<<December 5, 2000>>
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Dr. Ihor Bogdan Katerniak <ik@uar.net>
Dr. Paul Lefrere <p.lefrere@open.ac.uk>
Prof. Dr. Fredric Michael Litto <frmlitto@usp.br>
Dear Ihor and Paul:
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(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I to IV).
Dear Paul:
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(2) I was wondering why you did not respond to my previous
list distribution
"Preparation of workshop in Sheffield, England - September
15, 2000"
which can be retrieved at http://www.friends-partners.org/~utsumi/gu-l/mid-2000/9-15-a.html
(3) When I attended a conference in Manila in October, a fellow
said to me
that the fund (260 million pound) raising for the e-University
(which is
a virtual university in the U.K as connecting all universities
in
England with broadband Internet) was not going well -- even
reported in TIME magazine.
I then thought this might have been the reason of your not responding to the list distribution.
(4) However, according to your msg (ATTACHMENT III), the original
idea of
having a large conference for this e-University project by
Professor
Paul Bacsich of the Sheffield Hallam University may now be
shifted to be
held in London, instead in Sheffield.
(5) My next thought is that, time is so short to prepare a
large conference
for such a large project, if it will be held in this coming
spring.
Therefore, as you and Ihor originally planned (before
visiting the
British Council last April), we may be better to have our
workshop at
your Open University independent of Professor Bacsich's new
large
conference in London.
(6) The timing of this workshop could be right after Ihor's
attending the
ICDE conference in Dusseldolf in Germany from April 1 to
5, namely from
4/7th (Saturday) to 4/9th (Monday).
However, I already have a keynote speech engagement
in Cebu, the
Philippines on April 18 so that I have to leave NYC
on 4/16th.
Therefore, I will have a very tight travelling schedule.
After his very successful ICDE conference in Sao
Paulo last August
(to which I attended), Fred Litto of the University
of Sao Paulo
will attend the ICDE in Dusseldolf, so that he may also
be able to
attend the workshop at your Open University, as the
Special
Advisor of our GUS.
(7) The main purpose of this workshop will then be;
(a) to configure the extension of distance learning courses
available
from the Open University/U.K. to Ukraine through the
currently
available Internet,
(b) to plan a grant application for a workshop in Ukraine
and for
feasibility study/market survey of implementing a broadband
Internet to Ukraine which will be submitted to the InfoDev
of the
World Bank and other funding sources in Europe.
(8) Since this workshop will be independent from Professor
Bacsich's large
conference in London, what I proposed in my previous list
distribution
should be curtailed, and the total attendees can be small
for intensive discussions.
(9) I would then like to discuss about travel fund raising
after hearing
your and Ihor's response to the above.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
From: "Ihor Katernyak" <ik@uar.net>
To: "Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: Fw: References
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 11:36:40 +0200
Dear Tak:
Thanks for your message.
I would like to make you short report. May 2000 came with the
beginning of
activities of Ukrainian Distance Learning System (UDL System)
Project in
Ukraine supported by US Department of State and Loyola college,
based on the
Partnership for Distance Learning Development (PDLD) was organized
by LIM in
1998 with three members and now has 27 organizations; each of
them is
interested in distance learning and have agreed to work together
to develop
and strengthen the Ukrainian Distance Learning System.
We have the following DL courses for on-line teaching :
Marketing for Beginners
Advanced Marketing
International Marketing
Firm Start-up & Business Management
Decision Making and Risk Analysis
Operation Management
Project Management and Management by Projects
Project Expert as Financial Modeling Tool
Business Communication
Information Technology Management
We've started a selection process of the next professional development
distance training programs and course adaptation for Web platform.
I think the best time for GUS workshop in Ukraine is September
2001. We will
have some background, goodwill and knowledge which can share with
other
participants and on this base will be easy to find financial support
from
donor organisations and sponsors.
On the base my negotiations with Vladimir-Goran Kreacic, Deputy
Chief of
Mission of the World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction
and
Development (IBRD) and discussions with his people we started
very
interesting cooperation with World Bank "Ukraine Development
Gateway" portal project.
http://www.ukraine-gateway.org.ua
Last Friday Victiria Loboda and I visited British Council office
in Kyiv and
hope they will include in their plan participation of Ukrainian
delegation
in the workshop Global eU2001 on eU2001 conference, April 9 to
12, 2001 in
Sheffield, England.
December 1 I will have presentation for Cisco Regional Academia
and hope to
find cooperation with them too.
Right now I'm starting some formal process on registration
as a legal entity
for Ukrainian Distance Learning System administration. It is be
big honor
for us to receive your advise on organisation name and possible
founders from GUS.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
With best wishes,
Ihor
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ATTACHMENT II
From: "Ihor Katernyak" <ik@uar.net>
To: "Paul Lefrere" <p.lefrere@open.ac.uk>,
"Victoria Loboda" <vita@is.lviv.ua>,
"Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: letter-proposition to the BC
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 23:02:50 +0200
Dear Tak and Paul:
Last Friday we (Victoria and I) had a meeting at the British Council-Kyiv,
and they suggested us to prepare a short proposal concerning the
Ukrainian Delegation
participation at the Conference at Sheffield University. Please,
have a look
at this letter, it would be also very useful if you could provide
me with
the URL of the Conference Web site and revise it. Also, please,
let me know
if there are no changes in the plans of the Conference organization.
Thank you in advance,
Ihor.
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Michael Bird,
Director, The British Council in Ukraine
4/12 Hryhoriya Skovorody St.
Kyiv 04070
Telephone: (+380 44) 490 5600
Fax: (+380 44) 490 5605
E-mail: Michael.Bird@britishcouncil.org.ua
Dear Mr.Bird:
I am writing to you in connection with my meeting with the
British Council
representatives -Dr. Robert Monro and Dr. Paul Lefrere (the Open
University)
in London (April 2000) and a short discussion with Arthur Plesak
(project
co-ordinator) in British Council Lviv (May 2000), and every time
I found their
great interest in our project, support and eagerness to collaborate
in the
field of distance learning and promotion of UK degree programmes/courses
for
distance learning into Ukrainian market.
Our Global University System and Ukrainian Distance Learning
(UDL) project
(see http://194.44.214.38/~webct/en/)
is planning to hold a workshop
(provisionally entitled Global eU2001) in co-operation with the
U.K.
Sheffield Hallam University as a host, the Open University, the
University
of Tampere in Finland and the Global University System (GUS),
on April 9 to
12, 2001 in Sheffield, England with the support of agencies such
as the
British Council. In close co-operation with Open University, UK
the Memorandum
of Understanding was developed (see more in http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/Memo_of_Understanding/Cover_Sheet.html),
and Ukraine was chosen as the first targeted country for the operation
of the European Regional Group
of the Global University System (GUS) to establish a global distance
learning system with global broadband Internet.
This workshop will be in conjunction with the eU2001 conference,
which will
deal with recent work on virtual universities and the possible
establishment
of an "e-University" in England. The goal of the Ukrainian
delegation at
this conference is to establish new institutional partnerships
in order to
expand the market of educational services, to create market for
distance
education in Ukraine, professional development of local tutors
for teaching
in Ukraine and course content adaptation, quality and international
quality
standards, managing for quality in DL, to receive professional
recognition
or accreditation (assessment of a college's administrative and
tutorial
methods, educational materials, and publicity), and cross-cultural
approach
and joint research work.
Today one of the most actual issues for us is fund-raising
for covering the
Ukrainian delegationピ travel expenses and conference participation
fee. We
hope that our proposal for participation at the E-University Conference
matches with your objectives and your plans for the next fiscal
year.
We are looking forward to co-operating with you.
Faithfully yours,
Ihor Katernyak,
UDL System Manager,
Technology Promotion Center,
Lviv Institute of Management
57 V.Chornovil Ave.
Lviv 79601, UKRAINE
Tel: +380-322-52 2681
Fax: +380-322-52 4463
ik@uar.net
http://194.44.214.38/~webct/en/
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ATTACHMENT III
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 21:38:12 +0000
Subject: Re: letter-proposition to the BC
To: ik@uar.net
Cc: vita@is.lviv.ua, utsumi@columbia.edu
From: Paul Lefrere <P.Lefrere@open.ac.uk>
Dear Ihor
Thank you for your letter. I am sorry to say that my contact
at Sheffield
Hallam University (Professor Paul Bacsich) mailed me a couple
of days ago
to tell me that it now seems unlikely that Sheffield can handle
the large
conference that he was organising. This is a problem for us because
he had
offered to host our invitational conference as part of the larger
conference. So at the moment we do not have a venue. I apologise
profusely for this.
Professor Bacsich is trying to arrange a venue in London for
his large
conference, and suggests that we should share the venue with him,
i.e.,
move our event to London. Please let me know your opinion on this.
He is
having talks with a major UK agency to see if they are prepared
to provide
some financial support. I shall let you know more about this as
soon as I have news.
The fall-back position would be to run our own event independently,
at the
Open University in Milton Keynes. I shall investigate that option
if I
have not heard from you or Professor Bacsich in the next few days.
Best wishes
Paul
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ATTACHMENT IV
From: "Ihor Katernyak" <ik@uar.net>
To: "Paul Lefrere" <P.Lefrere@open.ac.uk>
Cc: <vita@is.lviv.ua>, <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: letter-proposition to the BC
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:05:51 +0200
Dear Paul:
Thanks for your messege. Next year we are invited to participate
in the
following international conference to make presentation at 20th
ICDE WORLD
CONFERENCE ON OPEN LEARNING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION - The Future
of
Learning - Learning for the Future: Shaping and Transition. (DUSSELDORF,
01. - 05. APRIL 2001)
The title of our presentation selected by the Committee is:
On-Line Tutoring
in Global Education Environment. The International Council for
Open and
Distance Education (ICDE) (the global membership organisation
of educational
institutions, national and regional associations, corporations,
educational
authorities and agencies in the fields of open learning, distance
education,
and flexible, lifelong learning; more than 130 countries are represented).
More information on the mission of ICDE you can find at
http://www.icde.org/.
It could be an advantage for us that both this and our events
go consequently
- one after another.
I believe these conferences can give GUS new resources from
the European
Community, UNESCO and British Council.
Looking forward to your comments.
Ihor
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List of Distribution
Dr. Ihor Bogdan Katerniak
Director
Lviv Institute of Management-LIM
Technology Promotion Center
57 V.Chornovil Ave.
Lviv 79601
UKRAINE
Tel: +380-322-52 2681
Fax: +380 322-52 2682
Fax: +380-322-52 4463
ik@uar.net
tpc@lim.lviv.ua
http://www.lim.lviv.ua/
http://www.uar.net/conference/
http://www.lim.lviv.ua/english/de/
http://www.lim.lviv.ua:8900/on-line/Applications/DLS-presan_in_OU.ppt
Dr. Paul Lefrere
Senior Lecturer
Institute of Educational Technology
Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44-1-908 65 33 88
Fax: +44-1-908 67 28 02
p.lefrere@open.ac.uk
http://www-iet.open.ac.uk/
Prof. Dr. Fredric Michael Litto
President, Brazilian Association of Distance Education
Professor and General Coordinator
Technologies as Applied to Education
Research Nucleus Investigating the New Communications
The School of the Future
University of Sao Paulo
Av. Prof. Lucio Martins Rodrigues, Travessa 4
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BRAZIL
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+55-11-3818-6326
Tel/Fax: +55-11-3816-8168
Tel/Fax: +55-11-815-3083
frmlitto@usp.br
http://www.futuro.usp.br
http://www.abed.org.br
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