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 SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISTANCE EDUCATION IN RUSSIA

                      ICDED'96 ANNOUNCEMENT

     "Open and Distance Learning as a Development Strategy"

                         July 2-5, 1996
                         Moscow, RUSSIA

ORGANIZERS:

     Association for International Education
     International Council for Distance Education

IN COOPERATION WITH:

     Russian Federation State Committee for Higher Education
     Ministry of Science and Technical Policy of Russia


SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
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      Open  and Distance Learning is the most rapidly developing
sector   of  educational  and  training  services  provided   by
educational institutions internationally. It plays a vital  role
in  strategic  developments within the  education  and  training
sectors  today,  as  well as in the corporate  world.  Open  and
distance learning applies the latest achievements in information
technologies  and  combines it with  new  and  learner  centered
pedagogical  models of studying. Open and distance  learning  is
moving  into  the  center of the education and training  sectors
globally,  and  plays  an increasingly  important  role  in  all
knowledge dissemination.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Chair:
    Dr. Reidar ROLL (Norway)
    Secretary General, International Council for Distance Education
Vice-Chair:
    Prof. Alexander D. IVANNIKOV (Russia)
    General Director, Information Systems Research Institute of Russia
    First Vice-President, Association for International Education

Members of the ICDED-96 Program Committee:

Dr. Armando Rocha TRINDADE       Dr. Edward G. TEZAK (USA)
(Portugal)                       Dr. Linda H. SCATTON (USA)
Dr. Heimo MANTYNEN  (France)     Dr. Vladimir L. USKOV (Russia)
Dr. Alexander A. KUZMITSKI       Prof. Murray ELLIOTT (Canada)
(Russia)                         Dr. Sergey V. MISCHENKO
Dr. Geoff PETERS (United         (Russia)
Kingdom)                         Dr. Marjorie Peace LENN (USA)
Dr. Erling LJOSA (Norway)        Prof. Oscar V. KILPERT (South
Dr. Robert W. DeSIO (USA)        Africa)
Dr. Valery S. MESCOV (Russia)    Dr. Jouni IMMONEN (Finland)
Dr. Rory McGREAL (Canada)        Dr. Aalto PIRKKO (Finland)
Prof. Gilles LAVIGNE (Canada)    Dr. Peter K. FORSTER (USA)
Prof. Malcolm I. LOGAN           Prof. Melvyn MUCHNIK (USA)
(Australia)                      Prof. Igor P. NORENKOV (Russia)
Mr. Anthony L PRITCHARD          Dr. Steve Olu MICHAEL (USA)
(Australia)                      Prof. Valery V. POPOV (Russia)
Dr. Leon M. ZABOROWSKI (USA)     Mr. Alexander N. GRUNTSEV
Dr. Yih-Young CHEN (China)       (Russia)
Mrs. Maria Cristina Dal Pian
NOBRE (Brazil)
Prof. Ronald M. LEE (The
Netherlands)
Prof. Hannes van SCHALKWYK
(South Africa)


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Chair:
    Prof. Alexander N. TIKHONOV (Russia)
    First Vice-Chairman, Russian Federation State Committee
                         for Higher Education
    President, Association for International Education

Vice-Chair:
    Mr. Vladimir P. KASHITSIN (Russia)
    General Director, Association for International Education

Members of the ICDED-96 Organizing Committee:

Prof. Vadim S. LOBANOV (Russia)  Mr. Dmitry L. TARARAEV (Russia)
Dr. Yurie V. SHLENOV (Russia)    Dr. Vladimir V. VERZHBITSKY
Dr. Peter A. THOMAS (USA)        (Russia)
Mrs. Ana Perona FJELDSTAD        Dr. Dmitry V. KURAKIN (Russia)
(Norway)                         Dr. Olga P. MOLCHANOVA (Russia)
Dr. Anatolie O. KRIVOSHEEV       Mrs. Tatyana P. VORONINA
(Russia)                         (Russia)
Dr. Yurie L. IZHVANOV (Russia)   Dr. Alexey K. SKURATOV (Russia)


MAIN TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE  (ODL - Open and Distance Learning)
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ODL: The Global Information Society

          New Educational Paradigms
          Academic Mobility and Credit Transfer
          Autonomy and Control
          International Collaboration

ODL: Defining the Development Strategies

          Needs Assessments and Perspectives
          National Policies and Programs
          The Russian Federal Program for the Development of
                                          Distance Education

ODL: Developing the New Learning Environments

          Information technologies in a classroom
          Pedagogy and Technology
          Video-based learning
          Multimedia-based learning
          Application of telecommunication technologies and
                                                   services

ODL: Developing an Educational Program

          Instructional Methods and Approaches
          Student Support Services
          Program Planning
          Course Development
          Quality Control and Standards


KEY DATES
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     March     1, 1996  -  Deadline for Paper Submission
     April     1, 1996  -  Notification of Acceptance of Paper
     May       1, 1996  -  Early Registration Due
     July      2, 1996  -  Conference Opening Ceremony


FURTHER INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION
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      All  the  ICDED'96 materials are stored on the  electronic
server of the Association for International Education:

          http://aie.riis.ru/english/confer/icded96.html

      A  special  electronic discussion  has  been  launched  to
distribute  information about the ICDED-96 Conference  and  with
the purpose to start preliminary discussions that later will  be
developed on the workshops of the Conference. Discussion list is
opened  for  public subscription and is moderated to avoid  junk
postings.

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ICDED'96 CONTACT INFORMATION
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Mr. Alexander N. GRUNTSEV

Chair of the ICDED'96 Secretariat
Programs Director, Association for International Education
P.O.Box 775, Moscow, 117419, Russia
tel.:      7 (095) 232-2090, 952-0769
fax:       7 (095) 232-3654
E-mail:    icded96@aie.msk.su
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