1. KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY’S PURPLE BALLOON PROJECT: THE ONLINE INITIATIVE

2. DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY: THE RED BALLOON CONTEST DARPA RANDOMLY PLACED 10 BRIGHT RED WEATHER BALLOONS 30-0 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AT 10 PLACES SOMEWHERE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES $40,000 PRIZE WINNING TEAM: M.I.T. LEARNED ABOUT THE CONTEST ON TUESDAY, ANNOUNCED THE TEAM STRATEGY ON THURSDAY, CONTEST BEGAN ON SATURDAY

3. DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY: THE RED BALLOON CONTEST 8 HOURS 52 MINUTES

4. DARPA’S RED BALLOON CONTEST IS AN ANALOGY FOR THE WAY THAT WE MIGHT WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY TO RE-IMAGINE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE GEORGE MAHAFFEY’S LAUNCHING OF THE RED BALLOON PROJECT AS A HIGHER EDUCATION INITIATIVE

5. A GAME CHANGING VALUE PROPOSITION AND ITS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS: THE KANSAS WESLEYAN PURPLE BALLOON PROJECT THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE IS TO ENABLE FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS TO EXPLORE CREATIVE INNOVATIONS TO DEFINE AND/OR SUPPORT THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE SUPPORTED BY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, OPEN INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING (E.G. IMPROVED COURSE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES, NEW LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS, NEW ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES AND NEW DELIVERY STRATEGIES).

6. A GAME CHANGING VALUE PROPOSITION AND ITS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS: THE KANSAS WESLEYAN PURPLE BALLOON PROJECT WHAT IF I WAS TO ASK YOU TO: DEFINE A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAM FREE OF CREDIT HOUR RESTRICTIONS. CREATE AN ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAM THAT HAS SUPERIOR LEARNING OUTCOMES TO ONE WITH A TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY.

7. ON THE PLAINS OF HESITATION, BLEACH THE BONES OF COUNTLESS MILLIONS WHO AT THE DAWN OF VICTORY, SAT DOWN TO WAIT…..AND WAITING, DIED. -GEORGE W. CECIL, 1923 WHICH BRINGS US TO HOW PURPLE BALLOON, AS A PHILOSOPHY, WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ONLINE INITIATIVES.

8. I WILL GIVE YOU THE BROAD PARAMETERS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND A BROADLY DEFINED ROADMAP TO GET THERE…… INTENT/RATIONALE FOR THE PURSUIT OF THE ONLINE INITIATIVE AT KWU. CURRENT STATUS OF THE ONLINE OFFERINGS ON CAMPUS. TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR A ROBUST SET OF ONLINE OFFERINGS.

9. I WILL GIVE YOU THE BROAD PARAMETERS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND A BROADLY DEFINED ROADMAP TO GET THERE…… ROLL-OUT DATES AND MARKETING STRATEGIES LEAD-OFF PROGRAMS, LIBERAL STUDIES AND ELECTIVE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL FOR A SUMMER SESSION, ACCELERATED OFFERINGS AND INTERSESSION

10. WHAT PURPLE BALLOON WILL ENABLE FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS TO DO: CREATE A DISTINCTIVE AND INNOVATIVE COURSE DELIVERY PROCESS CREATE A NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT IS DISTINCTLY KANSAS WESLEYAN EXPLORE NEW WAYS TO CREATE AND DELIVER THE “PRODUCT”

11. WHAT PURPLE BALLOON WILL ENABLE FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS TO DO: CREATE NEW MECHANISMS TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROCESS AND THE PRODUCT THINK WAY, WAY, WAY OUTSIDE THE BOX IN A BUSINESS THAT IS THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF “THE BOX”

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