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
         United States Information Agency, USA
           State University of New York, USA
                 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:
  Theory
  Quality and Standards; Recognition and Academic Mobility
  Higher Education; Training and Re-training
  Economics, Management and Marketing of Distance Education
  Priorities and Strategies

Educational Environment:
  Information Technologies in the Classroom
  Electronic Tutors and Testing Systems
  Multimedia
  Audio- and Video-Conferences
  Computer Mediated Communications
  Artificial Intelligence
  Innovative Solutions

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 - early registration (til May 15, 1994)
300 USD - late registration (til June 20, 1994)
320 USD - on-site registration
150 USD - each additional person from the same institution
100 USD - speakers
 50 USD - accompanying person
 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
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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
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:
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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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 First International Conference on Distance Education in
                         Russia
  "DISTANCE LEARNING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION"

                 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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