Below is an invite to take part in workshop in Bilbao or Syros - it emerges
from a Socrates project that did some interesting work on the topic
Vivien Hodgson
CA L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O N
Workshop on Development of
Frameworks for Open Distance Learning
Workshop part I: 10-14 May 2001, Bilbao, Spain
Workshop part II: 14-17 June 2001, Island of Syros, Greece
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BACKGROUND
The project "An ODL Framework for Transnational Business Information
Systems" started in September 1998. It is a three years project where 10
universities from nine countries from European Union participate. The
project is sponsored by the European Union under Socrates/Minerva
programme (Contract: 56605-CP-1-98-1-SE-ODL-ODL,
56605-CP-2-99-1-SE-ODL-ODL and 56605-CP-3-2000-1-SE-MINERVA-ODL).
The main objective of the project is to consolidate and integrate the
present knowledge of Open Distance Learning (ODL) systems development,
particularly in the area of Business Information Systems (BIS), develop
framework for ODL in Business Information Systems Education using
multimedia systems, new technology and applications, and establish
communication channels for disseminating the current knowledge, and the
knowledge that will be produced in the future.
SCOPE
The purpose of the workshop is to disseminate the result of the project
and develop the framework further with the participants of the workshop.
At the workshop different Learning Management Systems will be presented,
and the participants will be encouraged to develop ODL strategies for
their institutions.
At the second workshop, the participants will present the framework
developed for their institutions.
The results of the workshop will be published by the project.
PARTICIPATION
Participation to the workshop is open to all the higher education
institution in European Union. The workshop is aimed at administrators,
course planners and educators. It is beneficial for an institute that
more than one person participates from the institution.
The number of participators is limited to 50.
FEE
The participation fee for both the part is 200 EUR. The fee includes
documentation and accommodation for 6 nights (3-workshop part I and
3-workshop part II).
Please see the attached PDF document for a details on the workshop
programme and the application procedure.
CONTACT
Dipak Khakhar
Department of Informatics, Lund University
Ole Romers Vag 6, 223 63 Lund, Sweden
Email: [log in to unmask]
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Vivien Hodgson
Department of Management Learning
Lancaster University
Lancaster
LA1 4YX
e-mail [log in to unmask]
telephone: +44(0)1524 594020
fax: +44(0)1524 844262
http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/MANLEARN
http://collaborate.shef.ac.uk/nl2000.html
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