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eLearning Strategic MERLOT
Robbie Melton – Tennesse Board of Regents

• She’s very funny!
• Framed discussion in terms of rising gas prices leading towards more eLearning
• Talked about how learning objects save time and money for the organization
• Integrates with Desire2Learn course management system, easy to integrate MERLOT learning objects into the course materials
• Strategic planning: faculty training, budget line item, online faculty mentors
• She recommended hulu.com. This is the only way John and I are watching TV these days. Well, hulu and netflix streaming.
• Made an analogy between hulu and the peer reviewed learning objects in MERLOT.
• Gives faculty rewards: full funding to MERLOT conference, acknowledgment to chief academic officers, at distance ed conference, website acknowledgment, tenure and promotions acknowledgment
• Student activities: tutorials, wequests, web 2.0 instructional tools, access to experts, personal collections, student awards
• Pointed out Go2Web20, a company’s website.
• She was a very entertaining and funny speaker!

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