Manila Mini-Workshop Plan

<<February 2, 2000>>

Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo <tbarcelo@iconn.com.ph>

Felix (Lex) Librero <lex@laguna.net>

Kimberly K. Obbink <kobbink@montana.edu>

Motilal Sharma <msharma@mail.asiandevbank.org>

Victor T. Ching <vicching@compass.com.ph>

Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez <rbrsat@pworld.net.ph>

Mykola B. Tomyn <tomyn@lim.lviv.ua>

Dear Teresita and Kim:
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(1) PART I of ATTACHMENT I below is the revised version of the pilot project proposal for the Asia/Pacific Region of our Global University System, which Kim originally worked out.

(2) PART II is the mini-workshop in Manila which is to execute Kim's pilot project by a step-by-step approach.

Pls feel free to change the tentative schedule of the mini-workshop.

(3) PART III is the information necessary for Kim to submit a travel grant application to the NSF, though it is not fully completed yet.

This is the continuation of your talk with De Angelo of the NSF last fall. PART I can be the main narrative of the application.

Dear Teresita:
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(4) Pls try to gather people who may be interested in working together with the American presenters of distance learning courses in the workshop. In a sense, this is a match-making mtg. The pairs are to realize the international distance learning across the Pacific, between the Philippines and the US.

Dear Motilal:
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(5) We would be very much privileged and honored if you can kindly provide us with your session keynote speech.

BTW, do you have a PictureTel videoconferencing unit?

Should you wish to bring people from ASEAN countries to this mini-workshop, pls contact Teresita -- because of room capacity.

Dear Victor and Ralph:
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(6) Pls keep searching for a PictureTel unit and ISDN line at 384 Kbps.

Dear Mykola:
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(7) You may follow this pattern (PART I and II) for your grant application to IREX.

Dear Lex and Teresita:
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(8) Should you need to have funds for the occasion of this mini-workshop, you may consider following our Ukrainians' approach, i.e., they are now raising funds from IREX for their mini-workshop at the Open University in U.K. in early summer.

However, if you choose this step, you may need to postpone the dates from March 29-31 to some other dates.

Greatly appreciate your cooperation.

Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I

DRAFT #1
February 1, 2000

Mini-Workshop for Pilot Project of
Global University System in Philippines
for Tele-Learning and Tele-Health/Tele-Medicine
at The University of Philippines/Open University

Manila, Philippines, March 29 to 31, 2000
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PART I

PILOT PROJECT PROPOSAL

Contact Persons:

General Chair
Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Philippines/Open University
Manila, Philippines
Tel: 526-2272
523-1633
Fax: 523-1633
Pager: 1441-17-1114
tbarcelo@iconn.com.ph
sdemla@mozcom.com
fhs-upou@mozcom.com

General Co-Chair
Kimberly K. Obbink
Director
Burns Telecommunications Center
128 EPS Building,
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-3860
USA
Tel: +1-406-994 6550
Fax: +1-406-994 7856
kobbink@montana.edu
http://btc.montana.edu

Program Chair
Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E.
Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of Global University System (GUS)
43-23 Colden Street
Flushing, NY 11355-3998
Tel: 718-939-0928
Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email)
utsumi@columbia.edu
http://friends-partners.org/GLOSAS
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Outline of Pilot Project

ABSTRACT:

The Global University System in Philippines is a subset of the Global University System (GUS) formed in Tampere, Finland in August 1999 -- other regional activities are in North, Central and South America, Europe and Africa <www.uta.fi/EGEDL/outline>. This system in Philippines will support GUS development and activities by establishing partnerships and distance learning demonstration projects in cooperation with the US counterparts. The consortium will explore technical capabilities and options, as well as match educational needs and resources, for the delivery of affordable, needs based distance learning in Philippines and between Philippines and the US, thus realizing global collaboration and partnership to ensure students' learnability.

Problem or Opportunity:

The digital revolution and economic globalization are taking us into a new era. We are moving towards a global knowledge society where information, skills and competencies become the driving forces of social and economi development. The problems associated with this transformation can no longer be solved by traditional means. The Internet, with its extending and improving infrastructure, will be the main telecommunication media of tomorrow. It has been extended to most countries, albeit with slow-to-medium speed. The advancement of videoconferencing, telephony, broadband Internet, World Wide Web, and other communication and information technologies are rapidly creating new opportunities for establishing international distance learning and global-healthcare/telemedicine programs that will allow us to foster global citizenship and achieve "education and healthcare for all."

Broadband Internet backbone development such as vBNS and Abeline are expanding high-speed Internet access to higher education and healthcare institutions throughout the U.S.. This technology extends increased band-width to university researchers requiring the ability to manipulate large quantities of data and graphic images. In addition, this technology holds great promise for improving multimedia distance learning capabilities, especially in rural and isolated areas that are not well served by commercial network providers. The enhanced distance learning capabilities of broadband Internet are only beginning to be explored and offer an immediate benefit to the populations served by these networks.

Although the opportunities for international distance learning are great, they are accompanied by challenges regarding technical infrastructure, language barriers, cultural differences, and appropriate matches between needs and educational resources. The Global University System seeks to establish pilot projects that can be disseminated as "best practices" examples for the further development and deployment of effective international distance learning partnerships. In addition, GUS will foster the development of distance learning pilot projects using broadband Internet technology in order to enhance the teaching/learning capabilities of distance learning media.

GOALS:

The goal of the Global University System in Philippines is to spearhead the linkage of existing distance education and telehealth networks to establish equal access to education and healthcare in Philippines and between Philippines and the US.

PURPOSES:

The purpose of the Global University System in Philippines is to collaborate with people of Philippines in the identification and assessment of their needs for education, professional development, technical training, and health care, and to identify how technology can be used to create a knowledge sharing network to meet those needs. The Global University System in Philippines will promote sustained international cooperation, capacity building, and an intercultural foundation for education and health care through the electronic sharing and exchange of information.

To accomplish this vision the Global University System in Philippines will build upon progress that has already been made in order to:

* Promote accessible, affordable global distance education
* Increase understanding of diverse cultural values and needs
* Emphasize values of sustainability, equity and global peace.

This project will establish partnerships between educational institutions in Montana, Hawaii, and the Philippines in the first phase of this project and with others in ASEAN countries later. Distance learning and telemedicine opportunities will be made available to people living in the Pacific islands including Guam and American Samoa, and in the Philippines.

OBJECTIVES:

Objective 1: Improve sustained connectivity between and among governmental, educational, health care institutions and non-profit
organizations within Philippines.

Objective 2: Promote the identification and/or creation of appropriate educational content, based upon the real and perceived needs and cultural values of the learners and participants.

Objective 3: Promote "best practices" in the distance delivery and exchange of knowledge and information through pilot projects, formal evaluation and scientific investigation.

Objective 4: Promote private sector involvement in the development and sustainability of the increased connectivity through the establishment of private-public partnerships.

Objective 5: Promote opportunities for sustainable economic development and entrepreneurship.

PROPOSED PROCEDURES:

* Conduct a technical feasibility study for linkages between North America, Hawaii, and Philippines;
* Establish needs and resources for pilot distance learning projects in the Philippines;
* Conduct a planning conference in Tokyo for further planning and proposal development with other ASEAN countries.

ANTICIPATED OUTCOME:

* Technical feasibility study
* Needs assessment
* Pilot demonstration projects

POSSIBLE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS:

* Dissemination of the Emergency Medical Services for Children program in the Philippines;
* Information/Communication Technology training for educators and healthcare providers;
* Graduate and professional development programs for nurses.

FEASIBILITY STUDY:

The proposed activities will establish feasibility studies in order to determine the lowest cost effective method to promote the use of advanced broadband Internet for the benefits of societies in the Philippines. The advantages for exploring wireless broadband Internet infrastructure for the delivery of distance learning is that it involves (i) fewer regulatory issues, (ii) less initial investment, and (iii) less ongoing operating costs. Distance Learning (DL) and telemedicine can thus provide (i) more flexibility, (ii) more enhanced content and (iii) greater accessibility. Items to be considered for feasibility study are:

Infrastructure to possibly include:

1. satellite earth station,
2. microwave network,
3. fixed wireless broadband Internet,
4. Internet routers and servers,
5. system engineers, etc.

Content Development:

1. instructors,
2. programmers,
3. teacher trainers,
4. facilitators,
5. healthcare and instructional technology specialists, etc.

Administrators:

1. accountants,
2. financiers,
3. supervisors,
4. librarians,
5. fund seekers, etc.

BENEFITS TO SOCIETY:

This activity is a community development approach, firstly with non-profit organizations and secondly with for-profit organizations, thus all applicable groups are inclusive. This activity is to be a model replicable to other localities and regions, as leading the use of the advanced Internet in various sectors of societies. The higher educational institution selected in the locality will have the broadband Internet satellite earth-station, and will become the major Internet Service Provider (ISP) to the local community of non-profit organizations. The higher education institution will then provide teacher training to secondary and elementary schools, and also act as facilitators and technical supporters to other non-profit organizations.

SUSTAINABILITY:

This activity will be sustained by a regional and local coalition member of the Global University System. For-profit commercial industrial organizations will be invited into the local community gradually in the second (or later) phase of this pilot project in such a way that they will undertake a major portion of financial burden of this venture -- particularly subsidizing the Internet access fee of K-12 and secondary schools in the Philippines.

ANTICIPATED MAJOR RISKS:

1. Government regulations on the establishment of broadband Internet infrastructure:

We plan to mitigate this risk as focusing and emphasizing on humanitarian purposes of distance learning and telemedicine, with implementation of the broadband Internet in non-profit organizations in the first phase, e.g., higher, secondary and elementary educational institutions, hospitals, libraries, local governmental agencies, etc.

2. Disintegration of local coalition:

We plan to mitigate this risk as providing the members of coalition with flexible, open, and equal information, collaboration and standing.

EVALUATION:

Outcomes of this project will be measured in two ways:

1. Results of the mini-workshop in Manila (see below) for ongoing fund-raising and proposal development; and

2. Measurements of pilot project activities:

Internet usage rates, growth rates of web sites, courseware, student outreach, number of occurrences of telemedicine events, etc. Acceptance of this venture by local community members, increase of outreach to students with distance learning methodology, acceptance of telemedicine by local community, etc.

PROPOSED PARTNERS:

Global University System (Finland)
Burns Telecommunications Center, Montana State University Bozeman
Foundation for Support of the United Nations
University of Philippines Open University
University of Hawaii/Curriculum Research & Development Group (USA)
University of Hawaii/PEACESAT (USA)
University of Hawaii/Maui Research and Technology Center (USA)
Maui Community College (USA)

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PART II

Outline of Mini-Workshop at The University of Philippines/Open University
Manila, Philippines
March 29 to 31, 2000

PURPOSE:

I. to introduce the aforementioned pilot project to Filipinos,

II. to learn from Filipinos about,

1. current status of distance learning and telemedicine (including the delivery infrastructure),

2. their needs in the future, particularly when a broadband Internet will be available,

III. to present what can be (or will be) available from North America,

1. via narrow-band Internet and ISDN, etc., i.e., through currently available telecom infrastructure,

2. via broad-band Internet when it is available,

IV. to discuss and plan the theme and program of the larger workshop/conference (as to the follow-up to our Tampere event -- for 3 to 5 days) to be held in Tokyo where ASEAN country people will jointly work;

1. to formalize the draft of the pilot project proposal,

2. to make the feasibility study, action plan, etc. to realize the project of establishing domestic and international distance learning and telemedicine,

a. firstly, via the currently available narrow-band Internet,

b. in the near future, via the proposed broad-band Internet,

3. to configure administrative and business schemes,

4. to construct joint funding proposals,

V. to plan joint fund-raising for the larger workshop/conference in Tokyo.
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DRAFT #1

Tentative Schedule and Outcome of Mini-workshop
Manila, Philippines
March 29-31, 2000

FIRST DAY

09:00 Greetings by delegates

10:00 Global University System

Dr. Tapio Varis
Acting President
Global University System

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Technological Future of Global University System

Dr. Takeshi Utsumi
Vice President for Technology and Coordination
Global University System

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Distance Learning and Exchange on Sustainable Environment

Dr. David Johnson
University of Tennessee/Knoxville (UTK)

14:00 Demonstration of Low Cost Videoconferencing for Global Distance Learning

Professor Roger Boston
Houston Community College

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 Continuation of the above

17:00 Dinner

19:00 Demonstration of Echocardiograph

Dr. Shin Takuma
Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University

20:00 End of first day

SECOND DAY

09:00 Distance Learning in the Asia/Pacific Region

Motilal Sharma
Asian Development Bank

09:30 Title to be given later

Ms. Kimberly K. Obbink
Montana State University

10:00 Three Decades of Distance Learning Experience from Elementary to Post-Secondary

Mr. John H. Southworth
University of Hawaii

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Distance Learning Courses Available from Maui Community College

Mr. G. Robert Converse
Maui Community College

11:30 Distance Learning in Japan

Mr. Steve McCarty
Professor, Kagawa Junior College

12:00 Conference Lunch

Luncheon Speech:
Education and Learning in the 21st Century -- from UNESCO experience

Dr. Marco Antonio Dias
Vice President for Administration
Global University System

13:30 TeleMedicine in Asia/Pacific Region

Someone
World Health Organization/Manila

14:00 Distance Training on Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Mr. Nels D. Sanddal
Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation

14:30 International Distance Learning on Public Healthcare

Ms. Renee A Ebert
UCLA School of Public Health

15:00 Virtual Class on Nursing/Nutrition (VCON)

Dr. Ninfa Saturnino Springer
Mr. Robert E. Springer
University of Michigan

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 Brainstorming Sessions:

To learn from Filipinos about,

a. current status of distance learning and telemedicine (including the delivery infrastructure),

b. their need in the future, particularly when a broadband Internet will be available.

Moderators:

Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo
University of Philippines/Open University

Dr. Arturo M. Pesigan
University of the Philippines/Manila

To present what can be (or will be) available from North America other than the previous presentations,

1. via narrow-band Internet and ISDN, etc., i.e., through currently available telecom infrastructure,

2. via broad-band Internet when it is available.

Moderators:

Dr. Takeshi Utsumi,
Vice President for Technology and Coordination,
Global University System

Ms. Kimberly K. Obbink
Montana State University

17:00 Adjourn

19:00 Conference dinner

Dinner speech

Someone
University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)

20:00 End of second day

THIRD DAY

09:00 Future of Distance Learning in Philippines

Dr. Felix (Lex) Librero
University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)

09:30 Brainstorming on Technical Capacity and Infrastructure (Present and Future)

Moderators:

Dr. Takeshi Utsumi
Global University System

Professor Roger Boston
Houston Community College

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Brainstorming on Implementation of International Distance Learning (Administrative Infrastructure)

Moderators:

Dr. David Johnson
University of Tennessee/Knoxville (UTK)

Ms. Kimberly K. Obbink
Montana State University

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Session Keynote Speech

Someone

14:00 Brainstorming on Summary of Achievements

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 Brainstorming on Next Steps

To discuss and plan the theme and program of the larger workshop/conference (as the follow-up to our Tampere event -- for
3 to 5 days, and possibly in Tokyo) where people from ASEAN countries will jointly work;

(a) to formalize the draft of a joint pilot project proposal,

(b) to make the feasibility study, action plan, etc. to realize the project of establishing domestic and international distance learning and telemedicine,

1. firstly, via the currently available narrow-band Internet,

2. in the near future, via the proposed broad-band Internet,

(d) to construct joint funding proposals.

To plan joint fund raising for this larger workshop/conference.

Moderators:

Dr. Takeshi Utsumi,
Vice President for Technology and Coordination,
Global University System

Dr. David Johnson
Distinguished Professor
University of Tennessee/Knoxville (UTK)

17:00 Adjourn
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Outcome of the mini-workshop

* Formation of project/partnership teams
* Direction for collaboratively furthering global electronic distance education
* Assessment of the technical capacity and infrastructure set-up in Philippines
* Needs assessment and content for pilot projects
* Enhancement of human and infrastructure capacity (whenever required)
* Organization and implementation of distance learning (DL) courses
* Assessment of the effectiveness and sustainability of the approach established
* Development of a wider programme to broaden the utilization of DL to other sector and specialties
* Strategy of joint fund raising for the projects of implementing selected DL courses
* Outline of the larger workshop
* Fund raising strategies for the larger workshop
* Conference report for public dissemination
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List of Prospective Participants

PHILIPPINES:

Felix (Lex) Librero, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor, Research & Development
University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)
College, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines 4031
Tel/Fax: +63-49+536-6014
Trunklines: +63-49+536-6001 to 6 local 500/501
lex@laguna.net
upou@laguna.net.ph

Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Philippines/Open University
Manila, Philippines
Tel: 526-2272
523-1633
Fax: 523-1633
Pager: 1441-17-1114
tbarcelo@iconn.com.ph
sdemla@mozcom.com
fhs-upou@mozcom.com

Arturo M. Pesigan, M.D.
Assistant to the Chancellor for Administraiton
University of the Philippines/Manila
625 Pedro Gil Street
Ermita, Manila 1000
Philippines
Tel: 632-526-5966
524-7102
Fax: 632-523-7745
Pager: 150-354071
artpesigan@yahoo.com
http://www.upou.edu.ph

Herman D. Tolentino, MD
Associate Professor
UP College of Medicine
Anesthesiology / Medical Informatics
Email: hermant@I-manila.com.ph
Web: http://www.veranda.com.ph/hermant

Dr. Lolit Suplido
Officer-in-Charge
Online Teaching and Learning Laboratory
University of Philippines/Open University
Manila, Philippines

Inocencio Daniel Cito Maramba, M.D.
Assistant Professor IV
UP College of Health Sciences
University of Philippines/Open University
Pedro Gil St.
Ermita, Manila 1000
Philippines
Tel: +63-2-524-7118
+63-2-526-0784
idcm@nwave.net
idcm@cph.upm.edu.ph

Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez, Ph.D.
#7 Visayas Avenue, VASRA
1128 Quezon City, Philippines
+632-524-7118
Cedllphone: 0918-880-2799
Pager: 1481-792171
Powerpage: 633-3333
rbrsat@pworld.net.ph
ralphrod@nsclub.net
paeling@mailcity.com

Victor T. Ching
President, Philippine Office
Foundation for the Support of the United Nations (FSUN)
President
Chinatown Broadcasting Network
Rm. 1908 Cityland 10 Tower 1
6815 H. V. Dela Costa St., cor. Ayala Ave.
Salcedo Village, Makati City
Philippines
867-4490 to 92
Fax: 00632-812-7733
00632-718-1814
vicching@compass.com.ph
265397@easycall.com.ph

Minda Sutaria
Head
SEAMEO INNOTECH
Manila, Philippines

Motilal Sharma
Senior Education Specialist
Asian Development Bank
6 ADB Avenue
Mandaluyong City
0401 Metro Manila
P. O. Box 789
0980 Manila
Philippines
+632-632-6797
+632-632-4444 (main)
Fax: +632-636-2310
+632-636-2444 (main)
msharma@mail.asiandevbank.org
http://www.adb.org

Dr. K. S. Park
Health Informatics Officer
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE
P. O. Box 2932 (United Nations Ave.)
1000 Manila, Philippines
Tel: (632) 528-8001 (Ext. 9949)
Fax: (632) 521-1036
parkk@who.org.ph

CHIEKO IKEDA, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Officer
Programme on Technology Transfer
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE
P. O. Box 2932 (United Nations Ave.)
1000 Manila, Philippines
Tel : (632) 528-9926 (Direct)
(632) 528-8001
Fax: (632) 521-1036
ikedac@who.org.ph

EUROPEAN UNION:

P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor
Acting President, Global University System
Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland
Professor and Chair
Media Culture and Communication Education
Hypermedia laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 607
FIN-33101 Tampere
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-215 6110
GSM: +358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-215 7503
tapio.varis@uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava

Dr. Marco Antonio R. Dias
Vice President, Global University System
Consultant of United Nations University
Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO
36, Rue Ernest Renan
92.190 Meudon
FRANCE
Tel: +33-1-45 34 3509
Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509
mardias@club-internet.fr
m.dias@unesco.org

U.S.A.:

Montana State University/Bozeman

Kimberly K. Obbink
Director
Burns Telecommunications Center
128 EPS Building,
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-3860
USA
Tel: +1-406-994 6550
Fax: +1-406-994 7856
kobbink@montana.edu
http://btc.montana.edu

Foundation for the Support of the United Nations (FSUN)

Ben I. Haraguchi
President
Foundation for the Support of the United Nations (FSUN)
809 United Nations Plaza, Suite 1200
New York, NY 10017
USA
Tel: +1-212-986 8114
Fax: +1-212-986 8131
bharaguchi@fsun.org
haragucb@arentfox.com
http://www.fsun.org

Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation

Nels D. Sanddal
President & CEO
Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation
300 North Willson Avenue, Suite 3002
Bozeman, MT 59715
USA
Tel: +1-406-585 2659
Fax: +1-406-585 2741
nsanddal@citmt.org
www.citmt.org

University of Hawaii

Mr. John H. Southworth
Distance Education Director
UH Laboratory School
Curriculum Research & Development Group
University of Hawaii Laboratory School
1776 University Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
808-956-6871
Fax: 808-956-4933
E-mail: south@hawaii.edu
http://www.hawaii.edu/crdg

Norman H. Okamura, Ph.D.
Specialist
Peacesat
Social Sciences Building # 713
University of Hawaii
2424 Maile Way,
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
USA
Tel: +1-808-956 2909
Fax: +1-808-956 8019
norman@elele.peacesat.hawaii.edu

Maui Community College

G. Robert (Bob) Converse
Project Director/Principal Investigator
National Science Foundation
Advanced Technology Education Project
Maui Community College
310 Ka'a Humanu Ave.
Kahului, Hawaii 96732
USA
Tel: +1-808-984 3447
Fax: +1-808-244 0862
bob.converse@mauicc.Hawaii.Edu
http://www.ecet.mauicc.hawaii.edu
ttp://www.ecet.mauicc.hawaii.edu/ecet/presentations/

GLOSAS/USA

Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E.
Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of Global
University System (GUS) 43-23 Colden Street
Flushing, NY 11355-3998
Tel: 718-939-0928
Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email)
utsumi@columbia.edu
http://friends-partners.org/GLOSAS
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Biographies of Key Personnel

PHILIPPINES:

Felix Librero, PhD
(Lex is his nickname)
Vice Chancellor, Research & Development
University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)

Concurrently:
Professor, College of Development Communication, U.P. Los Banos (UPLB)
Member, National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)
Member, Philippines Communication Society (PCS)
Member, Asian Mass Communication Research & Information Centre (AMIC)
Member, National Socio-Economics Experts Pool, Philippine Council for Agricultural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD)
Alternate Regional Coordinator, Regional Working Group on Applied Satellite Communications Applications, UN-ESCAP
Member, Presidential Advisory Council, University of the Philippines System (UPS)
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Journal of Development Communication

Recent Positions:
Dean, School for Distance Education (Los Banos), UPOU
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, UP Los Banos
Director, Institute of Development Communication, UP Los Banos

Author of two books (How to Write a Thesis Proposal and Rural Educational Broadcasting: a Philippine Experience); book chapters and journal articles on communication and development; popular articles on rural and agricultural development; presented papers in 16 international and national conferences in the last six years.

Research interest in development communication, distance education and open learning, educational technology. As Professor of development communication, advises graduate (MS and PhD) and undergraduate students in development communication, teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in development communication both in residential and distance modes.
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EUROPEAN UNION:

Tapio Varis
University of Tampere
Tampere, Finland

Tapio Varis is currently Professor and Chair of Media Culture and Communication Education at the University of Tampere Finland (Journalism and Mass Communication and Department of Teacher Education), consultant on new learning technologies for the Finnish Ministry of Education and advisor to several international organizations. In 1996-97, he was UNESCO Chair of Communication Studies at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. He has also been a faculty member of the European Peace University, the University of Art and Design in Helsinki and Communication and Media Scholar at the University of Helsinki.

Tapio Varis is a former Rector of the University for Peace in Costa Rica and Professor of Media Studies in the University of Lapland, Finland. He has published approximately 200 scientific contributions, the latest being Media of the Knowledge Age, published by Helsinki University Press 1995 (in Finnish). He is listed in Who's Who in the World (1984 & 1995) and Men of Achievement (1986 & 1995).
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USA:

Kimberly K. Obbink
Director, Burns Telecommunications Center
Montana State University

Kim Obbink is the director of the Burns Telecommunications Center and Extended Studies at Montana State University. The BTC is named for Montana US Senator Conrad Burns, a leading advocate for the advancement of telecommunications and information technologies. As director of this self-supporting outreach Center, Kim is responsible for all BTC activities to promote the use of effective and affordable telecommunications for MSU constituents, as well as BTC fund-raising initiatives.

She is active in the field of distance learning and telecommunications and serves as a consultant to a number of distance learning programs including the Genentech, Inc. Access Excellence project. Kim is Co-Principal Investigator on the NSF funded National Teachers Enhancement Network, providing professional development and graduate credit courses in the sciences to high school science teachers internationally using distance learning technologies. The program recently expanded to offer a distance learning Masters Degree in Science Education. Kim also served as Co-PI for seven years on an NSF Young Scholars grant using telecomputing to connect high ability junior high students with math and science experts, and PI on a Dept. of Commerce TIIAP grant expanding multimedia and distance learning opportunities for Montana Tribal Colleges.

She is currently the Montana State University-Bozeman pilot site coordinator for the Western Governors University, and the Montana state liaison for the US West PATHWAYS continuing education and distance learning program. Kim is currently a doctoral candidate in Adult and Higher Education at MSU.
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Ben I. Haraguchi
President, Foundation for the Support of the United Nations (FSUN)

Mr. Haraguchi received his A.B. degree (with distinction) from Stanford University in 1964, an M.A. degree from the University of Hawaii (East West Center) in 1966, and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1969.

He is a partner at the Law Firm of Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, which he joined in 1993 from his previous Law Firm of Morrison & Foerster at which he was also a partner.

Mr. Haraguchi's corporate practice includes extensive experience in negotiating and documenting asset and stock acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, technical assistance and licensing agreements, corporate reorganizations and divestitures, and financing of all kinds. He has represented firms in establishing manufacturing facilities throughout the United States, assisting in site selection and acquisition, state and local economic development assistance, construction and financing and has organized a number of seminars for Japanese companies with the New York State Department of Commerce and JETRO in Tokyo and New York City on investing in the United States.

His representation of international clients in joint ventures covers the fields of new materials, auto parts, steel products, machinery and machine tools, heavy industrial equipment, computers, software, smelting, refining, and mining. He has also been extensively involved in the work out of troubled joint ventures.

Mr. Haraguchi's real estate practice includes extensive experience in the acquisition, development, environmental clean-up and disposition of real estate of all kinds. He has been involved in a number of office building acquisitions, ski resort and golf course acquisitions and the organization and sale of golf club memberships and has advised clients with respect to the securities and tax aspects of such sales.

Mr. Haraguchi is a co-founder, officer and director of the Foundation for the Support of the United Nations and a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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Takeshi Utsumi
GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association, U.S.A.
Global University System (GUS)

Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., is Chairman of the GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the USA (GLOSAS/USA) and President of the Global (electronic) University (GU/USA) System (a divisional activity of GLOSAS/USA).

He is the 1994 Laureate of Lord Perry Award for the Excellence in Distance Education. His public service has included political work for the deregulation of global telecommunications and the use of e-mail through ARPANET, Telenet and the Internet; working to extend American university courses to the Third World; the conduct of innovative distance teaching trials with "Global Lecture Hall (GLH)" multipoint-to multipoint multimedia interactive videoconferences using hybrid technologies; and lectures, consultation and research in process control, management science, systems science and engineering at the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania, M.I.T. and many universities, governmental agencies and large firms in Japan and other countries.

Highlights among his more than 150 related scientific papers and books are presentations at the Summer Computer Simulation Conferences (which he created and named) and the Society for Computer Simulation International. He is a member of various scientific and professional groups, including the Chemists Club (New York, NY); Columbia University Seminar on Computers, Man and Society New York, NY); Fulbright Association (Washington, D.C.); International Center for Integrative Studies (ICIS) (New York, NY); and the Society of Satellite Professionals International (Washington, D.C.).

He received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic University in New York and his M.S.in Ch.E. from Montana State University, after studying at the University of Nebraska under a Fulbright scholarship. His professional experience in simulation and optimization of petrochemical and refinery processes was gained at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Tokyo; Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., Boston; Mobil Oil Corporation and Shell Chemical Company, New York; and Asahi Chemical Industry, Inc., Tokyo.
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PART III

Information for NSF Travel Grant Application

Address, Bio and Proposed Contribution
by American Attendees of Mini-Workshop

Roger Boston

I. Address:

Roger Lee Boston
Rockwell Chair/Instructor
Distance Education/Technology Center
Houston Community College System
4310 Dunlavy Street
P.O.Box 7849
Houston, Texas 77006
USA
Tel: +1-713-718 5224
Fax: +1-713-718 5301
rboston@tenet.edu
boston_r@hccs.cc.tx.us (secondary)
http://www.rboston.com
http://www.teched.org/
http://www.hccs.cc.tx.us
Social Security Number:

II. Bio:

Roger Boston is currently with the faculty of the Houston Community College System and holds the joint titles of "Rockwell Chair" and "Consultant for Creativity", an innovation supported by the Rockwell Foundation since 1985.

A transplant from private industry a decade and a half ago where he was involved as an information systems manager, he has built an international reputation in distance learning since helping his organization to go "online" with their credit courses in the late 1980's.

He is a member of the PBS Going the Distance Advisory Group, the State of Texas Distance Learning Master planning group, a teacher with the Virtual College of Texas, and is instrumental in the restructuring efforts now ongoing within the Houston Community College System to deliver distance courses more effectively.

He has worked with more than four dozen organizations coast to coast to help them in their efforts to implement electronic and multimedia instructional delivery systems and is a frequent presenter at gatherings of the ITC and other groups interested in Distance Learning. He is pioneering in the use of low-bandwidth collaborative tools for instruction delivery across the internet and often teaches his classes from remote areas to test the technology.

Frequently on-camera and behind the scenes for the Texas STARLINK group, hosting and moderating satellite teleconferences and internet webcasts, he is also active in the CAADE Consortium (Consortium for the Advancement of Affordable Distance Education) and assists that group in its efforts to deliver instruction worldwide via internet and via lower-bandwidth POTS connections.

Since 1997 he has been an active participant in the "Global LEARN Day" movement, working behind the scenes and on camera in numerous global events to help usher in the age of truly world wide delivery of instruction.

He was the 1995 recipient of the ACCT Western Region Faculty Award, and his former students have built up a scholarship fund in his name of more than sixty thousand dollars, going to deserving students electing a career in computers and information technology.

III. Proposed Contributions:

During the mini-workshop in Manila, Roger Boston will conduct low-cost videoconferencing through narrow-band Internet, and introduce several distance learning courses available from his Houston Community College.
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G. Robert Converse

I. Address:

G. Robert Converse
Project Director/Principal Investigator
National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education Project
Project Director USDOE Title III Project
EdTech Support Coordinator UH-UK Faulkes Telescope Project
Co-PI MCC-CalTech SuperComputing Specialties Project
Beowulf Cluster Project Director
Special Assistant to the Dean
Maui Community College
310 Ka'a Humanu Ave.
Kahului, Hawaii 96732
USA
Tel: +1-808-984 3447
Fax: +1-808-244 0862
bob.converse@mauicc.Hawaii.Edu
http://www.ecet.mauicc.hawaii.edu
ttp://www.ecet.mauicc.hawaii.edu/ecet/presentations/
Social Security Number:

II. Bio:

G. Robert Converse has been a community college administrator and resource developer for over 25 years. He has written and administered over ten million dollars in funded projects. He has over twenty years experience as an academic administrator in Pacific Rim Education having served as Academic Dean at American Samoa Community College and as Learning Center Director and Special Assistant to the Academic Dean at Maui Community College. He has also served as a student services administrator at Penn State's Pennsylvania College of Technology. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the State of Hawaii DOE-NSF Project.

His experience with Pacific Rim Education includes high technology and telecourse program development for diverse populations including Pacific Islanders in American Samoa and the large population of Native Hawaiians, Oriental and Filipino students at Maui Community College.

Mr. Converse is currently active in the implementation of distance education delivery of English, Computer Engineering Technology and Electronics Engineering Technology Programs via interactive television and the world wide web. Components of the ECET Program that have been adopted internationally include the NIDA workstation interactive CU-Seeme laboratory and the QuizCenter web-based test center. Converse has been a presenter at seven national conferences in the past three years including three by the League for Innovation and one international conference. He is the author and developer of the Bootstraps developmental education program for minority students.

III. Proposed Controbution:

Programs currently offered by Maui Community College via Distance Education include but are not limited to the following; Administration of Justice, Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology and Practical Nursing. In addition there are several individual classes in the humanities, language arts and the sciences including mathematics. MCC also has a RN Program on campus. Several courses are offered on line including English, mathematics and economics. MCC is in the planning stages for an on-line AA Degree in liberal arts and a new program and the AS Degree in Disaster Management which is being developed in cooperation with George Washington University. Another program in the planning stages is the AS Degree in SuperComputing Specialties. This program will have some on-line courses and will include a 6-month certificate program for individuals already degreed in ICS. This is being developed in cooperation with ISI at USC and NSF. MCC is also implementing an on-line English tutoring program.
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Renee A Ebert, MPH

I. Address:

Renee A Ebert, MPH
Coordinator for International Distance Learning Project
UCLA School of Public Health
409 Colton Street
Newport Beach, California 92663
Phone: 949-642-4650
Fax: 949-646-2289
Email: rebert@ucla.edu
Social Security Number:

II. Bio:

Nationality: US Citizen

Education:
UCLA Masters Degree in Public Health
Applicant to UCLA Doctoral Program for distance learning to rural U.S. and developing countries

Current Post: Coordinator for International Distance Learning. Public Health Education curriculum for a global community through satellite live lectures from UCLA to initial contact, Ministries of Health in Cairo, Egypt and Uganda. Purpose of project: to use telecommunications for live including Internet connectivity in its newest formats (webcasting) to developing nations. Position is as coordinator working with Osman Galal, MD, PhD and Paul Torrens, MD, MPH at UCLA. Work consists of identifying corporations to support the project, creating a public health dialogue for corporations that helps define the importance of the project.

Past Post: Hughes Satellite & Telecommunications Research of healthcare industry at large for telecommunications. Included developing nations seeking access to twenty-first century health care for application at the community level to educate populations.

Current Research Interests include identifying the best ways to achieve satisfactory telecommunications links to developing nations for public health education. The purpose of the project is to increase education while decrease serious attrition of physicians from developing countries. Work closely with telecommunications industry to fine tune delivery of live lectures, use of Internet II via satellite signal for live, broadcast (webcasting) quality seminar and interaction between UCLA and Ministry of Health in Cairo and Natal University Medical School in Durban, South Africa. Interface with UCLA technical group. Communicate with consultant staff at WHO where project will be evaluated for content among other criteria. Work closely with the principal investigators on issues of curriculum content, aides to teaching students. Meet and make presentations to physician delegations from Indonesia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to introduce the distance learning concept. Write speeches on distance learning for important meetings.

Experience as it relates to current work is extensive in rural health care needs in terms of education as a means to improve rural health. Work includes direct contact through consulting with rural hospitals throughout the United States to build medical and nursing staff and educational programs. As part of consulting I have conferred directly with a cross section of community leaders, physicians administrators and those representative of the population, conducting needs assessments and implementing and improving health care delivery programs.

Publications, Abstracts, Presentations:

Role of University in Developed Country Toward Interface/Development with University in Developing Country, Speech, January 1999

Distance Learning for Public Health Education, Lecture at Chapman University for graduate students, December 1998

Internet connectivity via satellite for public health distance learning, Lecture at UCLA to visiting delegation of Obstetricians from Egypt. July 1998

Public Health Education to Developing Countries using Satellite and other Telecommunications Technologies, Renee Ebert, MPH, copyright November 1997.

Health Practices for the Village health education/applications for nurses and paramedics. Lecture at UCLA Library to Indonesian Hospital Association, Directors of Hospitals, June 1997

Telecommunications in integrated systems to address total education needs from physician to patient. Panel discussion at Telemedicine Summit, May 1997

Interactive Distance Learning and the Masters in Public Health Degree, Lecture presented at UCLA to Egyptian Physician Delegation, 1996

Similarities in Health Care Needs for Developing Countries and Rural America, Presentation at University of Southern California to Hungarian Medical Society President and Officers, August, 1993

Collaborative efforts with Health and Human Services & Public Health Scholarship: Matching physicians to communities. Presentation to American Rural Health Association, Washington, DC, 1983
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Dr. David A. Johnson

I. Address:

Dr. David A. Johnson
Professor Emeritus
School of Planning
108 Hoskins Library
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4015
tel 423 974-5227
fax 423 974-5229
e-mail: daj@utk.edu
web page: http://web.utk.edu/~djohnutk/
Social Security Number:

II. Bio:

Born: New York, NY, Dec 8, 1935

Education: Yale University, (BA, 1957); Yale University, (MCP, 1963); Cornell University (PhD, Regional Planning, 1974).

Biosketch of David A. Johnson

David A. Johnson, AICP, is Professor Emeritus of Planning at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he served for 19 years. He was also an elected faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Tennessee. Previously he taught in and directed planning departments at Syracuse University and Ball State University. Prof. Johnson received bachelors and masters degrees in architecture and city planning from Yale University and a PhD in regional planning from Cornell University. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Cyprus, India, Thailand, and the Soviet Union. He is a past President of the Fulbright Association of the United States. Johnson has directed university linkage projects in a number of countries including Manaus, Brazil and Coimbra, Portugal. Most recently, he has been active in reconstruction efforts in Bosnia and bicommunal peace-making in Cyprus.

Prior to embarking on a teaching career Prof. Johnson served as a professional planner on the staffs of the Washington National Capital Planning Commission and the Regional Plan Association of New York. His published writings have focused on planning theory and history. He has written numrous articles on the planning activities of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the development of the New York Metropolitan Region. He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Planning Association and is the author of Planning the Great Metropolis, London: Chapman & Hall, 1996. Dr. Johnson is active in international distance education and is an advisor to the Global University System, based in Tampere, Finland.

III. Proposed Contribution:

Dr. Johnson has participated in GLOSAS distance learning workshops between the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and Moscow and Budapest. He presented a paper at the EGEDL conference in Tampere, Finland in August 1999. Dr. Johnson is developing an on-line version of a four-week training program offered by the University of Tennessee on "Management for Sustainable Natural Resource Development and Environmental Protection." His participation in the workshop would provide an opportunity to match the course with needs in the Philippines and the South Pacific region.
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Steve McCarty

I. Address:

Steve McCarty
Professor, Kagawa Junior College
President, World Association for Online Education: http://waoe.org/
Residence: 3717-33 Nii, Kokubunji, Kagawa 769-0101 JAPAN
Tel: +81-877-49-8041 (office, direct)
Fax: +81-877-49-5252 (any time)
E-mail: <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>, <steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>; home: <mccarty@pop06.odn.ne.jp>; Web mail: <mccarty@mail.goo.ne.jp>
Website Map: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/
Mirror Site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/7197/
In Japanese: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/
Mirror Site: http://www.geocities.co.jp/CollegeLife-Labo/4001/
Social Security Number:

II. Bio:

Steve McCarty, born in Boston, specialized in Asia (B.A.) and then Japan (M.A.) at the University of Hawaii. He resides on the island of Shikoku in southwestern Japan with his wife Chisato and two sons in a local elementary school. A rare foreign full Professor in Japan, Steve teaches English as a Foreign Language in Mac, Windows and Language Labs. Since 1983 he has been nationally active in the Japan Association for Language Teaching, including the highest appointed office representing all research groups. In 1996 he organized a colloquium on cross-cultural communication at the University of Hong Kong Knowledge and Discourse Conference. In 1997 his multilingual online library of publications was given a 4-star rating "very useful for research" by the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library based at the Australian National University. His electronic text initiative with Japanese and European collaboration, including an online guidebook to the region in 5 languages, also was linked from the Japan WWW Virtual Library at Stanford University. From 1997 to 1998 he wrote a series on computing in Asia for Humanist, based at London University. In 1998 he delivered the opening Keynote Address of the Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference based at the University of Hawaii. He also presented in Japanese on distance education at Kyushu Institute of Technology, at a conference session broadcast by two-way satellite to 15 universities. He was elected President of the World Association for Online Education, an NPO registered in California, from 1998-2001. In 1999 his research on Japanese-English bilingualism and biculturalism appeared in a Japanese language collection of papers by a major linguistics publisher. His article on online education in Japan also appeared in the well-known U.S. educational technology magazine Educom Review. Steve's three articles on Japan and 12 photos have been accepted by an encyclopedia forthcoming in 2000. Over 100 of Steve's publications and Websites are available from: <http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html>.

III. Proposed Contribution:

Steve McCarty joined the Global University Consortium in 1998, and it has become a long-term commitment, working closely with colleagues from around the world, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. Steve has been assisting Dr. Takeshi Utsumi more and more with clerical work such as developing Global University System (GUS) Websites, translating documents into Japanese, and editing documents written in English as a second language. Representing GUS to an extent in Japan, Steve has been asked to help organize a subsequent GUS Workshop in Tokyo. By attending the Manila Workshop, Steve could gain valuable first-hand experience to serve delegates to Tokyo from the Philippines and elsewhere in the region.

Long study and experience of intercultural communication points to being helpful without being patronizing. This experience included an internship with Benjamin Cayetano, now Governor of Hawaii, the highest-ranking American of Philippine ancestry. Having edited books and many other writings by non-native users of English, Steve can maintain their style while getting their intended meaning across more clearly. Again, by going to the Philippines, Steve can assess where his skills may be needed as the University of the Philippines Open University and other scholarly institutions in the Philippines work more closely in the future with the Global University System. The general pattern is liable to continue where Asia-Pacific nations including the Philippines look to Japan for economic and technical assistance. Steve's Japan base, contacts, fluency and literacy in Japanese may prove helpful in long-term trust-building negotiations, as English does not provide an effective enough link between Japan and other countries.

Steve is an American with permanent residency status and the only resident of Japan among those nominated to the NSF to attend the Manila Workshop. Steve maintains the following GUS Web pages and directories, with related information on the Philippines appearing throughout the Website:

Global University System Asia-Pacific Framework:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/

Global University System Asia-Pacific News and Links:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/links.html

Global University System Background Documents in Japanese:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/projects-j.html

Global University System Late 1999 Correspondence:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/global-univ-99/

Global University System Early 2000 Correspondence:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/global-univ-2000.html
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Nels D. Sanddal

I. Address:

II. Bio:

Nels D. Sanddal, MS, REMT-B. Mr. Sanddal is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Critical Illness and Trauma (CIT) Foundation in Bozeman, Montana, USA. CIT is a private non-profit organization that seeks to improve emergency medicine through programs of research, training and prevention. Mr. Sanddal has been a prehospital care provider for more than 25 years and has served the State of Montana as their Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Training Coordinator. He has authored many articles and books on EMS training and has been involved in distance learning activities for nearly two decades.

III. Proposed Contributions:

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Mr. John H. Southworth

IV. Address:

Mr. John H. Southworth
University of Hawaii
Research Associate, Curriculum Research & Development Group
Director, Distance Education, UH Laboratory School
Work: 1776 University Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96822
Home: 1543 Kaminaka Drive, Honolulu, HI, 96816
Phones: 808-956-6871(w), 808-732-1647(h)
Fax: 808-956-4933
Email: south@hawaii.edu
http://www.hawaii.edu/crdg
Social Security Number:

V. Bio:

Born: Pomona, California, April 20, 1939

Education: Pomona College (Chemistry, B.A., 1961)
University of Bristol, England (Biochemistry, 1961-1962)
University of Hawaii (Oceanography, M.Sc.1971)

Career Experience: John Southworth is a Research Associate for the University of Hawaii Curriculum Research & Development Group and a science/technology teacher at the UH Laboratory School. After his undergraduate education he served as a science and math teacher with the United States Peace Corps in Malaysia. After completing his graduate study he has worked in science and technology education at the University of Hawaii and with other educational technology projects.

In 1974 he founded the Educational Computer Unit, the original educational technology support unit on the UH campus. In 1984 he was designated as one of the "Electronics Using Educators of the Year" by the Electronic Learning magazine "for significant contribution to the advancement of education through technology." He served as co-director of the original University of Hawaii Computer-Based Education Planning Committee in the 1970's. Among results of that effort was the acquisition of services of the PLATO Computer-Base Education system. He has, since 1980, been involved with UH Lab School distance learning programs and projects. From 1985-89 he worked with the Hawaii Department of Education (HDOE) in developing the TELEclass Project that led to later development of the HDOE educational and informational technology programs.

During that time he participated as a member of the Apple Computer Education Advisory Council on telecommunications and distance learning. He has authored various papers on the topic and wrote a chapter in the Networking Volume of the Learning Tomorrow Series. From 1995-98 he worked as Coordinator for the Technology Collaborative of the Pacific (that worked with the Hawaii-Pacific educators under the Regional Technology in Education Consortium) that has been addressing the issues of equity and access to educational technology for students, teachers and administrators in the Pacific region. He helped found the Pan Pacific Distance Learning Association that annually presents programs for educators during the Pacific Telecommunications Conference in Honolulu.

VI. Proposed Contribution:

His extensive background with both years of work in professional development and integrating technology in the classroom provide a realistic view of the realities of educational use of technology and distance education. His international living and working experiences, especially in Asia and the Pacific region, provide additional value and understanding of the issues involved with education overseas.

VII. Presentation:

Title: THREE DECADES OF DISTANCE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FROM ELEMENTARY TO POST SECONDARY

My experiences with distance learning go back to the early 1970s and continue to the present day in Hawaii. The PEACESAT network provided my earliest opportunities to link my students with others throughout the Pacific. In early days it was audio only; now we can use digital videoconferencing with places like Samoa and Guam. This SYNCHRONOUS experience has been complemented by the use of phone-based and Internet-based systems. Included have been Slow Scan (freeze frame) TV, CU See Me, and NetMeeting types of systems.

ASYNCHRONOUS communication has included networking with systems such as PLATO (now known as NovaNET) and EIES (the New Jersey Institute of Technology's Electronic Information Exchange System). More recently I have using Internet based systems such as Nicenet's Internet Classroom Assistant for classes and other special projects.

In the area of telehealth, I would like to focus on the Electronic Field Trip model we at the University of Hawaii Laboratory School have developed with the UH Medical Technology program. In this we use a combination of asynchronous and synchronous methods. A "What's Med Tech?" topic is created with links to web sites on medical technology. My students post introductions and questions that are answered (as replies) by the UH Med Tech staff. Then a synchronous teleconference is held in conjunction with showing a videotape in class. The students can ask further questions during the live teleconference. The project ends with students posting e-mail thanks with mention of something they learned. Follow-up invitations to visit an actual med tech lab have
resulted for students interested in learning more about the field.

The above is only one of many possible adaptions to the Electronic Field Trip model than could be run using only e-mail and extended to more sophisticated synchronous videoconferencing systems than we have had available but the concepts would be the same.

Other experience with educational technology has included use of various computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases for a variety of educational management tasks.

The above could be demonstrated or discussed depending on the on-site arrangements in Manila.
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Robert and Ninfa Springer

I. Address:

Ninfa Saturnino Springer, PhD, RD, FAAMR, FADA
Associate Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, 48104 USA
Home Address: 8234 Woods Trail
WhitmoreLake, MI 48189
734.449.8663
Social Security Number:
<ninfa@umich.edu>
<http://www.umich.edu/~ninfa/vcon>
For curriculum vitae: <http://www.umich.edu/~ninfa>

II. Bio:

Ninfa Saturnino Springer completed her undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines and a dietetic internship and 2-year administrative appointment at the Philippine General Hospital. Awarded a Fulbright travel grant, she continued her studies at the University of Iowa where she completed her dietetic internship, masters and doctorate (1959) degrees in nutrition. Most of her professional career has been in university settings. In 1995, after a distinguished teaching, research, and service career, she retired from the University of Michigan School of Nursing as Associate Professor Emerita and Assistant Research Scientist Emerita. Although no longer actively teaching, Ninfa has not so much retired from, but rather retired to authoring and continued promotion of nutrition.

In addition to university teaching, she has served as a strong advocate to improve nutrition services during her many and varied consultation activities. She has consulted for institutions here and abroad, such as day care and school lunch programs, food and nutrition research & training agencies, hospitals, intermediate school districts, legal firms, mental health agencies, nursing homes, the Balik Scientist Program of the Philippines Department of Science and Technology and the United Nations Development Program.

She has made outstanding contributions to many allied professional groups. She has been invited to speak at meetings of allied professions such as those for occupational therapists, dental hygienists, and public health workers. Her experience working with as many as 20 disciplines at the UM has molded her into a unique interdisciplinarian. It has resulted in publications with co-authors from the fields of education, information technology, nursing, pharmacology, psychology, social work, and special education. For example, with a psychologist as co-author, an audio recording on Consultation: Principles and Practices was offered by American Dietetic Education for continuing education credit for many years. One of her books was adopted by the Nurses Book Society and the Special Education Library.

She has been described as a creative teacher, being among the first in the School of Nursing faculty to utilize computer modules in her course. She has been involved in content-authoring of instructional technology for the past twenty years, moving from database and simple online programs, to distributed computing and finally to web-based instruction. With the assistance of her husband and websmith, Robert Springer, post-retirement activities by both are focused on the continuing development of VCON, an acronym for Virtual Class on Nursing/Nutrition. VCON is a web-based, case-based, interactive program Over eight years, she has authored/co-authored six modules: Assessment of Nutritional Status; Nursing/Nutrition Interventions in Type 2 Diabetes; Pregnancy and Nutrition: Risk Factors and Interventions; Nutrition and Exercise Associated Amenorrhea; Nutrition Therapy in End Stage Renal Disease; and Nutrition Therapy in Essential Hypertension. Each year, two University of Michigan faculty use eight VCON units for approximately 200 Level III and IV students. This year, VCON is being pilot tested on distance education mode in five US universities by undergraduate and graduate nutrition students, dietetic interns, and family practice residents. Plans are underway to share VCON around the globe for continuing education program of the Nutritionist/Dietitian's Association of the Philippines.
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Robert E. Springer, MFA

I. Address:

Postal,email address etc. same as Ninfa's
Websmith of:
<http://www.umich.edu/~ninfa/>
<http://www.umich.edu/~ninfa/vcon/>
<http://www.umich.edu/~ninfa/nohs/>
<http://www.umich.edu/~ninfa/fulbright/>
<http://www.hvcn.org/info/websterucc>
Social Security Number:

II. Bio:

After completing a BFA in arts in Olivet College in Michigan, Bob enrolled in graduate study at the the University of Iowa where he completed a Master of Fine Arts degree. It was also at the UI where he met and married Ninfa Springer. Immediately after Ninfa's graduation, they went back to Ninfa's home country, the Philippines, where he taught Humanities at the University of Southern Philippines and the University of the Philippines. He also had a brief stint as a copywriter for an advertising agency.

Upon returning to the US, Bob was in museum practice, as registrar in two large and prestigious museums in Detroit and Dearborn, until retirement. He was among the first group of registrars in the US to install (at the Henry Ford Museum) a museum-wide computerized system for central documentation of collection records and loans. After retirement, Robert became involved in Ninfa's information technology program and was instrumental in developing the web-based version of her program.

Robert is a self-taught websmith but he has skillfully applied his Fine Arts education in website designing. The many websites that he has designed and constructed are listed above. He plays a major role in the design and construction of VCON, including 'tricky' parts such as the Quiz and Feedback sections, where results are automatically sent to the course instructor. He continues to attend workshops and seminars on computer technology at the UM and keeps himself abreast with new development in software/hardware.

III. Proposed Contribution:

We have been participants in Dr. Utsumi's Global University System since 1998 and have viewed the electrocardiography on treadmill demonstration in Tampere through the telemedicine department at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. However, our interest is not for programs employing expensive, high technology but rather in the development of instructional modules for university teaching or continuing education using widely available internet hardware/software. Ninfa is a Philippine American who recognizes the need for inexpensive technology programs appropriate for developing countries. She continues to maintain her professional communications with colleagues in the Philippines, particularly those in the University of the Philippines (UP) and Nutritionist/Dietitian's Association of the Philippines (NDAP).

Soon after retirement, Ninfa and Bob went to the Philippines, she as Visiting Professor at the UP and Bob as consultant in UP's two museums. In 1996, the American Dietetic Education announced a Wimpheimer-Guggenheim Essay contest on International Nutrition. Since Ninfa was already involved in the development of instructional modules at the University of Michigan (UM), she submitted an essay proposing to use VCON for continuing education of dietitians in the Philippines. The essay, involving two universities, UP and UM, was written with the Chancellor of the newly established UP Open University and the President of the NDAP. The essay won the $1000 prize! At this time, negotiations are being made to give NDAP access to use VCON for their continuing education program. The need for tele-education centers have yet to be resolved. (Dr. Librero, also a workshop participant, is a proponent of the tele-education centers). These personal connections that Ninfa and Bob have made during their last two trips to the Philippines after 1995 are valuable in making collaboration between the two countries successful. It was these types of connections that I have shared with Tak and now want to share with the workshop planners and attendees.

Bob's first hand experience in university level instruction in the Philippines has been augmented by years of involvement in Philippine-oriented professional associations in the United States. Recent visits to the Philippines has provided a heightened awareness of the uncertain distribution of technological resources. Many individuals and private institutions enjoy state of the art computer equipment while many state educational facilities possess outmoded hardware. Programs to benefit the people must take this into consideration and, hopefully, provide for future development.

We will demonstrate VCON at the workshop. All we need is an internet connection. Since we have six modules available, attendees can select any module and go through the program which includes the following sections: Unit Background, Case Overview, Case Records, Learning Exercises, Quiz and Feedback. The last three sections are interactive.

The demonstration can motivate users to develop modules related to their specialty or topics, target groups, learning objectives, using similar format. VCON is an ideal program in countries with limited technology resources; the information superhighway via internet presents a most convenient and inexpensive tool allowing access to learners unlimited by continent, country, island or town.
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Shin Takuma, M.D.

I. Address:

Shin Takuma, M.D.
Post doctoral research fellow of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Columbia University
630 West 168 the Street
New York, NY 10032
Tel: 212-305-9875
Fax: 212-305-9049
E-mail: st245@columbia.edu
Social Security Number:

II. Bio:

Date of Birth: October 25, 1961

Education / Training
Institution and location Degree Year Field of study

The University of Occupational and Environmental Health,
School of Medicine, Japan M.D. 1991 Medicine

License:
National Medical License granted in 1991, Japan (No.343076)

Research and professional experience
1991 1993 Resident, Cardiovascular Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Japan
1993 1995 Fellow, Cardiovascular Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Japan
1995 1997 Assistant Attending , Cardiovascular Surgery, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan
1997 Present Post-doctoral research fellow, Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Award:
Fellowship award of Japan-North America Medical Exchange Foundation in 1998

Selected Publications
(Total original articles-8; abstract-28; book chapter-1)
Makuuchi H, Shigeta O, Takuma S, et al. Surgical treatment of acute Stanford Type-A aortic dissection. Nippon Kyobu

Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1994; 42: 2041-2047. Shigeta O, Makuuchi H, Kaneko Y, Takuma S, Konishi T, Omura M. A case of acute aortic dissection associated with myxedema.

Nippon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1994; 42: 1096-1100. Shigeta O, Makuuchi H, Kaneko Y, Takuma S, Takeuchi K, Kondo H. A case of bronchial rupture and pulmonary laceration caused by blunt chest trauma. Kyobu Geka 1994; 47: 581-4.

Suma H, Horii T, Ichihara T, Hisamochi K, Takuma S, Iwahashi K. Journal of Cardiology 1997; 29: 117-20.

Fard A, Wang C, Takuma S, Pinsky D, et al. Noninvasive assessment and necropsy validation of change in left ventricular mass and function in aortic banded mice. J Am Soc Echo 1998; 11: I-560.

Takuma S, Zwas DR, Fard A, Wu H, Homma S, et al. Real-time 3D echocardiography acquires all standard 2D images from two volume sets: a clinical demonstration in 45 patients. J Am Soc Echo 1998; 11: I-561.

Zwas DR, Takuma S, Wu H, Fard A, Ota T, Homma S. Real-time 3D treadmill stress echocardiography: a feasibility study. J Am Soc Echo 1998; 11: I-518.

Di Tullio MR, Savoia MT, Sacco RL, Takuma S, Homma S. Aortic arch atheroma morphology and the risk of ischemic stroke in the elderly: a transesophageal echocardiographic study. J Am Soc Echo 1998; 11: I-502.

Di Tullio MR, Sacco RL, Savoia MT, Takuma S, Homma S. Aortic arch atheromas complexity as a risk factor for ischemic stroke.

Cerebrovasc Dis 1998; 81:103. Takuma S, Zwas DR, Ota T, Di Tullio MR, Homma S. Clinical utility of real-time 3D echocardiography. J of Cardior; 33: I-243.

Zwas DR, Takuma S, Di Tullio MR, Homma S. Real-time 3D stress echocardiography from the apical window: a feasibility study.

Circulation 1998; 98: I-714. Wang CY, Aronson I, Jiang H, Yellin MJ, Takuma S, Homma S, Pinsky DJ. Blockade of CD40-CD40 ligand interaction inhibits murine cardiac allograft rejection and reduces allograft arteriopathy. Circulation 1998; 98: I-535.

Takuma S, Zwas DR, Sciacca R, Fard A, Di Tullio MR, Homma S. Ability and limitation of real-time 3D echocardiography for acquiring 2D images from 2 volume sets. Circulation 1998; 98: I-715.

Takuma S, Cabreriza SE, Zwas DR, Sciacca R, Fard A, Di Tullio MR, Spotnitz H, Homma S. Real-time 3D echocardiography for in-vitro assessment of left ventricular mass in dogs. Circulation 1998; 98: I-701.

Zwas DR, Shimizu J, Yamamoto N, Geng-Hua Y, Takuma S, Homma S. Echocardiography accurately measures left ventricular function and infacted size in closed-chest rat. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999; 33: II-477A.

Zwas DR, Di Tullio MR, Flannery M, Catanese KA, Takuma S, Wu H Homma S, Burkhoff D. Time course of left ventricular mass regression following left ventricular assist device implantation. J Am Coll Cardiol; 1999; 33: II-208A.

Zwas DR, Di Tullio MR, Keller AM, Takuma S, Fard A, Homma S. Myocardial contrast echocardiography is a highly sensitive tool for the detection and localization of microvascular injury. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999; 33: II-476A.

Chaudhry H, Takuma S, Chada K, D'Armiento J, Marks A, Homma S. A novel mouse model of cardiac hypertrophy due to mutation of an architectural transcription factor. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999; 33: II-477A.

Takuma S, Homma S. Evaluation of mitral valve disease using transesophagea echocardiography. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 10: 247-254.

Takuma S, Zwas DR, Fard A, Di Tullio MR, Homma S. Real-time 3D echocardiography acquires all standard 2D images from two volume sets. J Am Soc Echo 1999; 12:1-6

Takuma S, Kako Y, Goldberg IJ, Homma S. New application for assessment of atherosclerotic lesions with high resolution echocardiography in transgenic mice. Jpn Circ J. 1999; 63:I-128.

Takuma S, Ota T, Muro T, Di Tullio MR, Homma S. Assessment of cardiac function by real-time 3D Echocardiography compared with conventional noninvasive methods. Jpn Circ J. 1999; 63:I-136

Takuma S, Pinsky D, Di Tullio MR, Homma S. Percutaneous Echocardiographic assessment of graft rejection in a vascularized murine model of transplantation. Jpn Circ J. 1999; 63:I-137

Takuma S, Kako Y, Titova I, Di Tullio MR, Gordberg IJ, Homma S. New application for assessment of atherosclerotic lesions using high resolution Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echo 1999; 11: I-404.

Takuma S, Suehiro K, Sciacca R, Shimizu J, Yamamoto N, Mendoza L, Wang J, Burkhoff D, Di Tullio MR, Homma S. Assessment of anesthetic superiority of gas anesthesia in mice Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echo 1999; 11: I-380.

Takuma S, Lizzi FL, Feleppa EJ, Deng CX, Alam SK, Manolakis DG, Pursel JD, Di Tullio MR, Homma S. Therapeutic application of high-intensity focused ultrasound in cardiacdiseases. (in press, Circulation)

Takuma S, Cabreriza SE, Mendoza L, Shimizu J, Di Tullio MR. Relation between acoustic output and contrast effect using real-time 3D contrast echocardiography". (in press, Circulation)

Suehiro K, Takuma S, Shimizu J, Di Tullio MR, Wang J, Burkhoff D, Homma S. Segmental assessment of wall motion abnormality using contrast echocardiography in awake mice. (in press, Circulation)
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Takeshi Utsumi

I. Address:

II. Bio:

He received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic University in New York and his M.S.in Ch.E. from Montana State University, after studying at the University of Nebraska under a Fulbright scholarship. His professional experience in simulation and optimization of petrochemical and refinery processes was gained at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Tokyo; Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., Boston; Mobil Oil Corporation and Shell Chemical Company, New York; and Asahi Chemical Industry, Inc., Tokyo.
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