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              W E L C O M E   T O   A N D R E A

A Network for Distance Education Reporting from European Activities

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NKI has established this Listserv list for European distance educators.
The service is named ANDREA - A Network for Distance Education
Reporting from European Activities. The list became fully operative 
in September 1994.  ANDREA is established in cooperation with European 
Distance Education Network  (EDEN).

EDEN has entered into a formal agreement of co-operation with the
International Council for Distance Education  (ICDE) in 1993. The
agreement covers activities within the areas of exchange of
information, conferences, seminars etc. consultancies, missions,
programmes and projects, and a joint membership arrangement in
Europe. Thus, EDEN  has a special responsibility for distributing 
information on distance education and related fields to the European 
distance education community - including all parts of Europe.

Torstein Rekkedal, Director of Research and Development at NKI and
member of the Interim Steering Committee of EDEN Academic and
Professional Section,  will act as ANDREA's formal editor.
During its first phase Salvor Gissurardottir will serve as listowner
and organizer of  ANDREA.

The aim of ANDREA is to distribute information and facilitate
communication among European distance educators.

This means that we will welcome information on distance education in
general with main emphasis on Information from European organizations
and information from other parts of the world of specific interest for Europe.

In addition to such information ANDREA can publish articles and
research reports on distance education in abstract or in complete version.

ANDREA welcomes contributions and participation from European
organizations such as for example EADTU, AECS, SATURN, Europace 2000
and others.

ANDREA will also establish contact with different national distance
education organizations in Europe for supplying information of
national activities to people in Europe.

Individuals may also send contributions to the listowner for possible
publication in ANDREA.


                      ADVISORY BOARD OF ANDREA

Arthur S. Donald        President, British Association for Open Learning
Valerio Grementieri     President of Associazione CAMPO, Italy
Paul Held	        TRIBUNE/DELTA
Nazira Ismail           Data and Communication Officer, ICDL
                        (International Centre for Distance Learning)
Vladimir Kashitsin      Director of the Association for International
                        Education, Russia
Kerry Mann              Executive Secretary of EDEN
Jacques Perriault       Chairman of the Interim Steering Committee for
                        EDEN Academic and Professional Section
Andras Szucs            Director, Hungarian National Council for
                        Distance Education.
Henricus Verweijen      Secretary of AECS (The Association of European
                        Correspondence Schools)
Tamar Vinckel           Project manager of Atena, France
Jan Wibe                Chairman, IFIP TC3/WG3.6 Distance Learning
Ann Wickham             EADTU Media and Technology Group


The members of the Advisory Board represent or are known to be active 
in different organizations related to distance education in Europe.

The members of the Advisory Board will be appointed for 1 year
periods, the first period to last till end of 1995.

ANDREA is a moderated list. The address is:   andrea@nki.no

Messages sent to this address will be received by the moderator for 
possible publication in ANDREA.

ANDREA plans to publish information on a regular basis.

Before you are allowed to post to andrea@nki.no, you must subscribe
to the list by sending an e-mail letter to Listserv@nki.no

with the following command:

subscribe andrea Your Name

New subscribers to ANDREA can receive previously published material by 
the following command to Listserv@nki.no

get andrea 94-sep (for all September entries from 1994 (that is: get 
andrea year-month(3 first letters)

Our hope is that ANDREA will develop to a major source of information 
for European distance educators and others interested in distance 
education and related fields in Europe.


Welcome to ANDREA

Yours sincerely,

Torstein Rekkedal				Salvor  Gissuradottir
Editor						Listowner