Pre Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning
The sixth and final in a series of e-mail-based virtual conferences begins on Monday, 1 July 2002:
Topic: OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING FOR COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Dates: 1 – 15 July 2002
Hosted by: National Association of Distance Education Organisations of South Africa (NADEOSA)
Moderators: Mr. Tony Mays, distance education consultant, South Africa (and Chair of 2nd PCF management committee and President, NADEOSA); Professor Alan Amory, Director, Centre for Information Technology in Higher Education, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa; and Dr. Audrey Wyngaard, Lecturer, Distance Education Unit, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Subscribe code: csd
Subscription and participation in the virtual conferences is open to anyone and there is no cost. A web-based archive of discussions is available to subscribers.
TO JOIN A CONFERENCE, send an e-mail message to majordomo@hub.col.org and put the following in the body of the message:
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You will receive a confirmation and technical information by e-mail. If you do not receive a confirmation within 24 hours, please contact COL at info@col.org.
The virtual conferences have been organised by the Federation of Commonwealth Open and Distance Learning Associations (FOCODLA) and The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) as a lead-up to the second Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, which is to be held at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa, from Monday, 29 July to Friday, 2 August 2002. Technical support for the virtual conferences is being provided by COL.
Further information: www.col.org/virtualconferences
Dave Wilson
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COL is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning and distance education knowledge, resources and technologies.
