<<December 29, 2005>>
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P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor
Acting President, Global University System
UNESCO Chair in Global e-Learning with applications to multiple domains
Professor and Chair of Media Education
Research Center for Vocational Education & Hypermedia Laboratory
University of Tampere
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FINLAND
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Dear Tapio:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).

The forthcoming book sounds very interesting and impressive.

(2) Attached to this msg is a MS/WORD file <GEL+GP+GUS_v4.doc> of my following paper;

Global E-Learning for Global Peace with Global University System
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q5512436C

This is for the book “Communication and Learning in the Multicultural World” (Editor: Prof. Pekka Ruohotie) to cerebrate your 60th birthday in next June.

(3) I hope this is satisfactory with you — if not, pls feel free to inform me.

Pls have a very Happy and Healthy New Year!!

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I


> From: Tapio Varis <Tapio.Varis@uta.fi>
> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:38:55 +0200
> To: Pekka Ruohotie <Pekka.Ruohotie@uta.fi>, <byoma.tamrakar@uta.fi>
> Cc: <p.lefrere@open.ac.uk>, <rde_oliveira@uoc.edu>, <vargas@tisingal.com>,
> <CBUARQUE@senado.gov.br>, <ks.sitaram@verizon.net>, <utsumi@columbia.edu>,
> <meigs@wanadoo.fr>, <majid@hawaii.edu>, <zxorledo@usc.es>,
> <michel@mmb-michel.de>, <k_avetisova@bk.ru>, <m.pavlova@griffith.edu.au>,
> <Mtjali.C@che.ac.za>, <gkurubac@anadolu.edu.tr>, Gabinete de Educación y
> Comunicacion - UAB <pg.comunicacio.educacio@uab.es>
> Subject: Varis/Ruohotie Book
>
> Contributors to our Ruohotie/Varis Book
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> It is my pleasure to inform you that the preparations of the
> forthcoming book are going well. From now on the technical editing of
> the book will be taken care by our research assistant Ms Byoma
> Tamrakar. Please communicate with her and me on this project.
>
> I want to thank those of you who already have sent their contributions.
> We are very impressed by these excellent papers. Some of you wanted to
> extend the time to finish their paper till January which is o.k. for
> us. We look forward to having all the texts with us.
>
>
> Best wishes to you all and Happy New Year 2006!
>
>
> Tapio Varis
>
> cc: Byoma Tamrakar_
> ________________________________
>
>
>> Draft contents (December 2005):
>>
>> COMMUNICATION AND LEARNING IN THE MULTICULTURAL WORLD
>>
>> Editor: Pekka Ruohotie
>>
>>
>> Introduction: Tapio Varis as a Communication Scholar in the
>> Multicutural World (by Pekka Ruohotie)
>>
>>
>> STRATEGIES AND DEMANDS
>>
>>
>> Competences in the 21st Global Century: Prof. Pekka Ruohotie
>>
>> Challenges of Fair Globalization: Mr. Juan Somavia, Director General of ILO
>>
>> From Knowledge Society towards a Learning Society: Dr. Paul Lefrere , UK
>>
>> Information and communication technology for Capacity Building:  
>> Prof. Divina Meigs, France
>>
>> Telecommunications and Development, Armando Vargas Arrayo, Costa Rica
>>
>>
>> GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
>>
>>
>> Towards the Global University System: Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, Vice
>> President of GUS
>>
>> Higher Education and Global Challenges in Brazil: Prof. Renato de Oliveira
>>
>> The Role of Universities in Global Peace: Senator Chistovam Buarque,
>> former Minister of Education in Brazil
>
> Key Competences of the Technical University Graduate Education in
> Russia, Prfessor Karina Avetisova, Vice-rector of Taganrog State
> University of Radio Engineering, Russia
>>
>>
>>
>> INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND LITERACIES OF THE 21st CENTURY
>>
>>
>> The Creation of Intercultural Division in International Communication
>> Association (ICA): Prof.Em. K.S.Sitaram, University of Southern
>> Illinois Identity
>>
>> Immigrants in the German Media: Dr Lutz Michel, Germany
>>
>>
>> Utopia and Society: Prof. Margarita Ledo Andion, Universidade de
>> Santiago de Compostela (RECEIVED)
>>
>> Dimension of Digital Literacy: Professor Jose Manuel Perez Tornero,
>> Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
>
> Learner Personaly Oriented Methodological System of Foreign Language
> Education, I.A. Tsaturova, Head of Linguistic Department, Taganrog
> State University of Radio Engineering, Russia (RECEIVED)
>>
>>
>> PEACE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
>>
>>
>> Dialogue of Civilizations: Professor Majid Tehranian, University of Hawaii
>>
>> Sustainable Development and Vocational Education in the 21st Century:
>> Professor Margarita Pavlova, Griffith University
>> (Australia)/St.Petersburg, Russia


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