Message-ID: <l03110704b0fc1708fe8c@[207.136.199.95]> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 22:27:36 -0500 From: Max Freund <mailto:mfreund@SOVER.NET> Subject: Ghana Distance Education Conference: Call For Proposals To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
More info on the conference and detailed guidelines for the RFP available at: http://www.ulbobo.com/gdepAlso, the organization sponsoring the conference, GhaCLAD, has a listserv on distance education in Ghana. To subscribe, send a message to mailto:majordomo@igc.org with the body: "subscribe ghaclad-scope".
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>Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 12:59:01 -0600
>From: Osei Darkwa <mailto:darkwa@tigger.cc.uic.edu>
>Subject: [ghaclad] Ghana Distance Education Project Conference: Call
> For Proposal
>To: mailto:ghaclad-scope@igc.org
>
>CALL FOR PRESENTERS
>
>If you would like to participate as a presenter at the Ghana Distance
>Education Conference, you are invited to submit a paper and proposal
>application form. The focus of the conference is "Use of Information
>Technology (IT) to Enhance the Economic, Social, Cultural, and Educational
>Development of African Countries" Individuals involved with the use of
>technology and the planning and delivery of distance education are invited
>to share their ideas.
>
>Conference sub-themes are:
>
>ST1: Instructional Use of Information Systems in Africa
>
> ST2: Role of Internet Providers (ISP)in Africa
>
> ST3: Community-Based Computing Services
>
> ST4: Computer Literacy and Distance Education: Curse and Blessing
>
> ST5: Computer Security Issues, Concepts and Resources
>
> ST6: Telecottages and Software Development in Africa
>
> ST7: Social Implications of Information Technology in Africa
>
> ST8: Application of Information Systems in Government and Businesses
>
> ST9: Technology in Developing Countries: Dividing or Uniting
>
> ST10: Age and Gender Issues in the Use of Information Systems in Africa
>
> ST11: The Use of Digital Library Resources in Education, Science, and
> Technology
>
> ST12: Ethical Norms in the Development and Use of New Information and
> Communication Technologies.
>
> ST13: How To Create a Distance Learning Course and How to Make it Work.
>
> ST14: Conventional vs Distance Learning: Perspectives from Faculty and
> Students--Benefits, Dilemmas, Questions.
>
> ST15: Linking Classrooms Between the North and the South Through Distance
> Learning: Curriculum Construction and Cost-Sharing.
>
> S16: Distance Learning and Academic Freedom in Africa/Linking with Africa
> via Distance Learing: A View from Historically Black Colleges and
>Universities.
>
>Deadline for submission is February 15, 1998. All submissions will be
>carefully reviewed:presenters will be notified of acceptance by March 15,
>1998. Paper may be submitted in hard copy or by electronic mail. Kindly
>refer to the proposal guidelines at http://www.ulbobo.com/gdep. Kindly fill
>out completely and submit the proposal application form to the address
>specified on the form.
>
>Osei Darkwa
>
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