersChurch MinistriesHomeschoolers

Distance Learners

Who?Departments

EducationChildren’s ministriesHealth MinistriesCommunicationMinisterial

Family MinistriesReligious LibertyWomen’s MinistriesYouthStewardshipYOU!

Who?Constituents

Buy-in from Constituents CriticalTargeted Marketing

Understanding NeedsMust Build Collaboration and

Cooperation

When?Targeted Goals

Multi-Phase Realistic Goals

Understanding Priorities

Key Words• Quality• Effective• Affordable• Effective• Accessible• Distinctly Adventist

Educating the World Church

OnlineCreating a cohesive plan for denomination-wide online

educational communication and resources

Distance Education

• VOTED to request that NADOE make the Distance Education Evaluation Document a high priority.

• TDEC will have the draft to the May Advisory Council in May 2013.

Distance Education• VOTED: All schools delivering DE program

at any level need to have the status application approved by the local conference, local union and by the NAD

• Recommended that there be a modified status app for delivery schools offering fewer than three classes

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• VOTED ALL schools that have not been in continuous operation in the 2012-2013 school year come under the new recommendation to the directors listed previously.

• VOTED: Recommendation to the directors that all DE school sponsored and credited classes/programs must meet existing faith-based standards that include the SDA worldview.

New Digital Resources

• Learn360– $2.00/student if ordering prior to Sept. 16– $3.00/student if ordering AFTER Sept. 16

• Image Quest– Under School Britannica

• EBSCO – available within School Britannica

Subscription Resources

• Ordering available May 1 – September 16.• Orders will be done through a “store front”

linked off of the NAD website.• Orders will be paid at time of order through

credit card or pay pal.

GreenBridge Computing

• Partnered project with Microsoft• Mission –

– Provide highest quality digital access at fraction of the cost

– Cut costs while expanding tech access– Provide both unsurpassed performance and

accessability

• System being piloted by Colin Hill• Offers

– BYOD solution to manage devices– 1:1 management– IT administrator management– Peer-to-Peer mentoring

david@greenbridgecomputing.com www.greenbridgecomputing.com

National Purchasing Partners

• https://www.mynpp.com/myNPP• Contract for purchasing—NAD signed up

so any SDA entity can also purchase here• Nothing to manage; schools setup their

own accounts