It is a very useful publication covering a variety of.topics that are central to the development of an open learning culture in Asia. ......................... We at AM'1C are proud to be associated with this innovative venture.
Dr Anura Goonasekera, Head of Research Asian Media Information & Research Centre, S'Pore

It is vital that those of us who are working to promote education learn from each other & share experiences with each other. This critical need is one which the newsletter will play a key role in meeting. I very much enjoyed reading edition one and look forward to number two,
Joe Simpson,
Head of Programming BBC World Learning Network, London

'It will not onlyfill in a void in Educational Media but link up the Commonwealth & Asian countries for optimum utiisation of resources.'
ProfM M Chaudhri,
Director Consortium for Educational Communication,
N. Delhi

'It is full of interesting and timely information on distance education and educational technology in Asia..................I particularly value your inclusion of intemet/e-mail addresses. This feature alone will move us towards a regional net\vork of like minded individuals and institutes throughout South Asia and further a field.'
Warren L. Mellor,
Senior Programme Specialist, UNESCO

'I find it to be very informative and useful.'
Dr Myint Swe Khine,
Head Educational Technology Centre Universiti Brunei
Darussalam, Brunei

'It will accelerate information dissemination and networking on distance education. We look forward to the future issues carrying articles on experiences and research from the various institutions in the region.'
Ms. Jai Chandiram,
Executive Director Electronic Media Production Centre.
IGNOU, New Delhi

'It promises to be a useful guide on the media development and activities in our region........I must compliment you for its neat and impressive lay-out and gel up.'
Gopal Saksena, Controller Indira Gandhi National
Centre for Arts, New Delhi

CEMCA's Orientation Programme for Directors of Indian CCIs and Open Schools

The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) and the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) jointly conducted a three-day orientation programme on 'the Use of Audio Visual Media in Distance Education* for the senior managers of the Institutes of Correspondence Courses and Open Schools from May 13-15,1996 in Hyderabad. The main objective of the programme was to expose the participants to the educational potential of electronic media and their effective use in delivering distance learning courses.

Twenty one participants from different regions of India attended the orientation programme. In his keynote address, Kiran Kamik, Vice-President, Discovery Channel, visualised that education was emerging as a big industry and felt that distance education institutions should take advantage of the unprecedented growth in the electronic media. Dr.MMChaudhri, Director, Consortium for Educational Communication; Ms. Jai Chandiram, Executive Director, Electronic Media Production Centre, IGNOU; Dr. Usha Vyasulu Reddy, Director, Audiovisual Research Centre, Osmania University; Prof. V S Prasad, Director, Distance Education Council, Prof. Amritavalli, CIEFL and Mr. T R Malakar, Deputy Director General, All India Radio were the resource persons for the programme. Major educational media organisations as EMPC, CEC, CIEFL and AIR shared their experiences with the participants, who had also the opportunity to visit the Educational Media Research Centre at Hyderabad. Mr. Ravi Kanth, CEMCA, was the coordinator for the 3-day programme.

The orientation programme concluded by making some practical recommendations to facilitate greater use of electronic media by the CCIs. The sharing of expertise and facilities by the existing educational media organisations was seen as an appropriate way to initiate this process.

School of the Directors of Indian CCIs at CEMCAs Orientation
Programme,ICSSR hall,Osmania University,Hyderabad

Dr. Khan appointed on a South African Committee

Dr. Abdul Khan, Education Specialist, Educational Media & Non formal Education, The Commonwealth of Learning, has been appointed as a member of a Committee to study the Technology Enhanced Learning in South Africa. The committee, constituted by the Government of South Africa, will formulate proposals to initiate debate and development of: a policy and plan for the infrastructure necessary to support Technology Enhanced Learning; a policy on adoption of standards and protocols to underpin Technology Enhanced Learning; a policy on strategies of partnerships between education sector and other key stakeholders in contributions to Technology Enhanced Learning; and a framework for evaluating major proposals for Technology Enhanced Learning.

As the existing provision for learning in South Africa is not adequate to meet the needs of all the people Technology enhanced Learning within the scope of Open and Distance Learning is seen as a viable alternative to Conventional Education. The Ministary of Education is also examining the possibility of establishing a National Open Learning Agency (NOLA).

CEMCA shares its database with National OUs in S. Asia

In fulfilment of its mandate, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia has shared copies of its database on audio/visual resources with the National Open Universities in the South Asian region. The database, containing detailed information on over SOOO media programmes, has been sent as a hard copy (in volumes) or as a set of floppy disks to Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India, Open University of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Open University. The is just the beginning of an initiative to provide value added information to all the distance education institutions in the region in order to facilitate networking and exchange of electronic media materials between them.

CEMCA On-line: CEMCA has got onto the information super highway (via) GIAS of VSNL, India. We hope you would use this new channel of communication to reach us. For a start, you could send us some information for the next issue of this newsletter !
E-mail: cemca@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in

Members of the CEMCA Consultative Committee after a meeting in Singapore

Dr. Ian Macdonald,Chairman,The COL,addressing the speakers and delegates of ET 2000

Central Institute of Educational Technology, NCERT, Indian

Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) was established by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) with a view to improve the quality of school education through the application of educational technology. Hitherto, its emphasis had been on the curriculum based teaching-learning materials. But lately there has been a shift towards providing direct support to school going children and alternative schooling to non-school going children.

Objectives

* To produce instructional materials for children and school teachers utilising communication media as audio, video, motion    film and low cost teaching aids
* To train personnel in the various aspects of educational technology
* To conduct evaluative studies pertaining to programme testing, utilisation of a/v programmes and technologies
* To provide consultancy in the area of educational technology esp. for designing systems and setting up a/v production    facilities
Current activities

* Production of Educational Radio & Television programmes targetted primarily at school children from I areas and teachers.   The tele-vision programmes are telecast from Monday to Saturday in the Hindi speaking states of India. A weekly 10-minute radio programme is broadcast from 10 stations of All India Radio in the Hindi speaking region of the country
* marketing educational audio and video programmes, charts & slides
* coordinating the production activities of six SIETs (State Institutes of Educational Technology)
* training the personnel of CIET, SIETs and other educational media organisations in the areas of media production techniques and technical operations
* training school teachers of different states using interactive technologies as teleconferencing
* developing multi-media packages for self instruction and distance teaching



Infrastructure

Functioning from an impressive building called Chacha Nehru Bhawan on the NCERT campus, CIET has two well equipped audio and video studios. It has facilities for producing, editing and dubbing audio and video programmes of high technical quality. Adequate facilities exist for the production of films and slides too. The services of a large team of experienced staff members are used during the production and evaluation stages of the a/v programmes.

Media Library

CIET has a large collection of films (around 8000) covering subjects as Mathematics, Science, Languages etc. It also stocks over 100 audio programmes, which include nursery rhymes, historical themes and Hindi language teaching series. Multi-media packages are available for children with special needs. The Library provides lending services for the benefit of schools and other educational organisations.

For further information, pl. contact:
The Joint Director
Central Institute of Educational Technology
Chacha Nehru Bhawan Sri Aurobindo Marg
NEW DELHI-110 016 INDIA
Tel : 91-11-6962580
Fax: 91-11-6864141

European Commission's interest in Distance Education

The possibilities of utilising distance education methods (incl. audio and video cassettes) in the context of teacher training are currently being explored and may well be integrated into some of the activities within the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) in India. The DPEP is being supported partly by grant funds of the European Commission (EC) to the tune of ECU 150 m (equivalent to approx. US $ 180 m). The Government of India is utilising these funds for: improving the learning achievements in the first years of primary school, attracting more girls into school by extending the possibilities for access, improving teacher training and facilitating quality improvement of teaching/learning materials.

Distance Education may be a likely mode of delivery for other EC initiatives too. One of them relates to capacity building of key resource persons in the functional areas of teacher training; planning and management; monitoring, evaluation and research; and institutional development. For details, contact: EC Education Programme Office, F 10/12 VasantVihar.New Delhi-57

IGNOU to offer ELT Courses

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, is to offer a Certificate programme in the Teaching of English as a Second Language. The programme, first of its kind through the distance mode in India, is to benefit the school teachers - both at primary and secondary levels. The programme would have 3 core courses, 2 optional courses and considerable amount of audio/video support material. The videos would provide resource material from the classroom situation for analysis and model prose and poetry teaching behaviors. The audios would dicuss some of the problems teachers face in using mother tongue in an English classroom, in identifying learners with minor learning problems and finally in making tests, believe it or not, enjoyable !

Perhaps for the 1st time, IGNOU would be sending 5 audios to each student as part of the course package. The remaining audio/video support material, however, would have to be accessed through its Study Centres. Neverthless, it is still a good beginning in the effort to integrate more closely print and non-print media components of distance education. For details, contact: The Director, School of Humanities, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110 068

Computer Software packages on Islam

Youngsters and adults, muslims and non-muslims in the U.S.A are now able to learn more about Islam, Quran and Arabic in a way that makes education a pleasant experience. This is made possible by the new software programs - Islamyat, Al-Kuttab, Tajwid and Alphabet in Space.

The Islamyat computer package addresses four major categories of Islamic knowledge: The Quran, the Holy book of Islam; the Prophets of God -Adam, Noah, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed; the Companions of the Prophet; and the Islamic World itself.

Al-Kuttab is an interactive software programme designed to teach young people the Quran. The package derives its name Al-Kuttab from the old way of learning Quran - sitting on the floor and learning from the Imam. Using this package, one could read the verses of the Quran continuously, follow the text on the screen or just read to the computer and get the recitation tested.

Tajwid is an interactive software program designed to help students read the Quran the way the Prophet might have read it centuries ago. Alphabet in Space is a computer game that teaches youngsters the Arabic alphabet in an exciting fun filled manner - using spaceship, lasers and rockets ! The 4 packages have been developed by Manar Technologies in Florida, USA. Its Chairman, Abdul Rahim, feels these new educational Islamic computer packages meet a great cultural need and would motivate muslims youngsters in the U.S to learn more about their faith. (Source: VOA, Washington D.C,)

Bangladesh Open University to get more airtime

The Bangladeshi distance learners will soon be able to access most of the educational Radio & TV programmes, from their homes ! Bangladesh Open University (BOU) is likely to secure more airtime to broadcast its Radio & TV programmes. Dr. Syed Lutfi Ali, Director (Media), BOU, is confident that the university would obtain broadcast chunks of 6 to 8 hours daily on Bangladesh Radio & TV networks for its programmes. The university is currently broadcasting its Radio programmes for 25 minutes on 5 days of a week and TV programmes for half an hour daily.

Database on Pakistan's Open University Courses

A Computer Database with detailed information on all the Open University programmes/courses in Pakistan has been compiled by Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad. The database describes the academic programmes/courses in terms of: taget groups, level, objectives, content, credits and assessment, audio/ video support material etc. The database provides choice and flexibility to the users in the retrieval of information and could act as a catalyst for networking among the institutions in the region.

Cyberskool for Indian school children

A novel computer education programme began this summer in India for the benefit of the school children. Called 'Cyberskool', the programme aims to give 50,000 students each year, hands-on access to new high performance personal computers with exciting CD-ROM titles and Internet connectivity. This initiative was launched by the National Science Centre at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi under the supervision of Intel Corporation (USA).

Multimedia
IGNCA goes Hi-tech

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), a premier institution of Indian Arts and Heritage, is using 'state of the art* computer-based technologies to document, store and distribute valuable information on India's diverse culture and traditions. The target beneficiaries of this processed information are students, scholars, policy makers, tourists and the general public. With assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), IGNCA is employing digital technology via Multimedia to create and deliver presentations integrating moving visu-als, still pictures, audio, text, graphics and 3D modelling in a manner that makes India's rich cultural past come alive !

Several projects are currently underway at IGNCA's fully networked multimedia lab - all of them promising to provide memorable audio/visual experiences for the users. One would be able to undertake exploratory 'walk through' visits of India's ancient heritage sites and examine the intricate stone carvings ormural paintings in fine detail, without having to leave one's chair ! That is not all, the user controls the itinerary of his desk top 'field trips' - both in terms of what he experiences (the content and detail) and how he experiences (the sequence and the perspective).

Some of the ongoing projects are

(a) A Hypermedia presentation unfolding the different facets of the Brihadeshwara Temple (Thanjavur, South India) - in terms of iconography, murals, architecture, epigraphy, history and living traditions
(b) Project Gita-Govinda is the result of a collaboration between IGNCA and Xerox PARC, U.S.A. Based on a 12th century poem, Gita-Govinda would take the form of a distributed multimedia exhibit, the first of its kind in the world
(c) Rock Art project would create multimediapresentations of the different forms of Rock Art in India. The Bhimbetka version is nearing completion
(d) An ambitious archival library heritage project will create a digital library of unpublished manuscripts of Indian origin on the basis of reprographical material already generated by the Centre.



The Multimedia Lab of IGNCA

For further information on IGNCA's Multimedia projects, please contact:

Ms. Neena Ranjan
I.A.S Joint Secretary, Indira Gandhi
National Centre for Arts Janpath
NEW DELHI-110 001
Tel : 91 -11 - 338 3271
Fax : 91-11-3381139

Life and times of Gandhi on Multimedia CD

A multimedia CD-ROM has been produced that has five and half hours of interactive material on the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. The single disc titled 'Apostle of Peace and Nonviolence' uses a mix of voice, text and visuals to breathe new life into the Gandhian legacy. Digitised images make it possible to see some of the Mahatma's crusading moments, like the salt satyagraha, marches and fasts on a window screen, with accompanying background score and at times with his voice excerpts.

The Disc would be of interest to the students of Indian History and the followers of Gandhi worldover. The CD can be played on IBM compatible Multimedia PC with a sound card.

For further infromation, contact:
Gandhi Peace Foundation 221/223, Deendayal
Upadhyaya Marg New Delhi-110 002

OLI students look back through electronic eyes

A rich mine of historical information about Hong Kong can soon be dug up at the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong(OLI). But it's done with a click of a button, rather than a pick and shovel !

Designed to accompany the OLI course .-4 History of Hong Kong 1842-1984, the CD-ROM should give students a much more lively look at Hong Kong's history than exclusively print-based materials can provide. Hong Kong's history is brought to life in stories, historical texts, hundreds of photographs and numerous video clips. Much of the material has been sourced from Hong Kong's Government archives and museums.

This is the first CD-ROM designed by the institute to enrich OLI students' learning experiences. The program is being developed as part of a research project headed by Ross Vermeer, a Course Designer, and Linda Chung, an Educational Technologist, both OLI staff members. The project has also enjoyed the collaboration of the original course writer, Dr David Faure of the University of Oxford, who added his expertise by writing additional explanatory text and guiding the selection of visual materials.

The CD-ROM is being produced in conjunction with the Centre for Applied Learning Systems, part of the Adelaide Institute of Australia. This joint production has given the OLI researchers a first hand exposure into the technical side of multimedia development.



A Page from OLI's interactive CD-ROM

Video

Digital Signal Processing
A complete Video Course consisting of 33 hours of lectures by Prof. T.K.Basu (available in VHS cassettes for 12,000 Indian Rupees) Enquiries to: CET, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India e-mail: banib@iitkgp.ernet.in

Database Management Systems
A set of 33 videolectures by Dr. S.K. Gupta. The Course may be of interest to postgraduate students of Computer Science, Industry Practitioners etc. (available in VHS format for 9900 Indian Rupees) Enquiries to: Coordinator, ETF, CET, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016

Population:
Status and Problems A two part programme that traces the changes in the population of the world and India over the decades and highlights the resulting problems. Enquiries to: Marketing Executive, El, Consortium for Educational Communication, PO Box 10564, New Delhi- 110067

Computer-based Media

Distance Education Database

The database contains 31,000 entries relating to distance taught courses of 900 institutions worldwide. It has also 8,500 abstracts of books, journal articles, research reports etc. on distance education (available on CD-ROM in IBM PC compatible format forU.K£50) Enquiries to: International Centre for Distance Learning, The Open University , Milton Keynes, U.K. e-mail: icdl-enquiries@open.ac.uk

Decision Making in the European Union

This Multimedia CD combines video and audio with animated graphics and allows one to explore procedures and politics that shape EU decision making (This 20 hours learning tool runs on Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 and costs 600 ecu ) Enquiries to: Centre for Continuing Education, University of Bath, Bath, U.K. e-mail: rn.Lfraser@bath.ac.uk

Gita Vatika

A computer based publication of the Bhagawad Gita, the divine song from the battlefield of Kurukshetra. It also contains 50 essays on topics of contemporary relevance such as 'What is God?' 'What is meditation?' The software is designed to simultaneously display at any given point the original Sanskrit sloka, its translation into English, the PadaChheda (word structure), the sangati (summary) and the commentary in separate windows. This computer assisted package is available in English and Hindi versions and runs on an IBM PC. Enquiries to: Dr. T V Prabhakar, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

Compurabbit

A computer software programme that simulates the process of dissection of rabbits. In the past, similar programmes for other animals .i.e. Compurat, Compufrog had been produced and exported to Swiss schools. One of the objectives of these packages is to reduce the killing of animals and insects. Enquiries to: The Chairman, Blue Cross of India, 13, Beasant Garden, Adayar, Madras - 20, India

Suchak on CD-ROM

The CD-ROM is a bibliographic database and covers the fields of Sociology, Women's Studies, Nutrition, Community Health, Human Development, Library & Information Science and Special Education. It includes over 90,000 references to articles in journals, theses, books and reports. The CD-ROM is the product of an unique partnership between a university and an electronic company. Enquiries to: The Librarian, SNDT Women's University, Juhu Road, Santacruz (W), Bombay - 49, India CD-ROM on Indian Direct Taxes This CD-ROM title contains the decisions of various high courts and the Supreme Court on the subject of Direct Taxes. In all there are 19,000 decisions from the year 1965, full text of 600CBDTcirculars from year 1969, full text of the Income Tax Act with 80 amendments, and the I.T rules for 1995-96. Enquiries to : Odyssey Technologies Ltd, Madras, India

Japan Prize Circulating Library

The Japan Prize Circulating Library was established in 1974 by NHK, Japan, to make the recordings of the prize winning programmes of the annual Japan Prize contest widely available to broadcast and educational organisations through out the world. The guiding assumption behind this initiative being that exposure to examples of high quality educational programming will hopefully inspire and facilitate other institutions to improve their own productions. The library provides lending services to its institutional members free of charge through its central secretariat in Tokyo and its regional offices in 14 countries. The borrowing members are expected to meet all expenses arising from the loan of the programmes, such as transportation/ postal charges, customs duties etc. The programmes are strictly for non broadcast use only and are lent along with the relevant scripts in English.

For further information, contact: CIET (Attn.: Dr. S.P. Banyal) NCERT, New Delhi -110 016 India
AMIC (Aim.: Ms. Elsie Bong) Singapore
ET Division (Aim.: Mr. Ong Thor) Ministry of Education Persiaran Bukit Kiara 50604 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

An Appeal

Please send us details of your recent productions (audio/video/computer packages) for inclusion into our database and for publication in these columns. The programmes/software should be of educational /instructional nature. Information on new distance learning packages is also welcome.

AMIC Workshop on Multimedia

The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Singapore, is organising a two-day workshop on 'the impact of the multimedia environment on newspapers and magazines' in Bangkok, Thailand starting October 25, 1996. The Workshop will specifically look at how the new multimedia environment is changing the Asian newspaper and magazine industry, new business opportunities in multimedia services for this industry the core businesses of the newspapers and the magazines of the future and how these publications can implement a viable and profitable online service. A panel of international experts from the industry would be addressing these themes during the workshop.

For more information contact:
Mr. Joe Carlos
Head, Seminars AMIC
School of Communication Studies
Nanyang Technological University,
Jurong Point Post Office Box 360,
SINGAPORE 916412
Tel. (65) 7927570
Fax. (65) 7927129
E-mail: amicline@singnet.com.sg

Postgraduate studies in Educational Technology

Centre for Educational Technology and Media (CETM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, offers Masters and Doctoral programmes in Educational Technology. Students are encouraged to undertake research in any of the following areas:

Instruction - design, development, techniques and strategies
Application of psychology in teaching and learning
Needs assessment and performance analysis
Media research and evaluation
Evaluation of learning resources
Computer-based education

Applications from international students are also considered. The assistance of academic staff at the Centre could be sought by prospective applicants for re fining their study proposals before the formal submission to the Institute of Postgraduate Studies. Some of the facilities for post graduate students include: a multimedia laboratory with Pentium micro-computers, Internet access, audio-video production room for studies involving use of media.

For more information, contact:

The Director
Centre for Educational Technology and Media (CETM)
Universiti Sains Malayasia 11800
Penang MALAYSIA
Fax : 04 657 6749
e-mail: arms@usm.my

British Open University to offer On-line Courses over the Internet

The British Open University, a pioneer in the use of communication & information technologies for distance education, is to offer courses on educational technology via the Internet. The duration oftheseOnline Courses would vary from 8 weeks to 3 months and be available worldwide from January 1997. Some of the themes for this networked training are Information Resources for Open and Distance Learning (ODL), Finding Learning Opportunities on the Web, Teaching and Learning On-line, Multimedia Development for ODL.

For further information,consult our website: http://www-iet.open.ac.uk/PDET/online.html

Canadian University's Online Course for distance learners

University of British Columbia, (UBC) Canada, is offering a 3 credit course in Computer Science Introduction to Operating Systems to its Guided Independent Study (GIS) students over the Internet. The Course is offered 3 times a year and is for students/interested individuals with some knowledge of Data Structures and Computer Organisation. The Course looks at design and implementation issues that apply to all operating systems and includes a set of course notes, multiple choice self-evaluation, interactive simulations and exercises, a bulletin board, a chat service and more. The distance learners will be able to interact on-line using the web-course with other distance students, with local UBC students and with the Course providers.

For further information contact : Continuing Studies Division,University of British
Columbia, 2075, Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

ET 2000 : a brief report

The Commonwealth of Learning, in collaboration with AMIC, had organised ET 2000 Conference at Hotel Marina Mandarin, Singapore, from August 15-17, 1996. Around 200 persons from 38 countries participated in the event. Keynote addresses were delivered by Hon'bleDr.S.D.Ndlovu, Dy. Minister of Higher Education, Zimbabwe, Dr. Tony Bates from University of British Columbia, Ms. Elizabeth Smith, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and Mr. Motilal Sharma from Asian Development Bank. There were 60 presentations of papers and 4 regional round table discussions, covering a whole gamut of issues in the area of Educational Technology and Distance Learning. Technical demonstrations and sharing of experiences in the educational use of the emerging technologies were an integral part of most presentations. There was also an exhibition stall, displaying educational mediaware from India. The Conference ended with a perceptive and thought provoking post-script by Dr. Mary Thorpe, British Open University.

STOP PRESS

CEMCA Workshop on Management of Non- Print Media Resources
Venue: IGNOU campus. New Delhi
Dates :Nov. 12-15, 1996
Contact: Dr.Purnima Vyas,
CEMCA Fax: 91-11 -6985208

November 1,1996

'Vision 21 - Paradigm Shifts in Tertiary Education in the 21st Century'-

an academic symposium. Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong, Homantin, Hong Kong (for enquiries, e-mail: tmwong@olil.oli.hk)

Prof. G. Dhanarajan, President, COL, and Prof Ram Takwale, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, would be the keynote speakers. There are also 2 panel discussions and a technology demonstration.

November 14-16

10th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities,

IRIB International Conference Center, Teheran, Iran Theme: Innovations in Distance and Open Learning
Details from: Prof. M.H.Bijan-zade,
Conference Secretariat,
PayameNoor University,
LashkarakRoad,
P.O. Box 19395-4697.
Teheran, I.R.Iran
Fax:98-21 -2441511

February 27 - March 1,1997

Information Technology in Distance and Open Learning - CDE Silver Jubilee International Conference,

Penang, Malaysia
Details from: Conference Secretariat,
Centre for Distance Education,
Univ-ersiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang,
Malaysia
Fax: 60 - 4 - 657 6000
e-mail: sehmn@usm.my

March 23-26

Investing In Human Potential: Making Strategic Choices - The Second Global Conference on Lifelong Learning, CALL, Ottawa, Canada (for enquiries, e-mail: call@gsro. carleton.ca)

One of the objectives of the Conference is to inform on best practice and current technologies that deliver lifelong learning around the world. There is a session on Universities as effective providers of Open Learning and Distance Learning.

June 2-6 18th International Council for Distance Education World Conference,

Pennsylvania State University,
United States
Theme: The New Learning Environment: A Global Perspective
Details from: ICDE '97, c/o The Pennsylvania State University, Continuing and Distance Education, Conferences and Institutes,
211 Mitch-ell Building,
University Park,
PA 16802-3601,
USA
Fax: 1-814-8635190
e-mail: ICDE97@cde.psu.edu

Open and Distance Education Research - Analysis and Annotation

(1996) Panda, Satyanarayana and Sharma, Indian Distance Education Association, Warangal, India (The book has a section on Media and Technology)

Technology and underprepared students : Part one (1996) Cartwright. P.G, Change, 28(1), 45-7

Do Media influence Learning ?: Revisting the debate in the context of Distance Education (1996) Carter. V, Open Learning, 11 (1), pp 31-40

The Use of Multimedia in Distance Education(1996) Forgo. S. & Koczka. F, Education Media International, Vol. 33, no. 1, ppl6-19 The Use of Electronic Mail in Undergraduate Teaching (1996) Pitt.M, British Journal of Educational Technology, 27(1), pp45-50

Experimental study on the effectiveness of Educational Television programmes (1996) Bhattacharya. S.K, Indian Journal of Technical Education 19(1). 45-51

Educational Technology: its role in Correspondence Education (1996) Rao. Usha, Progress of Education, 70(7), pp 163-166

Audio-Visual Media in Distance Education (1996) Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, New Delhi (This is a report on the proceedings & recommendations of an Orienation Programme conducted for the Directors of Institutes of Correspondence Courses and Open Schools in India)

Prof. Shamshad Hussain as Vice-chancellor, Nalanda Open University, Bihar,India

Prof. H P Dixit as Vice-chancellor, Madhya Pradesh Open University, Bhopal, India

Dr. C. Anjanamurthy as Vice-chancellor, Kamataka Open University, Mysore, India

Prof. M B Menon as Chairman, National Open School, New Delhi Ms. Jai Chandiram as Executive Director, Electronic Media Production Centre, IGNOU, New Delhi

Dr. Syed Lutfi Ali as Director (Media), Bangladesh Open University, Dhaka

Dr. John Thomasas Managing Director, BBC Worldwide Learning, London

Ms. Kusum Nangia as Jt. Director, Central Institute of Educational Technology, NCERT, New Delhi

Acknowledgements...

International Centre for Distance Learning, Milton Keynes, U.K.
Sutinder Singh, Editor, University News, AIU, New Delhi
K. Viswanathan, Graphic Artist, for title Design

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