Pre Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning: 2002 VIRTUAL CONFERENCES

The third in a series of six virtual conferences begins on 1 April 2002:

• Topic: THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• Dates: 1 – 12 April 2002
• Hosted by: Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE)
• Moderator: Mr. Bill Fricker, Technology Integration & Innovations Marketing

  Consultant, Technology & Curriculum Innovation, Northern Alberta Institute

  of Technology, Edmonton, Canada (and College/Institute Sectoral Director,

  CADE)

• Subscribe code: tech

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.

Over 200 people subscribed to March’s virtual conference on "Technology

and Lifelong Learning", which followed February’s discussion on "Bridging

the Digital Divide". The moderators’ summaries and recommendations will

appear on COL’s web site when available.

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, 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.

2002 VIRTUAL CONFERENCES

• Bridging the digital divide (February)
• Technology and lifelong learning (March)
• The future of technology for developing countries (April); subscriber code:

  tech

• Distance learning in the small and island states in the Commonwealth (May);

  subscriber code: small

• Quality assurance in open and distance education (June); subscriber code:

  qade

• Open and distance learning for community and social development (July);

  subscriber code: csd

TO JOIN A CONFERENCE, send an e-mail message to majordomo@hub.col.org

and put the following in the body of the message: subscribe (conference subscriber

code) (your e-mail address); e.g., subscribe tll name@col.org. You will receive

a confirmation and further information by e-mail. If you do not receive a confirmation

within 24 hours, please contact COL at info@col.org.

Further information on the virtual conferences is available at www.col.org/virtualconferences

or by contacting COL at info@col.org.

Dave Wilson

Communications Manager

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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.