<<September 6, 1999>>
Kazuo Torii <torii@fsun.org>
Ben I. Haraguchi <haragucb@arentfox.com>
Mr. Ichiro Watanabe <iwatanabe@fsun.org>
Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>
Ms. Tina Evans Greenwood <greenwood_t@fortlewis.edu>
Takashi Sakamoto, Ph.D. <sakamoto@nime.ac.jp>
Professor Yasunori Shimizu <shimizu@cradle.titech.ac.jp>
Takahiro Kiuchi, M.D., Ph.D. <kiuchi@umin.ac.jp>
Dr. Takashi Iida <iida@crl.go.jp>
Dr.Yoshiyori Urano <urano@tom.comm.waseda.ac.jp>
Kiyohito Yamasawa, Dr.Eng. <yamasaw@gipwc.shinshu-u.ac.jp>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
(1) Many thanks for your msgs.
ATTACHMENT I from Steve McCarty
ATTACHMENT II from Tapio Varis
(2) Dear Mr. Torii:
===============
I was very glad to see you and Mr. Shigeta at our Tampere event.
As you know, Ben Haraguchi announced at the event that
your FSUN/Tokyo
will hold a follow-up workshop for our Asia/Pacific operation
in Tokyo
next April (or May).
We have to do a lot of things since only a half year or so is left.
(a) Publicity:
This workshop will focus on Asia/Pacific and Africa.
Although most of the attendees from those regions
can speak
English, but not Japanese, we need to have Japanese
version of
some of our materials, since the workshop will be held
in Tokyo
anyway.
Pls discuss with Mr. Watanabe if we should have
simultaneous
interpreter at all sessions.
My thought on this is that such interpretation
would
be necessary for the greetings of echelons
in the
opening ceremony. However, as you experienced
at
Tampere, presentations and specially brainstorming
will be very intensive so that I would doubt
if any
interpreters can catch up properly, and hence
it may
be wise not to have such a high cost interpreters
during those sessions for saving time and
money.
ATTACHMENT I indicates the URL which has the Japanese
version of
some of our materials which have been kindly translated
by Steve
McCarty. He will be the webmaster of our Tokyo conference
and
will make the webs of the conference and the handout
as we had for
the Tampere event -- <www.uta.fi/EGEDL> for the
former and
<www.uta.fi/EGEDL/outline> for the latter.
Pls tell of this to Mr. Shigeta to feel free
to utilize any
part of them for his publicity effort -- see ATTACHMENT
II
how our Tampere event generated publicities.
Dear Tina:
==========
You once questioned the spelling of Malcolm
Baldridge.
Steve kindly checked it through webs -- you were
right as
spelled.
Dear Steve:
===========
Many thanks for your effort.
BTW, when you visit Benesse, pls convey my best
personal
regards to;
Tooru Mihara
Manager
Test & Study Aide Research
Benesse Corporation
42-356-0591
bnc-mt@po.iijnet.or.jp
I met him during my workshop at Columbia University
last
year. He was a member of '98 US MULTI-MEDIA EDUCATION
SURVEY MISSION tour group.
(b) Duration of workshop:
Total 5 days.
1. First day: telelearning and telemedicine demonstrations;
a. Telelearning demonstrations with videoconferencing
via
broadband Internet which accompany with advanced
use
(e.g., 3D animation, VRML, Java application
program,
etc.) of web teaching materials in PowerPoint
style
presentations,
b. Same as above, but with asynchronous computer
mediated
conferencing system with occasional use of
simultaneous audio and/or video conferencing
via
narrow band Internet,
c. Telemedicine demonstrations of echocardiography
with
portable echo machines via broadband Internet
between
Japan and the US,
d. Same as above, but with PictureTel via
ISDN (at 384
Kbps) among Manila, Tokyo, American Samoa,
Norway,
e. Presentations of advanced telemedicine
teaching
materials, e.g., virtual reality model of
a human
heart which can realistically respond to a
touch on a
computer screen, 3D human body model for telemedicine
education, 3D frog and/or insect model for
biology
education, etc.
The purpose of these demonstrations are to show
how
important and vital to have broadband Internet
for the
future of telelearning and telemedicine -- as validating
our
quest of establishing global broadband digital
satellite
Internet network around the world.
2. Second day:
a. Morning:
Opening ceremony with greetings (live or
videotaped)
of dignitaries of Japanese government, international
organizations and consortiums in the Asia/Pacific
and
African regions, and
Presentations about Global University System.
b. Afternoon:
Presentations about advanced infrastructure/delivery
systems and practices of distance learning
and
telemedicine.
c. Evening:
Sightseeing, and
Reception and presentation at a Japanese industry.
3. Third day:
a. Morning:
Session keynote speech,
One presentation by a delegate of telelearning
in
Japan, and
Brainstorming on identifying needs.
b. Afternoon:
Session keynote speech,
One presentation by a delegate of telemedicine
in
Japan, and
Brainstorming on infrastructure and delivery system.
c. Joint dinner with a keynote speaker.
4. Fourth day:
a. Morning:
Session keynote speech,
One presentation by a delegate on telelearning
in
Asia/Pacific, and
Brainstorming on institutionalization.
b. Afternoon:
Session keynote speech,
One presentation by a delegate on telelearning
in
Africa, and
Brainstorming on administration.
c. Evening:
Entertainment.
5. Fifth day:
a. Morning:
Session keynote speech,
One presentation by a delegate on telemedicine
in
Asia/Pacific, and
Brainstorming -- general discussion.
b. Afternoon:
Session keynote speech,
One presentation by a delegate on telemedicine
in
Africa, and
Brainstorming -- summary and conclusion.
c. Closing remarks with farewell party.
(c) Expected number of attendees:
1. 25 from Asia/Pacific region,
2. 25 from Africa region,
3. 25 from North and South America and Europe,
4. 12 from Japanese telelearning field,
5. 12 from Japanese telemedicine field,
6. 25 from Japanese governmental agencies and industries,
Total about 125 to 150.
During the brainstorming sessions, they will be split
into two
groups for the Asia/Pacific and African regions.
(d) Technical requirements:
1. Required rooms:
a. One large auditorium for gathering by all attendees,
b. two rooms for each group's brainstorming.
2. Audio/visual and telecommunications for each room:
a. Large black (or white) boards,
b. Two large projector screens; one for web
and the other
for videoconferencing,
c. One transparency overhead projector,
d. One overhead camera (optional),
e. Microphones (at least one, and more depending
on the
size of the room),
f. One speaker,
g. One large TV monitor,
h. Two PCs (and, if possible, one Power Mac)
which are to
be connected to Internet,
i. One PictureTel (or similar) unit with one
ISDN line at
384 Kbps,
j. One broadband Internet (at least 4 Mbps
and preferably
at 10 Mbps without much congestions),
k. One ordinary telephone line (to be connected
directly
to outside switching board), -- this is to
be with a
56 Kbps dial-up modem for backup,
l. One mobil telephone,
m. One printer.
(e) Location:
Keeping the above in your mind, pls inquire following
organizations if they can accommodate our workshop;
1. National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME),
2. Tokyo Institute of Technology (my alma mater),
3. University of Tokyo,
4. Communications Research Laboratory of the Japanese
Ministry
of Posts and Telecommunications,
5. Waseda University,
6. Shinshu University (my alma mater),
7. Any resort hotel (preferably in Nagano prefecture
-- my home
prefecture).
I personally prefer Shinshu University or some resort
hotels
around Shirakaba Lake in Tateshina nearby my home town,
if you can
obtain industry's cooperation with satellite linkage.
Shinshu is
more like Tampere rather than Tokyo. Prof. Yamasawa
of Shinshu
University may take the advantage of this occasion to
leverage his
upgrading its microwave network from the present 1.5
Mbps to 55
Mbps which he described during our Tampere event.
We may be able to enjoy hot spring bath (or
swimming pool)
there -- as we had sauna in Tampere!!
(f) Exact dates:
Dear Ben, Mr. Watanabe, and Mr. Torii:
======================================
I would greatly appreciate it if you can decide the
exact dates of
our Tokyo workshop as soon as possible, since our time
is getting
very short for program setting, fund raising and sending
out
invitations to attendees.
If it will be in the middle of cherry blossom
(early April
in Tokyo, or in the middle of April in Nagano),
the
attendees will greatly appreciate.
(g) Outcome:
========
1. A feasibility study and action plan for the
Asia/Pacific
operation as centering it around the University
of
Philippines Open University in Manila as the first
phase
project,
2. A draft of pilot project proposal for the African operation.
(3) Dear Ben:
=========
You said during the Tampere event that you would take
me and Norman
Okamura to Tokyo and Manila for further discussion on our
project. Pls
let me know its date ASAP, since I have to make other commitments.
Thanks.
Dear Steve:
===========
I hope to see you then. I also agree with you that
the online
teacher training will be one of the foremost agendas
of our
project.
(4) Dear Electronic Colleagues:
===========================
Pls feel free to comment to the above for betterment of our workshop.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 13:54:47 +0000
From: Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>
Organization: Kagawa Junior College, Japan
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
Subject: Re: Revisions of Japanese translation
Dr. Utsumi,
Your html message in color me through, thanks. It was easy
to make the
corrections because I'm making this Website by hand. It will be
fine to
move the Website to FSUN's server anytime. There will be various
documents before and even after the conference, and the English
and
Japanese could be split into different Web pages, so I made a
new
directory asia-pacific/. There will be other conference pages
and the
index page as a menu, so I changed the title, too. At this point
the
English and Japanese are together, hence the "-ej" in
the file name. If
a page is in Japanese only, that could be "-j." So the
file is now:
"Fundamental Projects of Dr. Takeshi Utsumi"
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/projects-ej.html
If you prefer other names for the directory, file or title,
just let me
know.
Through a Web search I confirmed the spelling for Malcolm Baldridge
Award, etc. There is no need to transmit such things to your
distribution list, but someday a little editing of your book manuscript
will be needed. Your everyday communications in English are very
effective.
I'll start other Web pages soon using the English documents
you have
transmitted related to the Asia-Pacific operation.
Whereas it is possible for you to participate in various meetings
by
teleconference, I'm afraid that your presence will be necessary
in Japan
for formal introductions.
Incidentally, the Benesse Corporation has invited me to their
Tokyo
office, as soon as I can go. My idea is that they would finance
a
virtual organization software environment like a virtual university
for
our World Association for Online Education. If it works out, this
might
also be of interest to Global University. Even for you, as an
alternative to seeking individual student enrollments at first,
it may
be more practical to conduct online teacher training among educational
institutions internationally.
Will be in touch again soon,
Steve McCarty
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ATTACHMENT II
Subject: Re: Request of publicity materials
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 06:56:21 +0000
From: Tapio Varis <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
CC: David Johnson <daj@utk.edu>
Dear Tak & David,
Please find enclosed my publicity report of EGDL99 which I
am sending tp
David by regular mail including photocopies.
Tapio
At 17:44 1.9.1999 -0400, Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D. wrote:
>Dear Tapio:
>
>(1) According to David Johnson, there will be a national conference
of
>Fulbright alumni association in Washington D.C. on October
9th. In the
>evening of the day, there will be a reception at Finnish Embassy.
>
>(2) I wonder if you have compiled the lists of TV or radio
broadcast
>about our Tampere event with date and time.
>
>(3) I also wonder if you have gathered any printed materials
which
>appeared about our event in Finnish newspaper or magazines.
>
>(4) Pls send one set of them each to David and me so that
one of us may
>give them to the officials at the Finnish Embassy -- I have
not decided
>to attend it yet.
>
>(5) You may also use the compiled materials in your report
to the
>InfoDev.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Best, Tak
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EMERGING GLOBAL ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING (EGDLÅE9)
conference & workshp
Tampere 9-13 August 1999-09-06
Press coverage:
Prior to the event:
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Aikalainen 1/1999
Finnish News Agency: story published 27.7.or 28.7. 1999 at
least by Kaleva
(enclosed), H meen Sanomat, Pohjolan Sanomat, Karjalainen, Etel
-Saimaa, Savon
Sanomat
Finnish Broadcasting Company: national television news 30.7.
(main news at
20.30)
During the event:
=================
Finnish News Agency: nerws published by most media 9.8 or 10.8. 1999
French News Agency 9.8.
Helsingin Sanomat 10. 8.
Aamulehti 10.8.
H meen Sanomat 10.8.
Radio Tampere 9.8.
Radio H me 9.8. & 10.8.
Tampere Television 9.8.
After the event:
================
H meen Sanomat 14.8. (news & editorial)
Radio One (Finnish Broadcasting Company) 15.9.
Radio Suomi (Finnish Broadcasting Company) 17.8.
Radio Nova
Ote - opetusteknologia
Business.fi
Taloussanomat (15.9.)
Television Tampere 16.8.
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List of Distribution
Kazuo Torii
Director of the Board
Foundation for the Support of the United Nations
Sankyo Bekkan Room 201
1-7-10 Iidabashi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0072
Japan
03-3556-9488
Fax: 03-3556-9495
Mobil: 090-3472-8123
torii@fsun.org
http://www.fsun.org
Ben I. Haraguchi
President
Foundation for the Support of the United Nations (FSUN)
809 United Nations Plaza, Suite 1200
New York, NY 10017
212-986-8114
Fax: 212-986-8131
haragucb@arentfox.com
http://www.fsun.org
Mr. Ichiro Watanabe
Senior Advisor
Foundation for the Support of the United Nations
Sankyo Bekkan Room 201
1-7-10 Iidabashi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0072
Japan
03-3556-9488
Fax: 03-3556-9495
iwatanabe@fsun.org
Steve McCarty
Professor
Kagawa Junior College
President, World Association for Online Education (WAOE)
3717-33 Nii
Kokubunji, Kagawa 769-0101
JAPAN
+81-877-49-8041 (office, direct line)
Fax: +81-877-49-5252
steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp
mccarty@pop06.odn.ne.jp -- his wife's.
http://www.waoe.org -- for WAOE
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/WAOE-founding.html
English language home page and online publications page:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/ -- for Japanese language
home page
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/jpublist.html -- for online
publications
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/presence.html
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
(an Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library 4-star site)
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/projects-ej.html
("Fundamental Projects of Dr. Takeshi Utsumi")
Ms. Tina Evans Greenwood
Managing Editor, GLOSAS News and
Library Instruction Coordinator
Fort Lewis College
350 Lakeview Road
Bayfield, CO 81122-9771
970-884-0895
970-247-7684
Fax: 970-247-7149
greenwood_t@fortlewis.edu
mfteg@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
http://library.fortlewis.edu/~instruct/glosas/cont.htm -- GLOSAS
News Web
Archive
Takashi Sakamoto, Ph.D.
Director-General
National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME)
Ministry of Education
2-12 Wakaba
Mihama, Chiba 261-0014
Japan
+81-43-298-3000
Fax: 81-43-298-3471
sakamoto@nime.ac.jp
http://www.nime.ac.jp/
Professor Yasunori Shimizu (Fax: +81-3-3729-1320)
Department of Educational Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology
2-12-1, O-okayama
Meguroku, Tokyo 152
JAPAN
+81-3-3726-1111 X3232
shimizu@cradle.titech.ac.jp
Takahiro Kiuchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Information Network (UMIN) Center
Hospital Computer Center
The University Of Tokyo Hospital
7-3-1 Hongo
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655
Japan
+81-3-3815-5411 Ext. 5241,
+81-3-5689-0729 (direct)
+81-3-5800-8685
+81-3-5800-6549
+81-3-3815-5411 X5241 or 5248
Fax: +81-3-3813-7238
Fax: +81-3-5689-0726
kiuchi@umin.ac.jp
http://square.umin.ac.jp/kiuchi/kiuchieng.htm -- for bio
http://square.umin.ac.jp/kiuchi/image/MVC-014F.jpg -- for photo
#1
http://square.umin.ac.jp/kiuchi/image/MVC-015F.jpg -- for photo
#2
http://square.umin.ac.jp/kiuchi/ohp/ -- for slide show.
http://www.umin.ac.jp/vod/contents/h10/mincsjpn.htm -- for transcript
of
videotape in Japanese
http://www.umin.ac.jp/vod/contents/h10/jimaku.htm -- for transcript
of
videotape in English
Dr. Takashi Iida (Fax: +81-423-27-6695)
Director, Communication Science Division
(Tsushin Kagaku Bucho)
Communications Research Laboratory
(Tsushin Sogo Kenkyu Sho)
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
+81-423-27-7470
iida@crl.go.jp
Dr.Yoshiyori Urano
"Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University"
(GSAPS)
Manager
Advanced Research Center for Science and Engineering
Waseda University
urano@tom.comm.waseda.ac.jp
http://www.waseda.ac.jp/gsaps/index.html
Kiyohito Yamasawa, Dr.Eng.
Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Shinshu University
Wakasato 500, Nagano, 390
Japan
(026)-226-4101 Ext. 2507
ISDN: (026)-223-0228
Fax: (026)-223-7754
yamasaw@gipwc.shinshu-u.ac.jp
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor
Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland
Professor and Chair
Media Culture and Communication Education
Hypermedia laboratory
Chairman, Scientific Council
Information Society Research Center
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 607
FIN-33101 Tampere
Finland
tel: +358-3-215 6111
Direct (24 hour availability) mobile phone:
GSM +358-50-567-9833
fax: +358-3-215 7503
tapio.varis@uta.fi
titava@uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi/hyper/
http://www.uta.fi/~titava -- Tapio's page with photo
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