Oklahoma VISION Project

VISION PowerPoint Presentation

VISION 2001-2002 Update (March 2001)

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and OneNet are proud to announce their active partnership in the development of the Virtual Internet School in Oklahoma Network (VISION). The VISION project, established by law, is an ambitious project that will profoundly impact the way the business of education is structured in the State of Oklahoma and nationally.

In its simplest form, VISION has the potential to remove the geographic and technological barriers that currently exist in our educational system, resulting in increased access to essential information that was once unattainable. The outcome of the VISION project will be the development of an Internet - based education portal -- designed to manage the delivery and performance of educational content and restructure the education management process within the State of Oklahoma.

The goals of the VISION project are to improve:

The enabling legislation that created VISION defined that a pilot program be developed. The purpose of the pilot program is to provide verifiable information on the advantages of web-based instructional programs. Specifically, it will concentrate on the development of web-based instructional programs in mathematics for all grades - beginning with the third grade. The pilot will also enable development and testing of procedures and standards so that implementation of a virtual, statewide Internet school network can be achieved seamlessly.

The schools selected for the initial pilot are:

  • Claremore
  • Lawton
  • Stilwell
  • Durant
  • Muskogee
  • Tulsa
  • Frontier
  • Oklahoma City
  • Western Heights

To assist in the design, development and implementation of the VISION project, Oklahoma sought assistance from corporations within the technology industry. To date, Dell, Intel, Microsoft and SAP have committed millions of dollars in support of the initiative." It is an honor to be aligned with prominent leaders in the technology industry and to play a role in the enhancing Oklahoma's educational technologies," said Bill Shafer, Executive Director of OneNet.

Public private partnerships have been the cornerstone to OneNet's success and have afforded Oklahoma the ability to move rapidly in the integration of state-of-the-art technologies and advanced applications. Similarly, this partnership between the State of Oklahoma, Dell, Intel, Microsoft and SAP demonstrates not only a continued commitment to a common goal, but engenders the same spirit of innovation that made OneNet what it is today.

As a national leader in distance learning and telecommunications, OneNet recognizes the importance of new technologies and the multifaceted impact a project such as VISION can have on Oklahoma's educational and economic progress. Moreover, OneNet is proud to be a partner in this notable and historic endeavor and is eager to contribute in the development and deployment of this twenty-first century system.

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