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STRATEGIC GOALS

Through a common vision and shared goals, we serve as a proactive educational body, resource, advocate and leader in Digital Media education. It is a goal of the Consortium to establish sufficient consistency in vision, performance and resource management that the efforts of the Consortium will continue even as the individual champions change in education or industry.

We will recommend modification or revision of Florida educational standards and curriculum frameworks based on technological advances, educational needs and industrial changes. Further, in partnership with Digital Media Alliance Florida [Florida’s Digital Media industry association and founding partner], the Consortium will:

The Consortium will achieve these strategic goals through the following activities, among others:

  1. Serve as a common focal point for cooperation, collaboration, information sharing and joint planning and action for digital media education and awareness. 
  2. Jointly contribute to effective development and utilization of resources for educational networking at all levels and with industry.
  3. Co-host annual, statewide digital media education conference(s) and/or workshops to provide networking and learning opportunities between industry, state and private educational institutions and government.
  4. Advise and assist in educational articulation.
  5. Provide mentors, speakers and assistance to K-20 education as well as adult education and training.
  6. Conceive, research, analyze, evaluate, develop and disseminate educational and cooperative efforts that further the goals and purposes of the organization and its members.
  7. Create valuable linkages between related efforts.
  8. Analyze and evaluate the economic impact and contributions from and to Digital Media education.
  9. Advise the industry Board of Directors of Digital Media Alliance Florida, and assist mentors of the Digital Media Alliance Florida M.E.D.I.A. [Mentoring Entrepreneurship through Direct Involvement in Activities] program.
  10. Jointly plan actions and pursue resources to continually improve the availability, quality and effectiveness of Digital Media education in the State of Florida.
  11. Work in tandem with DMAF to continually monitor, adjust if necessary, and disseminate definitions of digital media and its disciplines, consistent with industry changes and technological advances.