[gu-l] (04/18/02) GUS/UNESCO/UNTWIN Networking Chair Program
Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.
utsumi@columbia.edu
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:43:17 -0400
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<<April 18, 2002>>
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P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Emma Kiselyova <ekiselyova@uoc.edu>
Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias, T.C.D. (Third Cycle Diploma)
<mardias@wanadoo.fr>
Dr. Paul Lefrere <p.lefrere@open.ac.uk>
Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas, Ph.D. <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Miguel Garay Garcell <garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu>
Dear Tapio:
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).
I am taking the liberty of distributing it to our list.
Dear Prof. Kiselyova:
(2) I am very delighted to hear of your strong interest in becoming one of
members of our GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair program.
> (a) First of all, pls visit
>=20
> http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/unitwin/index.html
>=20
> (b) Pls then click =B3Dr. Takeshi Utsumi's Overall Activities=B2 at the top l=
eft
> corner of our web home page <http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/>.
>=20
> (c) You can then find the followings in the Section of =B3Global University
> System (GUS)=B2;
>=20
>> GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program
>> * Proposal for GUS to Become a Member of UNITWIN Program of UNESCO (Firs=
t
>> Draft) (3/24/01)
>> * Application to UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program
>> * Signed Agreement by UNESCO and the University of Tampere
>=20
>>> The first one was the one I and Marco Antonio prepared for Tapio.
>>>=20
(3) As Tapio might have told you, Marco was the person who initiated the
UNITWIN program while he was at the UNESCO.
(4) At our GUS board mtg in Madrid last June, Paul indicated his intention
to make his Open University as a member of our UNITWIN program =8B pls see
Tapio=B9s letter to his new Vice Chancellor, Professor Brenda Gourley, in
=B3[gu-l] (01/09/02) Letter sent to Prof. Brenda Gourley of U.K. Open
University=B2 which can be retrieved at;
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q1/date.html
(5) We also asked Marco to help Alex to become a counterpart chair of the
program from Amazon, Brazil =8B see his project in the following section of
the aforementioned GUS section;
>> GUS/Brazil/Amazon
>> 1. "Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthcare in Amazon, Br=
azil"
>> -- Grant application submitted to the InfoDev of the World Bank (1/25/02=
).
>> 2. Grass Root Fund of the Japanese Government
>>> * Comparison of Application Form (Brazil and Pakistan)
>>> * Application (Draft #2a)
>> 3. PowerPoint Presentations by Alex Rivas;
>>> * Technological Feasibility for Distance Education and Promotion of
>>> Sustainable Development in Amazonia
>>> * CampusNet Amazonia
>> 4. PowerPoint Presentation by T. Utsumi
>>> * Latin America and Caribbean Symposium on Education, Science and Cultu=
re in
>>> the Information Society (SimpLAC 2002), Havana, Cuba, 18 to 21 Feburary=
,
>>> 2002
>>=20
(6) Miguel in Cuba is now working to follow the suit of our Amazon project.
You may join in his workshop which he plans to hold in the near future.
(7) I hope to meet with you someday somewhere soon.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I=20
On 4/10/02 2:42 AM, "Tapio Varis" <tapio.varis@uta.fi> wrote:
> Dear Emma,
>=20
> Thank you very much for your message. It was very useful to talk with you
> in Barcelona and Berlin. We are proceeding with the Unesco Chair but
> technical/financial arrangements here in Finland took more time than I
> expected and it looks now as if I could really start the Chair about the
> time you will be in Finland in June. I can help you with contacts to Unes=
co
> but the best source of help is Marco Antonio Dias to whom I am copying th=
is
> message. I also want him (and you) to know that the Secretary of Science
> and technology of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, visited us at Easter time an=
d
> promised to promote this Chair also in his state. I am also copying this
> message to Paul Lefrere at the Open University, UK; with whom I plan to
> work in this project, too.
>=20
> In June I would be very happy to meet you in Tampere. On Thursday the 6th=
I
> speak on Finnish global virtual polytechnic in H=E4meenli9nna Campus, and o=
n
> Monday-Tuesday 10-11th in Tallinn, Estonia. When I hear of your time-tabl=
e
> I will arrange my programme accordingly.
>=20
> Sincerely,
>=20
> Tapio Varis
> professor of media education, University of Tampere
> (in charge of Unesco Chair on global e-learning)
>=20
> At 12:44 9.4.2002 +0200, you wrote:
>> Dear Tapio,
>>=20
>> thank you for connecting us to your project GLOSAS/USA which is extremel=
y
>> interesting and challenging. I receive (as Paco does, too) info letters
>> from T.Utsumi, however If I miss to react to smth requesting more
>> specific action from us, please let us know.
>>=20
>> In the meantime, we have decided to go ahead with Unesco chair and to ma=
ke
>> initial steps necessary for this. However, it is unclear, who is a conta=
ct
>> person (in Paris?) for that and what should we start with. I would be
>> grateful if you could advise me on this matter at your earliest
>> convenience. (We looked into their web site but could not find this kind
>> of info.)
>>=20
>> It would be good to have a face-to-face meetings from time to time, in
>> addition to our correspondence. If you are going to visit Barcelona in
>> near future, please inform us. From our side, I am going to visit Tamper=
e
>> in June, together with my husband M. Castells, and I would like not to
>> miss this opportunity to talk to you, if you will be in Tampere mid of J=
une?
>>=20
>> So far for today, looking forward to your news,
>>=20
>> Emma Kiselyova
>> Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
>> Tel. 93.253.2310
>> ekiselyova@uoc.edu
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> At 21:29 05/03/02 +0200, you wrote:
>>> Dear Emma,
>>>=20
>>> Many thanks to you all for the kind hospitality. Please find below my
>>> brief summary to my colleagues:
>>>=20
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>=20
>>> On Monday the 4th March I had several talks with the representatives of
>>> Catalunyan Open University (Univesitat Oberta de Catalunya) in Barcelon=
a
>>> on our possible cooperation and the Unesco Chair on global e-learning a=
nd
>>> GUS. Rector Gabriel Ferrate i Pascual was very positive and supportive =
to
>>> our plans and welcomed me there saying that in UOC we have friends.
>>> Vicerector Francisco Rubio Royo and Emma Kiselyova (international
>>> relations) expressed their concrete interest in cooperation and they ar=
e
>>> studying the UnescoTwin application forms, GLOSAS (and GUS) sources etc=
.
>>> We found out that it is desirable to promote a similar Unesco Chair at
>>> UOC although it does not solve the financial side of the Chair yet. UOC
>>> has active relations to Latin America and Africa - in fact there was an
>>> official Cuban delegation visiting UOC during the same day. Director
>>> Ramon O=B4Callaghan introduced me to the Internet Interdisciplinary
>>> Institute which, among other things, deals with eLearning and is alread=
y
>>> linked to Tampere University and eTampere projects. I will see him agai=
n
>>> on Thursday in Berlin at the "Literacy Summit" where also Paul Lefrere
>>> from the UK Open University will be present. I also discussed
>>> possibilities of EC research cooperation in the field of media and
>>> digital literacy.
>>>=20
>>> Tapio Varis
>>> Professor and Chair of Media Education
>>> (new title since 1 March)
>>> University of Tampere, Faculty of Education
>>> Unesco Chair on global eLearning
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P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor
Acting President, Global University System
Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland
Unesco Chair on global eLearning
Professor and Chair of Media Education
Media Culture and Communication Education
Hypermedia laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 607
FIN-33101 Tampere
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-215 6111
Tel: +358-3-614-5247--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-215 7503
tapio.varis@uta.fi
tapio.varis@helsinki.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
Emma Kiselyova
International Relations
Catalunyan Open University
Univesitat Oberta de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
ekiselyova@uoc.edu
Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias, T.C.D. (Third Cycle Diploma)
Vice President, Global University System
Consultant of United Nations University
Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO
36, Rue Ernest Renan
92.190 Meudon
FRANCE
Tel: +33-1-45 34 3509
+33-1-45-68-3009 (UNU office in Paris)
Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509
mardias@wanadoo.fr
Dr. Paul Lefrere
Senior Lecturer
Institute of Educational Technology
Director, Networking and Partnerships, Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC)
Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Systems
Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44-1-908 65 33 88
Fax: +44-1-908 67 28 02
p.lefrere@open.ac.uk
http://www-iet.open.ac.uk/
Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences
Director Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente e Professor da Economia
University of Amazonas - Brazil
Centro de Ci=3DEAncias do Ambiente
Av. General Rodrigo Otavio Jordao Ramos 3000
Bairro do Coroado - Campus Universitario
C.P. 4208, Manaus, AM 69053-140
BRAZIL
Tel/Fax.: +55 92 647.4066 or +55-92-644-2384
Cel: +55-92-9988.9121 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm
http://lab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop/English/wksp_E.htm
http://ab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop --
The international workshop home page on Technology and Distance
Education for Sustainable Development of the Amazonia
http://www.fua.br/~cna/ -- CampusNet
http://www.fua.br/campusnet-am/index.htm -- CampusNet
Miguel Garay Garcell
Instituto Superior Polit=E9cnico Jose Antonio Echeverria (ISPJAE)
Calle 127 s/n CUJAE
Marianao, Cuba
garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA *
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *
* Founder of CAADE *
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education) *
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of *
* Global University System (GUS) *
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. *
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email) *
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P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi><BR>
<BR>
Emma Kiselyova <ekiselyova@uoc.edu><BR>
<BR>
Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias, T.C.D. (Third Cycle Diploma) <mardias@wana=
doo.fr><BR>
<BR>
Dr. Paul Lefrere <p.lefrere@open.ac.uk><BR>
<U><BR>
</U>Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas, Ph.D. <alex_mau@argo.com.br><BR>
<U><BR>
</U><FONT SIZE=3D"2">Miguel Garay Garcell <garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu><BR=
>
</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Tapio:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(1) Many thanks for your msg (<B>ATTACHMENT I).<BR>
</B><BR>
I am taking the liberty of distributing it to our list.<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Prof. Kiselyova:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(2) I am very delighted to hear of your strong interest in becoming one of =
members of our GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair program.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">(a) First of all, pls visit <BR>
<BR>
http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/unitwin/index.html<BR>
<BR>
(b) Pls then click “Dr. Takeshi Utsumi's Overall Activities” at=
the top left corner of our web home page <http://www.friends-partners.or=
g/GLOSAS/>.<BR>
<BR>
(c) You can then find the followings in the Section of “Global Univer=
sity System (GUS)”;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B>GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Pr=
ogram<BR>
</B></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Proposal for GUS to Become a Member=
of UNITWIN Program of UNESCO (First Draft) (3/24/01)=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Application to UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Pr=
ogram=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Signed Agreement by UNESCO and the Universi=
ty of Tampere<BR>
</FONT></UL></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">The first one was the o=
ne I and Marco Antonio prepared for Tapio.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">(3) As T=
apio might have told you, Marco was the person who initiated the UNITWIN pro=
gram while he was at the UNESCO.<BR>
<BR>
(4) At our GUS board mtg in Madrid last June, Paul indicated his intention =
to make his Open University as a member of our UNITWIN program — pls s=
ee Tapio’s letter to his new Vice Chancellor, Professor Brenda G=
ourley, in “[gu-l] (01/09/02) Letter sent to Prof. Brenda Gourley of U=
.K. Open University” which can be retrieved at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q1/date.html<BR>
<BR>
(5) We also asked Marco to help Alex to become a counterpart chair of the p=
rogram from Amazon, Brazil — see his project in the following se=
ction of the aforementioned GUS section;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B>GUS/Brazil/Amazon</B=
> <BR>
</FONT><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">"Community Development with E-Lear=
ning and E-Healthcare in Amazon, Brazil" -- Grant application submitted=
to the InfoDev of the World Bank (1/25/02).=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Grass Root Fund of the Japanese Government =
<BR>
</FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Comparison of Application Form (Brazil =
and Pakistan)=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Application (Draft #2a) <BR>
</FONT></UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">PowerPoint Presentations by Alex Rivas=
; <BR>
</FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Technological Feasibility for Distance =
Education and Promotion of Sustainable Development in Amazonia=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">CampusNet Amazonia <BR>
</FONT></UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">PowerPoint Presentation by T. Utsumi <=
BR>
</FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Latin America and Caribbean Symposium o=
n Education, Science and Culture in the Information Society (SimpLAC 2002), =
Havana, Cuba, 18 to 21 Feburary, 2002<BR>
</FONT></UL></OL><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">(6) Miguel in Cuba is=
now working to follow the suit of our Amazon project.<BR>
<BR>
You may join in his workshop which he plans to hold in the near future.<BR>
<BR>
(7) I hope to meet with you someday somewhere soon.<BR>
<BR>
Best, Tak<BR>
<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>ATTACHMENT I
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
On 4/10/02 2:42 AM, "Tapio Varis" <tapio.varis@uta.fi> wrot=
e:<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#000098">> Dear Emma,<BR>
> <BR>
> Thank you very much for your message. It was very useful to talk with =
you <BR>
> in Barcelona and Berlin. We are proceeding with the Unesco Chair but <=
BR>
> technical/financial arrangements here in Finland took more time than I=
<BR>
> expected and it looks now as if I could really start the Chair about t=
he <BR>
> time you will be in Finland in June. I can help you with contacts to U=
nesco <BR>
> but the best source of help is Marco Antonio Dias to whom I am copying=
this <BR>
> message. I also want him (and you) to know that the Secretary of Scien=
ce <BR>
> and technology of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, visited us at Easter time=
and <BR>
> promised to promote this Chair also in his state. I am also copying th=
is <BR>
> message to Paul Lefrere at the Open University, UK; with whom I plan t=
o <BR>
> work in this project, too.<BR>
> <BR>
> In June I would be very happy to meet you in Tampere. On Thursday the =
6th I <BR>
> speak on Finnish global virtual polytechnic in Hämeenli9nna Campu=
s, and on <BR>
> Monday-Tuesday 10-11th in Tallinn, Estonia. When I hear of your time-t=
able <BR>
> I will arrange my programme accordingly.<BR>
> <BR>
> Sincerely,<BR>
> <BR>
> Tapio Varis<BR>
> professor of media education, University of Tampere<BR>
> (in charge of Unesco Chair on global e-learning)<BR>
> <BR>
> At 12:44 9.4.2002 +0200, you wrote:<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#006600">>> Dear Tapio,<BR>
>> <BR>
>> thank you for connecting us to your project GLOSAS/USA which is ex=
tremely <BR>
>> interesting and challenging. I receive (as Paco does, too) info le=
tters <BR>
>> from T.Utsumi, however If I miss to react to smth requesting more =
<BR>
>> specific action from us, please let us know.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> In the meantime, we have decided to go ahead with Unesco chair and=
to make <BR>
>> initial steps necessary for this. However, it is unclear, who is a=
contact <BR>
>> person (in Paris?) for that and what should we start with. I would=
be <BR>
>> grateful if you could advise me on this matter at your earliest <B=
R>
>> convenience. (We looked into their web site but could not find thi=
s kind <BR>
>> of info.)<BR>
>> <BR>
>> It would be good to have a face-to-face meetings from time to time=
, in <BR>
>> addition to our correspondence. If you are going to visit Barcelon=
a in <BR>
>> near future, please inform us. From our side, I am going to visit =
Tampere <BR>
>> in June, together with my husband M. Castells, and I would like no=
t to <BR>
>> miss this opportunity to talk to you, if you will be in Tampere mi=
d of June?<BR>
>> <BR>
>> So far for today, looking forward to your news,<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Emma Kiselyova<BR>
>> Universitat Oberta de Catalunya<BR>
>> Tel. 93.253.2310<BR>
>> ekiselyova@uoc.edu<BR>
>> <BR>
>> <BR>
>> <BR>
>> <BR>
>> At 21:29 05/03/02 +0200, you wrote:<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#980000">>>> Dear Emma,<BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> Many thanks to you all for the kind hospitality. Please find b=
elow my <BR>
>>> brief summary to my colleagues:<BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> Dear colleagues,<BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> On Monday the 4th March I had several talks with the represent=
atives of <BR>
>>> Catalunyan Open University (Univesitat Oberta de Catalunya) in=
Barcelona <BR>
>>> on our possible cooperation and the Unesco Chair on global e-l=
earning and <BR>
>>> GUS. Rector Gabriel Ferrate i Pascual was very positive and su=
pportive to <BR>
>>> our plans and welcomed me there saying that in UOC we have fri=
ends. <BR>
>>> Vicerector Francisco Rubio Royo and Emma Kiselyova (internatio=
nal <BR>
>>> relations) expressed their concrete interest in cooperation an=
d they are <BR>
>>> studying the UnescoTwin application forms, GLOSAS (and GUS) so=
urces etc. <BR>
>>> We found out that it is desirable to promote a similar Unesco =
Chair at <BR>
>>> UOC although it does not solve the financial side of the Chair=
yet. UOC <BR>
>>> has active relations to Latin America and Africa - in fact the=
re was an <BR>
>>> official Cuban delegation visiting UOC during the same day. Di=
rector <BR>
>>> Ramon O´Callaghan introduced me to the Internet Interdis=
ciplinary <BR>
>>> Institute which, among other things, deals with eLearning and =
is already <BR>
>>> linked to Tampere University and eTampere projects. I will see=
him again <BR>
>>> on Thursday in Berlin at the "Literacy Summit" where=
also Paul Lefrere <BR>
>>> from the UK Open University will be present. I also discussed =
<BR>
>>> possibilities of EC research cooperation in the field of media=
and <BR>
>>> digital literacy.<BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> Tapio Varis<BR>
>>> Professor and Chair of Media Education<BR>
>>> (new title since 1 March)<BR>
>>> University of Tampere, Faculty of Education<BR>
>>> Unesco Chair on global eLearning<BR>
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<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><FONT COLOR=3D"#980000"><BR>
</FONT>P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor<BR>
Acting President, Global University System<BR>
Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland<BR>
Unesco Chair on global eLearning<BR>
Professor and Chair of Media Education<BR>
Media Culture and Communication Education<BR>
Hypermedia laboratory<BR>
University of Tampere<BR>
P.O.Box 607<BR>
FIN-33101 Tampere<BR>
FINLAND<BR>
Tel: +358-3-215 6111<BR>
Tel: +358-3-614-5247--office in Hameenlinna<BR>
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere<BR>
GSM: +358-50-567-9833<BR>
Fax: +358-3-215 7503<BR>
tapio.varis@uta.fi<BR>
tapio.varis@helsinki.fi<BR>
http://www.uta.fi/~titava<BR>
<BR>
Emma Kiselyova<BR>
International Relations<BR>
Catalunyan Open University<BR>
Univesitat Oberta de Catalunya<BR>
Barcelona, Spain<BR>
ekiselyova@uoc.edu<BR>
<BR>
Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias, T.C.D. (Third Cycle Diploma)<BR>
Vice President, Global University System<BR>
Consultant of United Nations University<BR>
Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO<BR>
36, Rue Ernest Renan<BR>
92.190 Meudon<BR>
FRANCE<BR>
Tel: +33-1-45 34 3509<BR>
+33-1-45-68-3009 (UNU office in Paris)<BR>
Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509<BR>
mardias@wanadoo.fr<BR>
<BR>
Dr. Paul Lefrere<BR>
Senior Lecturer<BR>
Institute of Educational Technology<BR>
Director, Networking and Partnerships, Joint Information Systems Committee<=
BR>
(JISC)<BR>
Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Systems<BR>
Open University<BR>
Walton Hall<BR>
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA<BR>
UNITED KINGDOM<BR>
Tel: +44-1-908 65 33 88<BR>
Fax: +44-1-908 67 28 02<BR>
p.lefrere@open.ac.uk<BR>
<U>http://www-iet.open.ac.uk/<BR>
<BR>
</U>Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas, Ph.D.<BR>
Adjunct Professor<BR>
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences<BR>
Director Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente e Professor da Economia<BR>
University of Amazonas - Brazil<BR>
Centro de Ci=3DEAncias do Ambiente<BR>
Av. General Rodrigo Otavio Jordao Ramos 3000<BR>
Bairro do Coroado - Campus Universitario<BR>
C.P. 4208, Manaus, AM 69053-140<BR>
BRAZIL<BR>
Tel/Fax.: +55 92 647.4066 or +55-92-644-2384<BR>
Cel: +55-92-9988.9121 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)<BR>
alex_mau@argo.com.br<BR>
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm<BR>
http://lab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop/English/wksp_E.htm<BR>
http://ab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop --<BR>
The international workshop home page on Technology =
and Distance Education for Sustainable Development of the Amazonia<BR>
http://www.fua.br/~cna/ -- CampusNet<BR>
http://www.fua.br/campusnet-am/index.htm -- CampusNet<BR>
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Instituto Superior Politécnico Jose Antonio Echeverria (ISPJAE)<BR>
Calle 127 s/n CUJAE<BR>
Marianao, Cuba<BR>
garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu<BR>
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