Greater Arizona eLearning Assoc.

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Greater Arizona eLearning Assoc.
Barbara Kraver Officer/Board Member
The Greater Arizona eLearning Association (GAZeL)
is an alliance between eLearning educators,
practitioners related businesses. Arizona
eLearning is a 3 billion industry GAZeL's
purpose Promote eLearning in business,
government, and education.
www.gazel.org
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E-Learning Industry Trends

• Internet reduces content cost
• Supports faltering students
• Gaming builds interactive skills
• Annual Market Growing 11B

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A Word About GAZeL
Transforming Education Enabling Learning for all
Arizona Students
So.. What makes eLearning Industry so
Great? Its the Information that rides on
Technology. Reaches Rural Areas with
Broadband It Delivers Knowledge to All
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eLearning gt Solution
K-12 academic performance continues to lag The
current economic challenge is destroying jobs and
creating millions of unemployed workers.
Economic Turnaround gt Ability to Unlearn and
Relearn. Only eLearning offers a cost effective
solution.
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eLearning Systems for Arizona Teachers and
Students
Ted Kraver President Effects turnaround in
unique way eLearning Is A Disruptive
Technology
azeLearning.org
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Adoption of eLearning Lagging

• eLearninggt education supported by digital
  means 11 Classroom, Hybrid, Online, Virtual
• Incumbent Education Resistant to Innovation
• Innovation Unfunded
• Lack of Innovation Tradition and Processes
• Little Intellectual Infrastructure Support
• 5 Governance Levels
• Disruptive Innovation to the Rescue!

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Organizations in Place

• AZ Business Education Coalition School Funding
• AZ eLearning Task Force Legislature/Governor
• AZ Technology in Education Assoc Teachers
• GAZEL eLearning Industry Cluster Organization
• 14 AZ Virtual Schools 5000 Online students
• Empire High, Wilson District, other 11 schools
• Why no significant penetration?

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Disruptive Innovation
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Disruptive Innovation