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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to encourage the development and sharing of open learning and distance education
knowledge, resources and technologies.