Distance Education Conferences

Some conferences are to be held in the near future:

• Distance Education and Technology: A Professional Development Workshop for Distance Educators - May 1-3, 1995 - College Park, Maryland US.
• ICEE - 95: UNESCO International Conference on Engineering Education - May 23-25, 1995 - Moscow, Russia.
• Breaking the Boundaries of Time and Space: A Focus on Distance Education and Training - UMA's 9th Annual Distance Education Conference - September 28, 29 & 30, 1995 - US

There are also some virtual conferences to visit:

• ICDE95 On-Line: A Virtual Conference Coinciding with the XVII World Conference of the International Counsil for Distance Education (ICDE) - From June 4, 1995. [NEWS]
• Research and Pedagogy in Cyberspace II: A Conferencing Workshop for Teachers On Using the Internet - May 11-16, 1995. [MOO]

Distance Education and Technology

The International University Consortium and the University of Maryland System Institute for Distance Education invite you to attend a three-day, intensive professional development workshop for distance educators. Stimulating interactive sessions will offer faculty, administrators, and trainers the opportunity to share insights on a variety of topics in distance education, including the technological applications of distance education delivery systems.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

• MODELS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION. This session will explore various theoretical and organizational models of distance education including the extended classroom and individualized models.
• MANAGING DISTANCE EDUCATION. Using a hands-on approach, this session will examine some of the administrative and financial issues of various models of distance education.
• COURSE DEVELOPMENT FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION. Designed to engage educators in some of the basic questions relating to teaching at a distance, the session will allow participants to explore how mass media can be used to teach individual adult students.
• INTERACTIVE VIDEO Participants will be introduced to instructional systems approaches to teaching in this mode, while learning how to create and use visual analogies and other techniques.
• COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS. Several strategies used to implement computer-mediated communications will be explored in this highly interactive session designed to help participants evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this method of delivery.
• MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING. Participants will be exposed to various strategies an institution can use to enter into multimedia course delivery. World Wide Web/Internet course delivery will be discussed. +The activities in these last three sessions will not be focused on any one technological system, but will emphasize the teaching/learning strategies appropriate for each technology. There will be opportunity for a discussion of various examples of specific systems and the benefits of each type.

Space for the workshop is very limited. Reservations will be on a first-come, first-served basis. To request a brochure and registration form, contact:
        International University Consortium
        University of Maryland University College
        University Boulevard at Adelphi Road
        College Park, MD  20742-1612
        Telephone:  301-985-7811    Fax:  301-985-7845
        Internet address: gbrostro@polaris.umuc.edu

A full copy of the brochure is also available on World Wide Web
URL=http://www.umuc.edu/iuc-conf.html

ICEE - 95

The main  topics of the ICEE-95 Conference will be
-  Distance Learning,
-  Multimedia Systems,
-  International Collaboration and International Projects in
   Engineering Education.

Prof. Alexander Ivannikov and Assoc.  Prof.  Vladimir Uskov will
chair the ICEE-95 Session on Distance Education on May 23, 1995.


                         Assc. Prof. Vladimir L. Uskov
                         uskov@aicad.isrir.msk.su

Moscow - 95

MOSCOW 1995 reflects an extraordinary convergence of developments. Among them: the search by colleges, universities and schools for new, off-campus educational markets and ways to enrich and internationalize their programs; the evolution and widening use of effective, low-cost educational technologies that bring distance learning within the reach of virtually any institution or organization; the emergence of new educational markets, as institutions around the world and notably in the countries of the former Soviet Union seek partnerships in providing quality education and training through distance learning; and the availability of major funding to assist in the development of distance learning internationally. Because of the importance of the opportunities these developments create, a diverse set of organizations has joined together to plan this conference.

For more information Email to Tracy A. Feeney:moscow@aacu.nw.dc.us

UMA's 9th Annual Distance Education Conference

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE:

   - to explore the new applications of technology for the teaching/
     learning process.
   - to identify major issues and trends for the delivery of credit and
     non-credit programs.
   - to examine the latest findings in teaching/training at a distance.
   - to focus on the "nuts and bolts" of program development and    implementation
   - to encourage networking among practitioners.
   - to discuss the applications of the process for the public and private
     sector.
   - to review and discuss essential budgeting/financing procedures.

Proposals are now being accepted for UMA's 9th annual distance education
conference. For a proposal form please call (207)621-3171; fax (207)621-3405;
email kmoore@maine.maine.edu; or write to UMA Community Programs, 46
University Drive, Augusta, ME, 04330.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS MAY 15, 1995