[gu-l] (05/30/02) Preparation for First Congress of GUS
Tak Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Thu, 30 May 2002 10:48:29 -0400
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<<May 30, 2002>>
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Piet Kommers <kommers@edte.utwente.nl>
Dr. Paul Lefrere <p.lefrere@open.ac.uk>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Dear Piet:
(1) Many thanks for your offer of contribution to our GUS project
(ATTACHMENT I and III).
(2) We are planning to hold the First Congress of our GUS at the University
of Tampere in Finland next spring (ATTACHMENT IV).
I would like to ask your help for our fund raising for this event.
> Dear Paul:
>=20
> Pls inform Piet appropriate funding sources for this event =8B preferably
> European Commission in Luxemburg or any others in European continent.
(3) As following funding sources=B9 requirement, pls come up your draft grant
application and send it to me and Paul.
We will then polish it together for the next-to-final version, and send it
to Tapio for his submission =8B probably in this fall.
Looking forward to receiving your response soon,
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I=20
Subject: <no subject>
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:03 PM
From: Kommers, P.A.M. (EDTE) <P.A.M.Kommers@edte.utwente.nl>
To: "'utsumi@columbia.edu'" <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dear Prof Takeshi
=20
It is a pleasure to write you and introduce myself to you; My name is Dr.
Piet Kommers and ass prof in educational technology in the Netherlands.
Having seen your interest for Open and Distance Learning, I thought it migh=
t
be attractive to send you my coordinates, as we may meet in the future, and
it is good to know how to find each other.
Last few months I was hosted in Japan for a governmental study into media
for teacher training.
If you have interest in that aspect, please feel free to correspond with me=
,
or maybe we can meet in a new coming conference as well.
=20
Sincerely yours=20
=20
Piet Kommers=20
ATTACHMENT II=20
From: Tak Utsumi [mailto:utsumi@columbia.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 12:12 AM
To: Kommers, P.A.M. (EDTE)
Subject: Re: Your interest
Dear Prof. Kommers:
(1) Many thanks for your interest in our projects.
(2) I took the liberty of admitting you into our list so that you will be
kept updated with our daily progress.
(3) Pls click "Current Reference Websites" at the top right corner of the
home page of our web which URL is listed at the end of my e-signature below=
.
You may then find the followings of some interest to you;
> (a) Item 4-1: Synopsis of GUS,
> (b) Item 1-3: GLOSAS Projects for Closing Digital Divide,
> (c) Item 3-2: Diagram of Global Broadband Internet.
(4) Pls click "Dr. Takeshi Utsumi's Overall Activities" at the top left
corner of the home page of our web mentioned above. Pls find the following=
s
in the highlighted section of Global University System;
> (a) GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program - particularly "Signed Agreemen=
t by
> UNESCO and the University of Tampere,
> (b) GUS/Brazil/Amazon - particularly the infoDev grant application. You =
may
> also view some of PowerPoint slides as the summary presentations. This i=
s our
> current major project.
>=20
(5) Lastly, pls convey my best personal regards to;
> Mr. Elske Heeren (Fax: +31-53-356531)
> Faculty of Educational Science and Technology
> Department of Education
> University of Twente
> The Netherlands
if he is still at your department. He was one of our list members almost a
decade ago.
I am very delighted to hear that you had a wonderful time in Japan.
Keep in touch. Hope to meet with you somewhere soon.
>=20
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT III=20
Subject: RE: [gu-l] (05/08/02) Possible e-learning project in Taiwan
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 6:48 PM
From: Kommers, P.A.M. (EDTE) <P.A.M.Kommers@edte.utwente.nl>
To: "'utsumi@columbia.edu'" <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dear Prof Utsumi
=20
I am prepared to contribute to your project.
Please keep me informed, and let me know if a partner like me is wellcome
=20
yours
=20
Piet Kommers
ATTACHMENT IV=20
Subject: Re: [gu-mmoa] (05/15/02) Possible ESL program for Brazilians in
Manaus
Date: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:44 AM
From: Tapio Varis <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
To: "Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>, David Johnson
<daj@utk.edu>, Louis Padulo <padulo@libertynet.org>, Ben Haraguchi
<haralaw@cs.com>, Joseph Pelton <jpelton@seas.gwu.edu>
Cc: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dear Colleagues,
Further to Tak=B4s message below I want to reiterate my willingness of host
our meeting next Spring. We expect to have finished our formalities with
the Chancellor of the Unesco Chair within a month here and thereafter I can
fully promote the network. I thought of having the Chair in our H=E4meenlinna
campus of Tampere University which is close to Helsinki (40 minutes from
Helsinki airport for example) andf half-way between Helsinki and Tampere.
My chair on media education is also there at the Research Center of
Vocational Education of Tampere university. I also have obligations in
Tampere hypermedia laboratory. I will start raising support for the event
already now. In 16th - 17th June prof. Castells and his team from Barcelona
will visit us and they also want to join the Unesco network. I am also
including Estonia already to our efforts and am in contact with Dr. Narvsky
in St. Petersburg. This week I will be in Lissabon, Portugal, and meet Paul
Lefrere among others.
Tapio Varis
>Tapio s recent msg indicated his willingness to gear himself up to work on
>the GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair Program from next month, June.
>
>(4) Subsequently, it is getting a right time to hold the first Congress of
>our GUS hopefully at the University of Tampere and probably in the spring
>of next year. This is to be more serious gathering than our event there
>in August of 1999, and is to formalize and institutionalize our GUS
>activities as forming various committees and of course, constituting its
>by-laws (statutes), etc. -- I am also getting too busy to handle all by my=
self.
>
>This gathering may also be able to kick-off fund raising to help Tapio s
>activities in Tampere.
>
>Tapio also needs to submit his annual report to the UNESCO on our UNITWIN
>Networking Chair Program and this event may be included in his report, too=
.
>
>
>Best, Tak
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Piet Kommers
University of Twente
Faculty of Educational Science and Technology
Division of Educational Instrumentation
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 53 4893576 or 3611
Fax +31 53 4894580=20
Email: <mailto:kommers@edte.utwente.nl>
Home Page: <http://users.edte.utwente.nl/kommers/index.html>
Faculty Page: <http://www.edte.utwente.nl/users/kommers>
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/
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
**********************************************************************
* 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) *
* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676 *
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/ *
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<BR>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Piet:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(1) Many thanks for your offer of contribution to our GUS project (<B><U>AT=
TACHMENT I</U></B> and <B><U>III</U></B>).<BR>
<BR>
(2) We are planning to hold the First Congress of our GUS at the University=
of Tampere in Finland next spring (<B><U>ATTACHMENT IV</U></B>).<BR>
<BR>
I would like to ask your help for our fund raising for this event.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>Dear Paul:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
Pls inform Piet appropriate funding sources for this event — preferab=
ly European Commission in Luxemburg or any others in European continent.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(3) As following funding sources’ requirement, pls come up your draft=
grant application and send it to me and Paul.<BR>
<BR>
We will then polish it together for the next-to-final version, and send it =
to Tapio for his submission — probably in this fall.<BR>
<BR>
Looking forward to receiving your response soon,<BR>
<BR>
Best, Tak<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT I
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B>Subject: </B><no subject><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:03 PM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Kommers, P.A.M. (EDTE) <P.A.M.Kommers@edte.utwente.nl><B=
R>
<B>To: </B>"'utsumi@columbia.edu'" <utsumi@columbia.edu><BR=
>
<BR>
Dear Prof Takeshi<BR>
<BR>
It is a pleasure to write you and introduce myself to you; My name is Dr. P=
iet Kommers and ass prof in educational technology in the Netherlands. Havin=
g seen your interest for Open and Distance Learning, I thought it might be a=
ttractive to send you my coordinates, as we may meet in the future, and it i=
s good to know how to find each other.<BR>
Last few months I was hosted in Japan for a governmental study into media f=
or teacher training.<BR>
If you have interest in that aspect, please feel free to correspond with me=
, or maybe we can meet in a new coming conference as well.<BR>
<BR>
Sincerely yours <BR>
<BR>
Piet Kommers
</FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"><B><U>ATTACHMENT=
II
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B>From:</B> Tak Utsumi [<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>mailto:utsumi@columbia.ed=
u</U></FONT>]<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 26, 2002 12:12 AM<BR>
<B>To:</B> Kommers, P.A.M. (EDTE)<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: Your interest<BR>
<BR>
Dear Prof. Kommers:<BR>
<BR>
(1) Many thanks for your interest in our projects.<BR>
<BR>
(2) I took the liberty of admitting you into our list so that you will be k=
ept updated with our daily progress.<BR>
<BR>
(3) Pls click "Current Reference Websites" at the top right corne=
r of the home page of our web which URL is listed at the end of my e-signatu=
re below. You may then find the followings of some interest to you;<BR=
>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(a) Item 4-1: Synopsis of GUS,<BR>
(b) Item 1-3: GLOSAS Projects for Closing Digital Divide,<BR>
(c) Item 3-2: Diagram of Global Broadband Internet.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(4) Pls click "Dr. Takeshi Utsumi's Overall Activities" at the to=
p left corner of the home page of our web mentioned above. Pls find th=
e followings in the highlighted section of Global University System;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(a) GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking P=
rogram - particularly "Signed Agreement by UNESCO and the University of=
Tampere,<BR>
(b) GUS/Brazil/Amazon - particularly the infoDev grant application. Y=
ou may also view some of PowerPoint slides as the summary presentations. &nb=
sp;This is our current major project.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(5) Lastly, pls convey my best per=
sonal regards to;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Mr. Elske Heeren (Fax: +31-53-35653=
1)<BR>
Faculty of Educational Science and Technology<BR>
Department of Education<BR>
University of Twente<BR>
The Netherlands<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
if he is still at your department. He was one of our list members alm=
ost a decade ago.<BR>
<BR>
I am very delighted to hear that you had a wonderful time in Japan.<BR>
<BR>
Keep in touch. Hope to meet with you somewhere soon.<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Best, Tak<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT III
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>RE: [gu-l] (05/08/02) Possible e-learning project in Taiwan=
<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Tuesday, May 14, 2002 6:48 PM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Kommers, P.A.M. (EDTE) <P.A.M.Kommers@edte.utwente.nl><B=
R>
<B>To: </B>"'utsumi@columbia.edu'" <utsumi@columbia.edu><BR=
>
<BR>
Dear Prof Utsumi<BR>
<BR>
I am prepared to contribute to your project.<BR>
Please keep me informed, and let me know if a partner like me is wellcome<B=
R>
<BR>
yours<BR>
<BR>
Piet Kommers<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT IV
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Re: [gu-mmoa] (05/15/02) Possible ESL program for Brazilian=
s in Manaus<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Monday, May 20, 2002 1:44 AM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Tapio Varis <tapio.varis@uta.fi><BR>
<B>To: </B>"Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>, D=
avid Johnson <daj@utk.edu>, Louis Padulo <padulo@libertynet.org>=
, Ben Haraguchi <haralaw@cs.com>, Joseph Pelton <jpelton@seas.gwu.e=
du><BR>
<B>Cc: </B>Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu><BR>
<BR>
Dear Colleagues,<BR>
<BR>
Further to Tak´s message below I want to reiterate my willingness of =
host <BR>
our meeting next Spring. We expect to have finished our formalities with <B=
R>
the Chancellor of the Unesco Chair within a month here and thereafter I can=
<BR>
fully promote the network. I thought of having the Chair in our Hämeen=
linna <BR>
campus of Tampere University which is close to Helsinki (40 minutes from <B=
R>
Helsinki airport for example) andf half-way between Helsinki and Tampere. <=
BR>
My chair on media education is also there at the Research Center of <BR>
Vocational Education of Tampere university. I also have obligations in <BR>
Tampere hypermedia laboratory. I will start raising support for the event <=
BR>
already now. In 16th - 17th June prof. Castells and his team from Barcelona=
<BR>
will visit us and they also want to join the Unesco network. I am also <BR>
including Estonia already to our efforts and am in contact with Dr. Narvsky=
<BR>
in St. Petersburg. This week I will be in Lissabon, Portugal, and meet Paul=
<BR>
Lefrere among others.<BR>
<BR>
Tapio Varis<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
>Tapio s recent msg indicated his willingness to gear himself up to work=
on <BR>
>the GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair Program from next month, June.<=
BR>
><BR>
>(4) Subsequently, it is getting a right time to hold the first Congress=
of <BR>
>our GUS hopefully at the University of Tampere and probably in the spri=
ng <BR>
>of next year. This is to be more serious gathering than our event=
there <BR>
>in August of 1999, and is to formalize and institutionalize our GUS <BR=
>
>activities as forming various committees and of course, constituting it=
s <BR>
>by-laws (statutes), etc. -- I am also getting too busy to handle all by=
myself.<BR>
><BR>
>This gathering may also be able to kick-off fund raising to help Tapio =
s <BR>
>activities in Tampere.<BR>
><BR>
>Tapio also needs to submit his annual report to the UNESCO on our UNITW=
IN <BR>
>Networking Chair Program and this event may be included in his report, =
too.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
>Best, Tak<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>List of Distribution
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U><BR>
</U></B>Piet Kommers<BR>
University of Twente <BR>
Faculty of Educational Science and Technology<BR>
Division of Educational Instrumentation<BR>
P.O. Box 217<BR>
7500 AE Enschede<BR>
The Netherlands<BR>
Tel. +31 53 4893576 or 3611<BR>
Fax +31 53 4894580 <BR>
Email: <mailto:kommers@edte.utwente.nl><BR>
Home Page: <http://users.edte.utwente.nl/kommers/index.html&=
gt;<BR>
Faculty Page: <http://www.edte.utwente.nl/users/kommers><=
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>
http://www-iet.open.ac.uk/<BR>
<BR>
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>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">***********************************************=
***********************<BR>
* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA  =
; &nb=
sp;*<BR>
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *<BR>
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *=
<BR>
* Founder of CAADE &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; *<BR>
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education)  =
; *<BR>
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of &nbs=
p; *<BR>
* Global University System (GUS) =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; *<BR>
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. &n=
bsp; *<BR>
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email) *<BR>
* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676 &=
nbsp; *<BR>
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/ &nb=
sp; &=
nbsp; *<BR>
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