Session 11

Learning to Learn and Learning to Earn

Session Description:

If you’re a trainer or educator engaged in e-Learning, you have highly marketable skills. Do you know how your skills can benefit you in the emerging e-Commerce, knowledge, and innovation economy? Do you know how to transition to a more entrepreneurial career as an instructional entrepreneur teaching online? Do you know what work opportunities are available to your e-learned students and which skills you should emphasize to prepare them for the changing work environment?

Frank Odasz was a pioneer in e-Learning and now leads the way in community e-Commerce initiatives. In this session, he will describe his journey from academic teaching to the entrepreneurial world of consulting and instructional entrepreneurship.

Presenter: Frank Odasz, President and CEO of Lone Eagle Consulting

Frank Odasz is President and CEO of Lone Eagle Consulting (lone-eagles.com) in Dillon, Montana. After serving twelve years as Assistant Professor of Computer Education at Western Montana College in Dillon, Montana, Frank became an independent instructional entrepreneur.

Specializing in fast-track Internet training for rural, remote, and indigenous learners for the last 20 years, Frank has traveled over half a million miles presenting at national and international conferences on on-line learning, community networking, and rural e-Commerce. Frank has diverse experience working with Alaskan villages and rural communities. His work has been recognized for excellence by the U.S. White House, in four Congressional reports, and in dozens of books and publications. Frank also teaches graduate on-line courses for educators for Alaska Pacific University and Seattle Pacific University and a non-credit e-Commerce course for Idaho State University.