AMEN Distance Education Network
Program Objectives

Curriculum Development and Distance Learning

The AMEN Distance Education Network establishes a virtual school integrated across grades 11 and 12 and the Associate degree granting institutions. The dominant organizational structure of the 21st Century will be the virtual organization, in which several real organizations dynamically form alliances to meet specific, shared goals. CAM-I believes that no single institution has all the knowledge and skills to efficiently educate the kinds of graduates industry needs--what is needed is a virtual school, a school whose educational program is the sum of parts contributed by a number of educational and industrial partners.

CAM-I and the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Alliance are developing a virtual school combining a national network of education resources to provide locally and temporally optimized education for employability. Pilot curriculum modules are being disseminated through distance education and telecommunications technologies among the Alliance's member Associate degree granting institutions and their associated Secondary Schools. The curricula is being further disseminated throughout the United States by CAM-I in publications, public forums, and through CAM-I's national network of industrial members. The ATE Alliance provides 21st Century education in clusters with large, diverse minority populations, preparing students for employment in challenging and rewarding careers.

Hot Links!

Curriculum Resources
Distance Learning
Curriculum Dissemination

Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise Education
(Agile Manufacturing Resources)
Technology, Math, and Science
(K-12 Resources and Links)
Technoentrepreneurship & Career Management
WETNET Project
(Wetlands Learning Resources)
Science At Home
Safe & Drug-Free Schools Education
Distance Learning Concepts and Resources

Curriculum Resources	Distance Learning Curriculum Dissemination
Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise Education (Agile Manufacturing Resources) Technology, Math, and Science (K-12 Resources and Links) Technoentrepreneurship & Career Management	WETNET Project (Wetlands Learning Resources) Science At Home Safe & Drug-Free Schools Education Distance Learning Concepts and Resources

Teacher Enhancement

Curricula and network development activities are being reinforced with training for educators, jobsite education for educators and students, and public information agencies. Professional development and training topics include:

comparative evaluation and selection of distance education technologies
strategies for adapting traditional courses to distance education
putting together an effective distance education team
instructional design fundamentals for interactive, multimedia distance education: analysis, design, development, testing, and revision
strategies and skills: influencing the viewer, alternative presentation models
interactive exchange and retrieval of data
authoring, presentation, and animation software
hands-on training in planning, production, and evaluation of audio-visual lessons
policy and management: managing personnel, classroom management
at the distant site, acquiring equipment, identifying resources and services, scheduling, cost-effectiveness, evaluation, and copyright issues
assessment in distance education

Teacher Enhancement
Goodrich Academy for Manufacturing Enterprise Summer Institute (GAME)

The Advanced Manufacturing Education Network is an initiative of the Consortium for Advanced Manfucturing-International and the ATE Alliance, in cooperation with the National Science Foundation. Send questions or comments to AMEN project coordinator.

January 26, 1996

AMEN Distance Education Network Program Objectives

Curriculum Development and Distance Learning

Teacher Enhancement

AMEN Distance Education Network
Program Objectives