<<June 8, 2005>>
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Dr Joseph Cullen <j.cullen@tavinstitute.org>
Sandeep Ashok <amd.50x15@amd.com>
Amir Alexander Hasson <amir@firstmilesolutions.com>
Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D. <jkvedar@partners.org>
Bernard Krisher <bernie@media.mit.edu>
Professor Dr.
Terushi Tomita <tomita@mizuho-c.ac.jp>
Supote Prasertsri, Ph.D. <s.prasertsri@unesco.org>
Charles U. Eke <bychief@yahoo.com>
Dr. (Sir) Dennis E. Oji MD: FAChir., FWACS: FICS <denniseoji@yahoo.com>
Chris Uwaje <uwajenet@nova.net.ng>
Professor Rashid Bashshur, Ph.D. <bashshur@umich.edu>
Alan J. Rossi <arossi@dgfoundation.org>
Charlotte G. Kea <ckea@dgfoundation.org>
Dear Dr. Cullen:
(1) Many thanks for your recent msg — it has been long time since we
attended the ECÕs conference in January 2001 in Luxembourg.
I thank you very much for your following very interesting paper, which I read
through with great interest;
Cullen,
J.,
ÒThe Learning Underworld: How Technology Supports Bad EducationÓ
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/List%20Distributions/2005/MTI1671_06-08-05/cullen%20Paper.htm
or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H2CF5193B
I am taking the liberty of attaching its MS/WORD format to this list
distribution which can be retrieved at the web site listed at the top of this
msg.
(2) I wholeheartedly agree with you that the application of e-learning for
social inclusion is very difficult — particularly without having
well-designed support system for learners (particularly life-long learners).
ÒThe
interdependency of application and network development required for successful
deployment of distributed information systems is all too often overlooked by
ICT professionals.Ó -- quoted from <http://www.ait.gr/acadPrograms/course_dis.asp#div10>
of Athens Information Technology.
I think that this is the major reason why the Òabsolute failureÓ of the U.K.
e-University (100 euro for only one year operation with 900 students) as you
mentioned, as well as the failure of Fathom (a consortium of Columbia
University, Oxford University and others), etc.
This is why we are now working to create consortiums of higher educational
institutions in developing countries who can provide their learners with the
networks of facilitators and tech support for their taking courses across
national, continental and oceanic boundaries.
(3) I also agree 100% with your following point;
ÒEssentially,
it could be argued that the real purpose of e-learning is to unlock the
untapped potential of millions of potentially creative, entrepreneurial
citizens who are divorced from the innovation, knowledge production and
learning process. This requires, amongst other things, a shift from
reproductive learning to learning as a transformative, creative collaborative
knowledge process.Ó
I would say that this in global scale and thanks to global broadband Internet
in the globalization of borderless society would be a major paradigm shift from
Industrial Age to Knowledge Age — almost equivalent to a global societal
revolution!!
You may then be interested in reading my following paper;
Global
University System with Globally Collaborative Innovation Network
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W2F412E1B
As said in it, ÒEconomically under-developed country is NOT necessary
synonymous to intellectually under-developed.Ó
For
example, Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology told me when I visited him
last June that almost 85% of university graduates in Nigeria are unemployed.
They are well educated with English speaking capability, which is
substantial advantage over Japanese. Then, why not utilize their superb brain
to give them ÒHOPEÓ -- see below our effort to initiate it with them.
We need now to tap the creativity of youngsters around the world in the
Knowledge Economy of the 21st century — Finding such youngsters is like
to dig diamond or search black pearl in deep sea — really exciting things
to do!!
Dear Sandeep:
(4) The vision of your 50x15 program <http://50x15.amd.com/about/>
to enable affordable Internet access and computing capabilities for 50 percent
of the world population by the year 2015 (by then almost 7 billion people
around the world) is very ambitious and yet noble, indeed!!
Many thanks for your msg of 6/7th, inviting us to submit our project proposal.
Our colleagues in various developing countries (e.g., Cambodia, Nigeria,
Ethiopia, Malawi, etc., etc.) are now constructing their fund raising materials
for the workshops at which time they will initiate the creation of their GUS
for e-learning and e-healthcare/telemedicine. We will submit their requests
to you soon. Incidentally, their GUS would be consortium of higher
educational and healthcare institutions at the initial stage, and later to
include secondary and elementary schools, libraries, NGOs, local governmental
agencies, etc. -- and then even for-profit organizations later.
(5) BTW, your web showed that AmirÕs First Mile Solutions has already been one
of numerous partners of your program.
As said in your web he worked Joe KvedarÕs following project;
Partners
HealthCare System of Harvard Medical School
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/Asia%20and%20Pacific/Cambodia/Kvedar_Joseph/PHS.html
Or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O17D325E9
Amir indicated us his willingness to help our Cambodia project — and also
Nigeria project.
Dear Barnie:
(6) It was certainly my great pleasure to have met with you on May 31st —
AmirÕs recent msg highly commended you.
An article about the DakNet in remote/rural area of India which you mentioned
is also appeared at SandeepÕs AMD web site.
After returning to Tokyo around the end of the next week, pls contact Prof.
Tomita and Supote to start revising our fund raising materials for establishing
GUS/Cambodia and Cambodia Open University with possible fund from the World
Bank, as Supote informed me before.
According to Supote, Cambodian government received US$20 million loan from the
Japanese government to enhance bandwidth of telephone network, and is joining
the project "Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)" project <http://www.ieeaf.org/presentations/>
which was initiated by the Thai government with fund from the Asian Development
Bank, to link Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia with a high-speed Internet
backbone.
Therefore, Cambodia must now be ready for the GUS/Cambodia and Cambodia Open
University — as similar to Hellenic Open University of Greece <http://www.eap.gr/>, which has about 8
branches around Greece which are interconnected with 155 Mbps terrestrial trunk
lines.
Dear
Charles:
(7) You may also visit your friend, AmirÕs article at SandeepÕs AMD web site.
BTW, pls follow up the followings;
(a)
Our joint paper with Prof. Oji and Chris to Rashid of the University of
Michigan — since I am one of editorial board members of RashidÕ newly
inaugurating e-Health International Journal, Rashid is giving me a special
favor to publish it in its inaugural issue this September — I asked Chris
to revise it ASAP.
(b) My recent revised fund raising materials for Prof. OjiÕs and ChrisÕ project
on the HIV/AIDS: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission and the Workshop
for creating the
International Centres of Excellence for Telemedicine in Africa (ICETA) at Prof. OjiÕs Abia State University Teaching
Hospital (ABSUTH).
Dear Alan and Charlotte:
(8) It was certainly my great pleasure to have met with you at Chemists Club in
Manhattan on May 30th — after meeting with Alan at the V Infopoverty
World Conference at 2 UN Plaza on May 13th.
Dear
Charlotte:
Many thanks
for your msg of June 2nd. Yes, I visited your web site <www.developmentgateway.org> -- it is very
impressive, indeed. On the other hand, you may visit SandeepÕs web site
mentioned above, too. Pls feel free to contact her.
Dear Charles and Chris:
Pls visit this
web site to learn about their Development Gateway in Nigeria, and contact them
to have their cooperation and help — Alan suggested me to do so.
When our colleagues will have their workshops, we would certainly like to have
your peopleÕs attendance and help.
Best, Tak
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Dr Joseph
Cullen
Dean of Scientific Affairs
Tavistock Institute
London
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)207 457 3940 (Direct)
+44 207 417 0407 (Switchboard)
FAX: +44 207 417 0567
j.cullen@tavinstitute.org
Sandeep Ashok
50x15 Program Office
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
amd.50x15@amd.com
http://50x15.amd.com/about/
Amir Alexander Hasson
First Mile Solutions
432 Columbia Street, Suite B13B
Cambridge, ma, 02141
United States
617‑395‑6605
amir@firstmilesolutions.com
Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D.
Vice Chairman
Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
Department of Dermatology
Harvard Medical School
and
Corporate Director
Partners Telemedicine
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Two Longfellow Place, Suite 216
P.O. Box 8941
Boston, MA 02114
Tel: 617‑726‑4447
Fax: 617‑228‑4609
Patient Care: 617‑726‑2914
jkvedar@partners.org
Bernard Krisher
Chairman
Japan Relief for Cambodia
4-1-7-605 Hiroo
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0012
Japan
+81-3-3486-4337
Cel: +81-90-30-888-493 in Japan
Cel: 917-304-6327 in the US from 5/12th to 6/17th, 2005.
Fax: +81-3-3486-6789
bernie@media.mit.edu
www.cambodiaschools.com
www.villageleap.com
www.futurelight.org
www.save3lives.com
www.cambodiadaily.com
www.sihosp.org
www.ratanakiri.com,
www.TravelWithaHeart.com
www.povertyredux.com (under construction)
Professor Dr.
Terushi Tomita
Vice Chairman, IUA Planning Committee
Visiting Professor, Chiang Mai University
the Kingdom of Thailand
Professor, Graduate Center of Human Sciences
Faculty of Human Sciences
Director, Tokai Institute for Social Development for Asia and the Pacific
Aichi Mizuho College
1-86 Haiwa, Hiratobashi-Cho,Toyota City,
Aichi, Japan 470-0394
Tel. +81 565 43 0111 / 0125 (direct)
Fax: +81 565 46 5220
tomita@mizuho-c.ac.jp
tomita@aichi-mizuho.ac.jp
Supote Prasertsri, Ph.D.
Advisor to the Project
Head, Education Programme,
UNESCO Office in Cambodia
No. 38 Sothearos Blvd,
P.O. Box 29,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel: (855) 23 426 726/ 217 244
Fax: (855) 23 426 163/ 217 022
s.prasertsri@unesco.org
Charles U. Eke
Founder / CEO
Infotex Systems, Inc.
117 Watchung Avenue
Plainfield, NJ 07060
908.405.7441
Tel: (908) 753-0030 X 11
cel: 908.884.1045
cel: 908.884.7333
Fax: (908) 753-7306
Fax: (908) 754-5042
web60154@infotexsystems.com
bychief@yahoo.com
ceke@ddn-africa.org
ceke@infotexsystems.com
http://www.lnfotexsystems.com
http://www.ddn-africa.org/
Dr. (Sir) Dennis E. Oji MD: FAChir., FWACS: FICS
Chief Medical Director
Senior Lecturer/Consultant
Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Abia State University Teaching Hospital
PMB 7004
Aba, Nigeria
Tel: 082‑233714,
082‑220999
082‑221021
0803‑3167868
denniseoji@yahoo.com
http://www.absuth.edu.ng/
Chris Uwaje
Member of the National Inter-Ministerial Committee on Software Development
Chief Executive Officer
Connect Technologies Ltd.
182 Broad Str., Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: 0234-1-264-2825
uwajenet@nova.net.ng
Professor Rashid Bashshur, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief
eHealth International Journal
International eHealth Association (IeHA)
President of the American Telemedicine Association
Editor-in-Chief of the Telemedicine Journal
Director of Telemedicine
Professor Emeritus of Health management & Policy
The University of Michigan Health System
Am Arbor
Michigan 48109-2029
USA
734-763-0555
Tel: +1 734 647 3089
Fax: +1 734 647 3329
bashshur@umich.edu
http://www.med.umich.edu/telemedicine/symposium2004/index.htm
Alan J. Rossi
Chief Executive Officer
Development Gateway Foundation, Inc.
1889 F Street, NW, Second Floor
Washington, DC 20006 USA
Tel: +1.202.572.9200
Fax: +1.202.572.9290
arossi@dgfoundation.org
www.developmentgateway.org
Charlotte G. Kea
Director of Development
Development Gateway Foundation, Inc.
1889 F Street, NW, Second Floor
Washington, DC 20006 USA
Tel: +1.202.572.9200
Cel: +1-202-352-7853
Fax: +1.202.572.9290
ckea@dgfoundation.org
www.developmentgateway.org
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