<<June 21, 2000>>
Mr. Bruce R. Best <bbest@uog9.uog.edu>
Roger Lee Boston <rboston@tenet.edu>
Kimberly K. Obbink <kobbink@montana.edu>
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez <rbrsat@pworld.net.ph>
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez <paeling@doctor.com>
Dear Bruce:
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(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).
(2) Pls retrieve Distance learning activities in the Western
Pacific region
- June 10, 2000" at <http://www.friends-partners.org/~utsumi/gu-l/mid-2000/index.html>.
(a) As mentioned in it, I am very delighted to present
my greeting via
videoconferencing during your very interested workshop
(ATTACHMENT I).
(b) However, since I don't have an expensive videoconferencing
unit
via ISDN line, I can only participate it if you can
kindly use
NetMeeting via your 128 Kbps Internet through a bridge
at Roger
Boston's college -- ATTACHMENT II.
(c) Since Roger loaned me his 8x8, I can present my greeting
via his
bridge to your audiences, if you can connect with his
bridge with
your NetMeeting via your 128 Kbps Internet.
I would suggest that you test your connection
with his
bridge prior to your workshop.
Dear Roger:
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If Bruce wants to use his Polycom via 128 Kbps
ISDN line,
can he connect with your bridge, also? If so,
pls inform
Bruce and test its connection.
(d) I would suggest that you have Roger Boston present
his distance
learning experience (if he agrees) with NetMeeting via
Internet.
Pls send me all of the materials and information produced
during your
workshop -- since they would be very valuable to our future
workshops,
including the one in Manila, Philippines on October 29-31,
2000.
Dear Ralph:
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Pls make Bruce's workshop as a good reference to
the design of
your workshop in Manila.
(3) Pls retrieve my last listserve distribution "Preparation
for Manila
workshop on 10/29th to 31st - June 8, 2000" at <http://www.friends-partners.org/~utsumi/gu-l/mid-2000/index.html>.
Pls let me know if you can make this workshop in Manila
from 10/29th to
31st to discuss further collaboration with your program at
your earliest
convenience. If affirmative, pls send me;
(a) Full official address (title, division, affiliation,
mailing
address, phone/fax, email, and URL, etc.) with social
security number,
(b) A half to one full page of brief descriptive bio,
(c) A half to one full page description of your possible
contribution
to our colleagues in the Philippines through this project,
--
including brief descriptions of intended distance learning
courses, how it is to be delivered through narrowband
Internet,
etc. This is very important to convince peer group
members of the
NSF travel grant program.
I would greatly appreciate it if you can respond to the
above at your
earliest convenience, since I am now preparing a NSF travel
grant
application which is to be submitted by Kim -- we are way
behind its deadline.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
From: "Bruce Best" <bbest@uog9.uog.edu>
To: "Tak Utsumi" <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Fw: D.E. Regional Policy Forum
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:18:45 +1000
We are still awaiting a response.
Regards,
Verna
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Best <bbest@uog9.uog.edu>
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Cc: Bruce R. Best <bbest@kuentos.guam.net>
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:45 PM
Subject: D.E. Regional Policy Forum
Hafa adai Dr. Utsumi,
As you are already aware, we are having a D.E. Regional Policy
Forum on
August 1st-3rd, 2000. We would like to have you as a guest speaker
and
give a 15 minute presentation on the future of distance education
on a
regional and global scale.
We have tentatively scheduled you for GMT Tuesday August 1st
between
2130-2200. Please see attached agenda.
We anxiously await your response.
Thank you,
Verna Marquez
Technical Assistant
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Regional Policy Forum:
"Charting the Future Course of Distance Education in the
Western Pacific"
Design Paper
August 1, 2000 through August 3, 2000
Ladera Towers
Mangilao, Guam
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Location: Ladera Towers, Mangilao Guam
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Participants:
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Alfred Capelle
President
College of the Marshall Islands, Majuro,
Republic of the Marshall Island
Kalwin Kephas
Campus Director
College of Micronesia, COM-Kosrae
Campus, Kosrae State, FSM
Sue Moses
President
College of Micronesia, COM-National
Campus, Federated States of Micronesia
Spensin James
Vice President of Instructional Affairs
College of Micronesia, COM-National
Campus, Federated States of Micronesia
Kangichy Welle
Director of Education
Department of Education
Chuuk State
Federated States of Micronesia
Henry Falan
Director of Education
Department of Education, Yap State
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Patrick Tellei
President
Palau Community College
Republic of Palau
Herominiano delo Santos
President
Guam Community College, Mangilao, Guam
President
University of Guam, Mangilao Guam
Dates: August 1 through August 3, 2000
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OBJECTIVES:
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* A clearer picture will emerge regarding commonalities
and differences in
circumstance, philosophy and availability of resources to
support
distance education from one jurisdiction to the next.
* A broad based policy framework will be developed during
the forum. This
framework will serve as a common reference point for leaders
and key
stakeholders to formulate specific policies and performance
criteria
intended for use in determining how distance education is
to be viewed
and utilized in their respective jurisdictions.
SCHEDULE:
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Tuesday, August 1, 2000
=======================
The focus for the day #1:
=========================
During the first day of the policy forum, activities will revolve
around
reaching a regional consensus about the overall vision and goals
to be
achieved relative to distance education. Within this context,
efforts will
also be made to identify prevailing situational factors that represent
barriers and opportunities, which need to be addressed.
Schedule and Agenda:
====================
7:30 am 8:30 am Continental Breakfast,
8:15 am 8:45 am Registration
8:45 am 9:00 am Welcome, introductions, review of schedule,
expected
deliverable and available support services
Bruce Best, Manager PEACESAT, University of Guam
9:00 am 10:00 am Opening Address
(Dr. Robert Underwood, Guam Delegate, United States Congress)
Arrangements are still being made through
Dr.
Underwood's Office for him to address the
forum via a
video conference link from his Office in Washington
D.C.
10:00 am 10:30 am Presentations (Majuro, Kosrae and Pohnpei)
"The State of Things in the States
-- Learning at a
Distance, Barriers and Opportunities in the
Region"
10:30 am 10:45 am Morning Break
10:45 am- 11:30 pm Presentations (Chuuk, Yap and Palau, Guam)
The state of things in the States, Learning
at a
Distance Barriers and Opportunities in the
region"
11:30 am 12:00 pm Reaction Comments -- Policy implications
drawn from
the above referenced information
Comments by Dr. Ted Christensen George Washington University.
12:00 pm 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm 1:45 pm Presentation Distance Education in the
Pacific
Where we've been; Where we are; and Where
we're
headed? (Speaker yet to be identified)
1:45 pm 3:00 pm Group Discussion #1 Distance education
needs and
goals that are common across the region
A preliminary needs and goals paper will
be generated
during this discussion session.
The participants will be provided an opportunity
to
articulate what they believe to be the Main
Goals
regarding distance education that should be
worked on
over the next five to ten years. In a sense,
this will
be designed as a "Visioning" session.
3:00 pm 3:15 pm Afternoon Break
During this break, the participant's comments
will be
summarized and organized into Working Document
#1.
This working document will be reproduced and
ready for
follow-up discussions by the start of the
3:15 pm session.
3:15 pm 4:15 pm Group Discussion #1 (continued) -- Review
and
refinement of the draft "Needs and Goals
Working Document"
4:15 pm 4:45 pm Comments and Observations by the off-island
resource
person -- Dr. Ted Christensen
Dr. Christensen will be asked to tie the
different
threads dealt with during the day into some
semblance
of fabric and to set the stage for the next
days discussions.
4:45 pm Adjournment for the day
6:30 pm 8:30 am Welcome Reception for participants and
guests at the
Ladera Tower Lanai
Wednesday , August 2, 2000
==========================
The focus for day #2:
=====================
During the second day of the Policy Forum, activities will
center on the
examination of future option. Participants will be exposed to
the "World of
Tomorrow". They will be provided an opportunity to learn
about different
technical innovations that are on the horizon, which may have
relevancy in
this region. In addition, different collaboration and institutional
linkage
models will be explored as vehicles for delivering formal courses
and
extension outreach activities to pacific island residents. By
the end of the
Day #2, it is also hoped that a series of policy recommendations
will be drafted.
Schedule and Agenda
===================
Concerning exposure to the "World of Tomorrow"
==============================================
7:00 am 8:30 am Videoconference -- (House #6 PEACESAT or Ladera)
The future of distance education around
the world
regarding technology, programs, and instruction.
What
the experts in the field think is on the global
horizon?
8:30 am 9:00 am Return to Ladera Towers/Break
9:00 am 9:45 am Current status of DE in the Pacific Different
sector
prospective (Education, Health, Technology)
* Dr. John Kofel, Executive Director,
Pacific
Regional Education Laboratory (PREL),
Honolulu, Hawaii
* Dr. Kent A. Reinker, Chief of Staff,
Shriner's
Children's Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii
* Dr. Norman Okamura, Communications Specialist,
Social Sciences Research Institute, University
of Hawaii
9:45 am 10:45 am Group Discussion #2 Devising a Recipe
for Success
creating custom DE solutions tailored to our
needs and
goals in the Western Pacific (Note: A second
working
documented will be generated during this discussion
session.) Special attention will be directed
towards:
1) equity of access, 2) financial sustainability
and
3) quality assurance.
10:45 am 11:00 am Morning Break
During the break, the participant's comments
will be
summarized and organized into Working Document
#2.
This Working Document will be reproduced and
ready for
follow-up discussions by the start of the
11:15 am
session.
11:00 am 11:15 am Comments & Observations
During this brief session, Dr Christensen
will be
tasked with helping the participants focus
on the most
important and critical areas that need to
be addressed
through a regional policy framework that relate
to the
topics discussed above.
11:15 am 12:15 noon Group Discussion #3 Our Policy Options
what are
they, implications and priorities (Note: A
preliminary
position paper will be generated during this
session)
The participants will have an opportunity
to
prioritize and reach consensus about some
of the
important elements that that should be included
as a
part of a regional distance education policy
framework
that are designed to capitalize on the global
distance
education trends alluded to during the videoconference
and earlier panel discussion.
12:15 pm 1:30 pm Lunch Break
Over the lunch hour the output from discussion
session
#3 will be summarized and organized into Working
Document #3. This working document will be
reproduced
distributed to the participants
Luncheon Speaker, "Looking to the
Future The role of
distance education in higher education"
-- Dr. Peter
McGagrath, President, National Association
of State
Universities and Land-Grants Collages (NASULGC)
Concerning Possible Linkage and Collaboration Models
=====================================================
1:30 pm 2:15 pm Panel Presentations Institutional collaboration
and
partnerships Issues, opportunities and challenges
for the Pacific (Panel members yet to be selected)
This presentation will be designed to stimulate
discussion amongst the participants about
different
ways their respective institutions can collaborate
with one another across the region as well
as with
other institutions outside the region.
2:15 pm 3:15 pm Group Discussion #4 Working together
to tackle the
tough issues (i.e., 1) articulation, 2) cost
and
revenue sharing, 3) quality control, etc)
(Note: A preliminary position paper including
suggested policy recommendations will be generated
during this discussion session)
3:15 pm 3:30 pm Afternoon Break
During this break, the participant's comments
will be
summarized and organized into working document
#4.
This working document will be reproduced and
ready for
follow-up discussions by the start of the
3:30 pm session.
3:15 pm 3:30 pm Comments and Observations
During this brief session, the resource
person will
highlight and elaborate about some of the
issues and
challenges associated with establishing institutional
linkages and forging working partnerships
between
institutions that need to be addressed through
some
kind of regional policy framework.
3:30 pm 4:30 pm Discussion Session #5 Putting it all together
and
deciding what to include and exclude from
the plenary
paper
During this session, efforts will be made
to integrate
key points included in the four preliminary
working
papers and to use them as the basis for preparing
a
composite document.
Depending on the information generated
during the
previous four group discussion sessions, it
may be
useful to ask the participants to subdivide
into
smaller working teams during this 5th and
final group
discussion period. Each team will be asked
to draft
one or more policy recommendations designed
to address
a particular set of issues or challenges identified
previously generated working documents.
4:30 pm 5:00 pm Report Back Reaching consensus concerning
a regional
distance education policy framework for the
Pacific.
The participants will be asked to select
from among
themselves a smaller "Writing Team"
who will be
responsible for assembling a final plenary
report from
the forum.
5:00 pm Adjournment for the day
During the evening hours, a secretarial
pool and a
media specialist will be available to assist
the
participants in preparing a draft plenary
report. This
plenary report will include the summary documents
generated during the initial four group discussion
sessions as well as the proposed policy
recommendations developed by the participants
during
the 5th discussion session.
Thursday, August 3, 2000
========================
8:30 am 9:30 am Presentation of draft recommendations
Members of the Writing Team will present
the different
recommendations that they have developed for
inclusion
as a part of the Plenary Report. This "give-and-take"
session will be designed to provide an opportunity
for
all the participants to offer suggestions
as
refinements to the recommendations being presented.
9:30 am 9:45 am Comments & Observations
9:45 am 10:15 am Presentation/Discussion Next steps and
schedule of
events under the SPINF Project Moving towards
implementation, Where do we go from here?
Members of the writing team will spend
a few minutes
making final adjustments and modifications
to the
recommendations and suggestions included as
a part of
the Plenary Report.
10:15 am 10:30 am Morning Break
10:30 am 11:30 am Presentation of the Plenary Report
11:30 am 12:00 noon Closing Comments -- <Name>
12:00 noon Adjournment
12:30 pm 1:30 pm Lunch
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ATTACHMENT II
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:07:19 -0700
From: Roger Boston <rboston@tenet.edu>
To: JIMMSL@aol.com, utsumi@columbia.edu, jpelton@seas.gwu.edu,
ptknight@attglobal.net, Uli.Knirsch@intelsat.int
Subject: Re: "Rescue Iridium" workshop on 6/20th
The bridge is now configured for a three way 8x8 to Internet
connection for
Tuesday's Irridium Meetings.
Incoming:
NET MEETING: swc1.hccs.cc.tx.us is the ILS server, LOG
IN to this
server
H.324/ 8x8: 713 523 6905 Automatic answer,
at the three beeps, key in 0 8 5 3 # and then
Press
'1' at the prompt to engage the video,
All parties will have audio and video of the
others.
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List of Distribution
Mr. Bruce R. Best
PEACESAT/TADEO
Research Associate
Station Manager
Telecommunication and Distance Education Operation
Center for Continuing Education & Outreach Programs
University of Guam
Box 5278 UOG Station
Mangilao, Guam 96923
011-671-735-2621/0
011-671-734-8377
Fax: 011-671-734-8377<<04/22/1994>>for short msg
bbest@uog9.uog.edu
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
http://www.teched.org/Finland
http://www.teched.org/ChinaLive
http://www.teched.org/starlink
http://www.teched.org/hist00/brazil/
Kimberly K. Obbink
Director
Burns Telecommunications Center and Extended Studies
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
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Former President of Trinity College of Quezon City
Trustee member of the St. Luke College of Medicine
#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
paeling@doctor.com -- while in the US frm 5/28/00 to 7/15/00.
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
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* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
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of *
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