DISTANCE LEARNING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION

Association for International Education

Announces

the First International Conference on Distance Education 
in Russia

DISTANCE LEARNING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION 

and the Exhibition

BUILDING AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

July 5-8, 1994

Convention Center,
Russian Academy of Administration

Moscow, Russia

CO-ORGANIZERS

State Committee for Higher Education of the Russian Federation Information Systems Research Institute of Russia Russian Academy of Administration VIRTUS Institute, USA

CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION

This conference will display a range of ongoing projects, studies and initiatives that reflect Russia's needs for changes in higher education, and the application of new information, telecommunication, and distance education technologies in the Russian educational and training sectors. The conference will stimulate the investigation of practical approaches to introducing Russians to the new democratic educational system and market-oriented economy through distance learning and mass media, as well as to providing students and adults with world-wide telecommunications access to higher education institutions and training agencies. The goal of the exhibition is to demonstrate modern information, communication, and multimedia technologies, along with their applications in education and training. It will provide conference participants with information on the state-of-the-art in creating the learning environment and classrooms of the 21st century.

TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE

Distance Education:

Educational Environment:

DEMONSTRATIONS

The conference will also serve as a showcase for completed or ongoing projects.

The Information Systems Research Institute of Russia (ISRIR) is responsible for the Federal program aimed at the development of new information technologies in Russian higher education. ISRIR will award limited number of grants to support selected projects. Other organizations and foundations are invited to observe the presentations of working projects and other activities.

EXHIBITION

The exhibition focuses on the equipment, systems, software and other products or processes that can be used in distance learning and education process in general. Organizations, corporations, and institutions are invited to present their educational products supportive to distance learning and international education.

The exhibition will be visited by the decision-makers and experts from Russian Ministries, governmental agencies, state and private companies and institutions. Also invitations are being sent to key people from the user/purchaser community in Russia.

The winners of a national competition for creative software will demonstrate their products to potential partners.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

The official languages for presentations are Russian and English. Translation facilities will be provided on request. All the presented papers must be in English.

Prospective presenters must submit the following to the Program Committee by February 15, 1994, by fax or e-mail in plain ASCII form:

(i) presenter proposal form;

(ii) a one-page abstract suitable for the conference program booklet.

Please indicate under which topic you feel your paper should be presented.

Acceptance of a paper implies a commitment on the part of the author(s) to present it at the conference. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Final decisions on acceptance of papers for the 1994 conference proceedings will be made by the Program Committee of international experts by March 15, 1994. All presenters will be notified.

KEY DATES (extended)

February 15 - Deadline of submitting of abstracts March 15 - Notification of acceptance of papers April 15 - Preliminary program will be published. Deadline of submitting of full papers in English (not exceeding 5000 words)

May 15 - Conference registration deadline

July 5 - Conference starts

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE

200 USD - before May 15, 1994

300 USD - after May 15, 1994

150 USD - each additional person from the same institution 100 USD - speakers

50 USD - family members (without conference documents) 50 USD - Russian participants (sponsored by the State Committee for Higher Education of the Russian Federation) The registration fee includes: full set of the conference/exhibition documents, conference services, opening banquet, coffee-breaks, accompanying from and to the airport.

Chairman of the International Program Committee 
----------------------------------------------- Michael G. Moore, Editor
The American Journal of Distance Education 

Chairman of the Organizing Committee
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Alexander N. Tikhonov
First Vice-Chairman,
State Committee for Higher Education
of the Russian Federation (Ministry)
President,
Association for International Education


THE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION 

The Association was created in 1993 and is a not-for- profit, 
non-governmental, publicly supported, educational service organization 
with the goal of assisting in enhancing the quality and availability of 
international educational exchange programs using computer, 
telecommunication and information technologies, and developing a distance 
education system in Russia. 

Its objective, among others, is to provide a channel for the international 
exchange of information, experience and material in the field of education 
technology, including new information technologies in distance education - 
with particular reference to business, technical and vocational education, 
industrial and commercial training, teacher training and continuing 
education.

The Association unites leading Russian educational and academic 
institutions, including State Pedagogical University, Peoples Friendship 
University. The Association is supported by the State Committee for Higher 
Education of the Russian Federation and the Information Systems Research 
Institute of Russia. 



For further information contact the Conference Secretariat: 
------------------------------------------------------------- ROSNIIIS 
(12-4), 22 Shepkina, 129090 Moscow, Russia Tel.: 7(095) 954-5242
Fax: 7(095) 954-5127 and 288-1861
Internet: DE_RUSSIA_1994@AIE.MSK.SU

Contact in the USA:
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VIRTUS Institute
2475 Virginia Ave., NW #520
Washington, DC 20037
tel.: 202/337-6279, 1-800-274-9121
fax: 202/337-9324

Conference E-mail server:
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ms@aie.msk.su (send HELP in body of the message) directory: 
aie/de_russia_1994

Conference E-mail discussion list:
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icded94@aie.msk.su
To be included, contact the Conference Secretariat. 
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PRESENTER PROPOSAL FORM

First name, last name:_______________________________________________ 
Institution:_________________________________________________________ 
Title:_______________________________________________________________ 

Title of the paper:__________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________ 

Sessions of the Conference:

Distance Education:
__ Theory
__ Quality and Standards
__ Recognition and Academic Mobility
__ Higher Education
__ Training and Re-training
__ Economics, Management and Marketing of Distance Education __ other 
_______________________________________________ Educational Environment:
__ Information Technologies in a Classroom __ Electronic Tutors and 
Testing Systems __ Multimedia
__ Audio- and Video-Conferencing
__ Computer Mediated Communications
__ Artificial Intelligence
__ Innovative Solutions
__ other _______________________________________________ 

Co-presenters:_______________________________________________________ 
Equipment Needs:_____________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
Address:_____________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
Telephone (work, home):______________________________________________ 
Facsimile:___________________________________________________________ 
E-mail:______________________________________________________________ 

Please return to the Conference Secretariat: 
ROSNIIIS (12-4), 22 Shepkina, 129090 Moscow, Russia Fax: 7(095) 954-5127 
or 288-1861
Internet: DE_RUSSIA_1994@AIE.MSK.SU

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___ PARTICIPANT APPLICATION
___ INFORMATION REQUEST

First name, last name: ______________________________________________ 
Institution:_________________________________________________________ 
Title:_______________________________________________________________ 
Address:_____________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
Telephone (work, home):______________________________________________ 
Facsimile:___________________________________________________________ 
E-mail:______________________________________________________________ 

My registration fee is:
__ 200 USD - regular fee before May 15, 1994 __ 300 USD - fee after May 
15, 1994
__ 150 USD - additional person from the same institution __ 100 USD - 
speaker
__ 50 USD - family member
Please, make the check payable to: VIRTUS Institute 
#____________________________________________________________________ If 
your dates of arrival in Moscow and departure are known to you now, 
please, let us know. If not, please, notify us as soon as possible. Date 
of arrival:_________________ Airline&Flight_____________________ Date of 
departure:_______________ Airline&Flight_____________________ Do you want 
us to make your separate hotel reservation? __Yes/ __No 
__ Double Room Deluxe (300 USD/day) __ with breakfast (+15 USD) 
__ without
__ Single Room Deluxe (250 USD/day) __ with breakfast (+15 USD) 
__ without
__ Double Room (100 USD/day)	__ with breakfast (+ 8 USD)
__ without
__ Single Room (70 USD/day)	__ with breakfast (+ 8 USD)
__ without

Please add your questions, ideas and comments below: 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________ 

Please, return to the Conference Secretariat by 15 May 1994: 
ROSNIIIS (12-4), 22 Shepkina, 129090 Moscow, Russia Fax: 7(095) 954-5127 
or 7(095) 288-1861
Internet: DE_RUSSIA_1994@AIE.MSK.SU
Contact in the USA: VIRTUS Institute
2475 Virginia Ave., NW #520
Washington, DC 20037
tel.: 202/337-6279, 1-800-274-9121, fax: 202/337-9324
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