A variety of informational and marketing efforts have been undertaken to inform students, school and college advisors, and other prospective users about the ONE website.
| Spring 2000 |
The ONE website was officially launched 3/27/00 with a press release and articles in the Eugene Register Guard, Salem's Statesman Journal, The Oregonian and the student newspapers from Portland State University and University of Oregon. |
| Fall 2000 |
A four-minute interview on ONE was shown Sunday evening, 9/17/00, on KPDX Fox TV (reporter: Eric Schmidt), with coverage in the Portland metro area. |
| Fall 2000 |
An informational flyer on ONE was included in the packets for the three regional high school counselor meetings sponsored by the Oregon University System. |
| Fall 2000 |
A one-page flyer summarizing Oregon Collaborative Partnerships in Distance Education was developed 11/00 to be distributed at several regional and national meetings. |
| Fall 2000 |
Governor John Kitzhaber recorded TV and radio public service announcements for OregonONE on 10/2/00 (produced for ONE by the University of Oregon Media Services). Versions of the PSAs in beta, SVHS, and VHS of the video and CDs of the radio spot were developed. ONE sent VHS copies to each participating institution, and distributed PSAs across the state to 17 television and 35 radio stations. |
| 2000-01 |
Bookmarks were printed for widespread distribution. Bookmarks were mailed out with posters and also distributed at meetings (regional Oregon high school counselors, OUS/Community College Articulation and Transfer Conference, OUS Online Course Showcase, Oregon Joint Boards of Education, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications, Oregon Distance Education Forum). |
| 2000-01 |
Two-thousand posters in two designs (Poster #1 and Poster #2) were printed. Posters were mailed between 12/00 and 3/01 to the 22 participating ONE campuses; 1,230 Oregon elementary, middle and high schools; 220 Oregon public libraries; and 45 Oregon extension offices. |
| 2000-01 |
Several PowerPoint slides on ONE were created to use as public service announcements on various cable TV stations statewide. |
| 2000-01 |
Campuses participating in ONE added links to OregonONE on their distance education web pages. Various other education-related Oregon websites and some out-of-state distance education consortia/organizations link to OregonONE. |
| Fall 2001 |
A poster for ONE including the names of participating campuses as a background was developed and mailed to all Oregon public schools (1,230), public and academic libraries (250), extension service offices (45), and ONE participating institutions (24). |
| Fall 2001 |
A new informational flyer for 2001 on ONE was included in the packets for the three regional high school counselor meetings sponsored by the Oregon University System. |
| Fall 2001 |
A flyer advertising the new ONE faculty/staff center was created for distribution to distance education faculty/staff within Oregon and at distance education conferences outside of Oregon. |
| Fall 2001 |
Three new 30-second public service announcements (PSAs) for television (+ one PSA for radio) were produced in November 2001 for distribution to 14 TV stations and 47 radio stations throughout Oregon (produced for ONE by the University of Oregon Media Services).
Hatfield:
Former Senator Mark O. Hatfield speaks about ONE with clips of students and graphic of ONE website.
Island:
Cartoon-drawn man on island ponders how he can further his education "way out here" when he gets the idea to visit OrgeonONE.org. Artwork by Steve Rhay, University of Oregon student.
Cowboy:
Cartoon-drawn cowboys talk over changing careers via more college education. They don't know how they will access college "way out here." Their horses step in to advise them to check out OregonONE.org. Artwork by Steve Rhay, University of Oregon student.
| Winter 2001-02 |
The first newsletter for ONE was produced and distributed to the OUS/Community College Articulation and Transfer Conference (12/01), OUS Distance Learning Steering Committee, Community Colleges' Distance Learning Council and Council of Instructional Administrators, OPEN, OUS provosts, participating institutions, and the Joint Boards of Education. |
| September '02 |
A new poster for ONE was produced to highlight the K-20 partnerships in ONE after various K-12 distance providers joined ONE. The new poster was distributed to K-12 schools, ONE member institutions, Oregon public libraries, and statewide extension offices. |
| Fall '02 |
The second ONE Newsletter was distributed to K-12 schools and ONE member institutions. Newsletter #2 highlighted K-12 joining ONE, summarized findings from the ONE evaluation, featured various degree programs listed at ONE, included student feedback on their distance courses, more. |
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| Spring '03 |
Throughout April, May and June 2003, ONE advertising (opening slate + Senator Hatfield PSA) appeared at the beginning and end of legislative broadcasts on the Oregon Public Access Network (OPAN), Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. |
| Fall '03 |
The third ONE Newsletter along with additional copies of the latest ONE poster were distributed to K-12 schools and ESDs, ONE member institutions, public libraries, public agencies and governmental offices, and extension offices. The 12-page newsletter highlighted Oregon distance education, ONE marketing (including student quotes), program highlights, the Oregon Public Affairs Network, and featured articles on distance education in two community colleges (Portland Community College and Lane Community College) and two universities (Eastern Oregon University and Oregon State University. [NOTE: The format of this newsletter is 11x14. If you wish to print it on 8.5 x 11 paper, select "fit to page" or "scaling" then "letter."] |
Direct your questions and comments to the Oregon Network for Education