New Beginnings

2011-02-05T18:32:00.000-05:00

The last few years have given me new knowledge (a MA in History) and new skills (experience in Instructional Design and Delivery). Now, my children are almost grown and it's time form me to do something new.

I'm planning to earn a PhD--because it's something I have wanted to do since high school.

But, in the meantime, I am going to start a school.

The Terrell Institute, which may one day become Byron B. Terrell University--named after my father, who never learned enough to satisfy himself.

My intent will be to focus on the distance-learning domain.

Phase I

Infrastructure:

Establishing a web presence and a Learning Management System to track the courseware and the delivery of content.
Establish a Knowledge Management framework for keeping the courseware secure and protected.
Securely processing financial transactions
Templates for creating "study guides", "tutorials" (intended to support other educational efforts), and "e-courses" intended to stand alone.
Determine routes to validate CEUs for various states and professional groups.
Begin thinking about national and regional accreditation.

Audience: Draw from immediate experience.

Law Enforcement,
Homeland Security,
Geospatial Information Analysis,
MS Word Reference Manager,
MS Excel Pivot Tables,
Google Earth as an analytical tool,
Critical Thinking,
Social Network Analysis,
Complex Adaptive Systems,
Alternative Medicine Practice,
Nutrition,
Health Coaching,
Historiography,
Research Methods,
Ancient History,
Classical History,
European History,
effective academic writing,
Credit scores,
understanding credit legislation.