From zita at ISI.EDU Fri Sep 10 22:12:31 2004 From: zita at ISI.EDU (Zita Wenzel) Date: Thu Sep 9 22:12:25 2004 Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop Message-ID: <4142893F.4070005@isi.edu> Dear Colleagues, We are planning to hold the 2nd APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop ("The Commons") in conjunction with APRU's "Distance Learning and the Internet" conference to be held at Tsinghua University in beijing 11-14 October 2004. The Workshop itself will probably take place on October 14. Please see http://commons.internet2.edu for more information on the program. The 1st Workshop was held in conjunction with APRU's "Distance Learning and the Internet" conference held at the National University of Singapore last year. Participants from six countries enjoyed the workshop, which incorporated live, live remote, videoconferenced, and taped instructors outstanding in the field of videoconferencing. This is a call for participation. We need to know if there is sufficient interest to warrant holding the workshop. There may be a fee of $200 per student, but some subsidies are all available. Please email immediately if you, or your staff, are interested in attending. Best regards, Zita Wenzel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zita Wenzel, Ph.D. APRUNet Coordinator Center for Scholarly Technology 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA +1 310 448 8462 (voice) +1 310 823 6714 (fax) http://www.apru.org http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From zita at ISI.EDU Mon Sep 13 18:41:18 2004 From: zita at ISI.EDU (Zita Wenzel) Date: Mon Sep 13 18:40:45 2004 Subject: [APRU-DLI] 5th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet Conference 2004 Message-ID: <41464C3E.5060404@isi.edu> Dear APRU colleagues, With regard to our earlier conference announcement, we would like to invite all APRU member universities, and all universities interested in distance learning particularly around the Pacific Rim, to participate in the 5th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet Conference 2004 (DLI2004) . We encourage your university to send your respective APRUNet representatives and leading distance learning faculty/administrators to participate in this event, if you have not already done so. The registration deadline for the conference is September 30, 2004. Online registration is available at the conference website at . You may wish to contact Tsinghua University for further queries. Details of the conference program can be found on the conference website at . This year's program will include a track on distance learning in Biomedical Research and Education, and other online demonstrations. Online information on conference speakers and sessions will be updated from time to time. We also invite participants to put up posters and demonstrations at the conference. Interested participants who wish to submit interest in putting up posters may contact Tsinghua University at for more details. Travel and/or accommodation awards are still available for participants who require such grants. Each APRU member university can request one travel and accommodation award, if necessary. These requests can be sent to Mr ZHU Guanghui at . We look forward to your positive response for DLI2004 and to seeing you at this important APRU event from October 11-13, 2004. Thank you. Sincerely, Dr. Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Center for Scholarly Technology University of Southern California 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA +1 310 448 8462 (phone) +1 310 823 6714 (fax) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: APRU Secretariat Subject: 5th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet Conference 2004 Dear APRU colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that the 5th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet (DLI) Conference will be held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, from October 11-13, 2004. The fifth in its series, the conference aims to bring together leading distance learning experts from academia, business and public sectors from around the world. This year?s theme is: "Distance Learning -- Benefiting All" with the following three sub-themes: ? 1. Quality control and accreditation 2. Technology trends and challenges 3. Globalization and development Issues addressed at the conference include quality assurance and assessment of technology mediated courses, emerging trends and challenges in distance learning delivery as well as the inter-relationship between globalization and internet technology. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange views on how internet technology can be effectively harnessed to benefit the educational sector and society. The call for papers is now open to all APRU members. Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome. All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn by July 31, 2004. > The conference fee will be US$260 which will cover meal and conference arrangement expenses from October 11-13, 2004. We are pleased to inform you that participants who require travel and/or accommodation awards may apply for such grants. These requests can be sent to Mr ZHU Guanghui at dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn. Please encourage your university?s APRUNet representative and leading distance learning faculty / administrators to participate in this important APRU event. Registration can be done online at the conference website at . More information on the conference can also be found at the website. You may wish to contact Tsinghua University at dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn for further queries. We look forward to your support for this important APRU event. Thank you. Sincerely Dr. Lawrence Loh Secretary General ======================================== Association of Pacific Rim Universities c/o Office of the President National University of Singapore Singapore 119260 Tel: (65) 6874-3140 Fax: (65) 6774-8255 Email: uprlohyk@nus.edu.sg Web: www.apru.org ======================================== From zita at ISI.EDU Tue Sep 28 05:11:28 2004 From: zita at ISI.EDU (Zita Wenzel) Date: Tue Sep 28 05:11:23 2004 Subject: [APRU-DLI] 2nd APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop [LAST CALL] Message-ID: <415954F0.1010606@isi.edu> [LAST CALL] Dear Colleagues, We are planning to hold the 2nd APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop ("The Commons") in conjunction with APRU's "Distance Learning and the Internet" conference to be held at Tsinghua University in beijing 11-14 October 2004. The Workshop itself will take place on October 14. Please see http://commons.internet2.edu for more information on the program. The 1st Workshop was held in conjunction with APRU's "Distance Learning and the Internet" conference held at the National University of Singapore last year. Participants from six countries enjoyed the workshop, which incorporated live, live remote, videoconferenced, and taped instructors outstanding in the field of videoconferencing. This is a call for participation. We need to know if there is sufficient interest to warrant holding the workshop. There may be a fee of $200 per student, but some subsidies are all available. Please email immediately if you, or your staff, are interested in attending. Best regards, Zita Wenzel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zita Wenzel, Ph.D. APRUNet Coordinator Center for Scholarly Technology 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA +1 310 448 8462 (voice) +1 310 823 6714 (fax) http://www.apru.org http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~