About the New York State Distance Learning Consortium

Background
Mission Statement
Members/Contacts
Meetings & Conferences
White Paper
Video on Teaching

Background

In the Fall of 1994, on the initiative of the Dutchess County BOCES, a number of educators who were involved in the programmatic components of Distance Learning met informally for the first time. The agenda for that meeting included comparing notes on how each network was being utilized, what plans were envisioned for its future use, what challenges teachers and administrators were facing, what sorts of equipment were in use, etc. and how these educators might provide one another professional support through the exchange of information and ideas.

From that meeting evolved the New York State Distance Learning Consortium, now composed of administrators of more than 30 Distance Learning Networks and drawing on the ideas, expertise and support of numerous Regional Computer and Information Center staff, instructional media specialists, vendors and others who attend meetings and contribute to the group's effectiveness as a resource for its members.

Mission Statement

The mission of the New York State Distance Learning Consortium is to promote and facilitate teaching and learning using interactive audio and video technologies to provide instruction in real time.

Meetings

The New York State Distance Learning Consortium typically meets two times a year in Binghamton, New York. The consortium members come together to share their experiences with distance learning, discuss the challenges they encounter instructionally as well as technically, and to provide support to other members.