A Strategic Planning Process Model

A Strategic Planning Process Model for Distance Education
As more institutions seek to implement or expand distance learning programs, it becomes critical to integrate distance learning programs into broader strategic visions and plans. Using the informed opinion from a panel of peer-nominated experts via iterative Delphi questionnaires, a 10-phased strategic planning process model for distance education was developed. This model is designed to support planners, from novice through expert, strategically prepare for implementing distance learning programs.

“To have a strategy is to put your own intelligence, foresight, and will in charge instead of outside forces or disordered concerns”
(Keller, 1983, p. 75).