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Vol. 3 No. 1 September,1997 The Newsletter of Commonwealth Educational Media Center for Asia

The Commonwealth of Learning

The Contents ....

UNESCO ExpertEditor's NotesCOL/Cemca NewsSpotlight On

News BriefsMedia ResourseCourse/TrainingForthcoming Events

Reports & PublicationsNew Appointments

UNESCO Expert.....

Unesco Expert calls for a new interactive pedagogy for Multimedia

Dr. Warren Mellor, Senior Programme Specialist, UNESCO, called upon the educational community and IT specialists to develop anew pedagogy that fosters active learning and interactivity while using multimedia resources. Delivering the key note address at

CEMCA's Orientation Programme on Educational Applications of Multimedia, Dr. Mellor emphasised the changing role of Educators inthe twenty-first century vis a vis the use of new technologies. He stressed 'Educators must become expert computer and media usersand advise media and computer specialists on how to meet the educational needs of multiple communities.' Others who spoke on the

occasion included Prof. J.S. Yadava, Director of Indian Institute of Mass Communication, the host institution for the Programme, Mr.Gopal Saksena, Director, CEMCA, and Mr. Ravi Kanth, the Programme Coordinator. The 5 day Orientation Programme was

attended by 26 senior educational administrators, media and training professionals from both government and non-government sectors.The Programme aimed to familiarise the participants with the medium of multimedia and its educational applications throughpresentations, demos, case studies and "hands-on" sessions. Eminent IT Specialists and Instructional Technologists who included. Dr.Sugata Mitra, Vice-President, NUT, Prof. Sadagopan, IIM, Bangalore, Dr. S.P. Mudur, Associate Director, National Centre forSoftware Technology, Mr. Kunal Mullick, MD - Macro Graphics, introduced to the participants Fundamentals of Multimedia, Internet,

Databases, Virtual Reality and other related concepts. The Case-Studies included a site-visit to Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts,New Delhi, and a presentation on MITRA project by Specialists from CMC Ltd, Hyderabad. The participants were appreciative of thisCEMCA endeavour.

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Dr.Sugata Mitra,Vice-President, NIIT, unravelling the Multimedia mystique at CEMCA's Orientation Programme

Inaugural session of Orientation Programme - r to i, Mr.GopalProf J.S.Yadava, Dr.Mellor & Mr. Ravi Kanth

Editor's Note

To begin with, my apologies for the delay in bringing out tins issue of Edu Comm Asia. I was away on leave for over three months andon resuming duties had to devote most of my time to designing and conducting CEMCA's training programmes. During this period, Imissed very much the helping hand of my colleague. Dr. Pumima Vyas, who had left CEMCA to pursue leisure-time interests. WithMr. Gopal Saksena assuming charge as Director of CEMCA, the organisation's training activities received a shot in the arm. Within a

period of 6 months (Feb - July'97), CEMCA was able to conduct 4 need based training programmes. The highlight of these initiativesbeing that they were all participant-paid and conducted in collaboration with other educational institutions of national importance.CEMCA's training programmes, in future, would not only retain this character but also be organised in venues outside Delhi. We are

keen to hear from educational institutions outside India that are well placed to collaborate with us and host some of our initiatives.

In response to an appeal in these columns in the last issue. Pakistan's Allama Iqbal Open University has promptly sent us a profile on

their Institute of Educational Technology. Many thanks ! We hope to hear from other distance teaching/educational media institutionstoo. Please send us information on recent developments in Educational Technology at your institution preferably with some photos.

With sharing of resources and experiences between institutions becoming the order of the day, the National Open School in India toohas launched recently a National Consortium for Open Schooling. We wish this initiative all success and look forward to an era of

cooperation between Open Schools in India in areas such as learning materials development and student support services. Till nextissue, sayonara !

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Cemca News

Prof. A.W.Khan welcomes IGNOU V.C.Prof. Takwale for a CEMCA Workshop




CEMCA's Workshop for NOS staff in Script Writing

Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) had organised a 5-day Workshop in Scriptwrittng for Educational

Television for the benefit of the academic staff of National Open School. The Workshop began on April, 7, 1997, with an inaugural

address by the Joint Educational Advisor, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India, Dr. P.H.S. Rao, who traced therole of Multi-media in the Open Learning system of today. In the subsequent days, Ms. Kusum Nangia, Jt. Director, CIET, provided a

context for the use of audio-visual media in distance education, Ms. Sabeena Ghadioke, Sr. Lecturer, Jamia Mass CommunicationResearch Centre, introduced the TV production process with participants being exposed to an actual studio-based shooting. Dr. M.M.

Chaudhri, Director, Consortium for Educational Communication (UGC), highlighted some of the issues (eg. producer-academic

relationship) that affect a ETV production. Noted film maker, Mr. Arun Kaul compared the writing approaches to different media andMr. Gopal Saksena, Director, CEMCA, spoke about the TV Language using examples from his work.

Participants of CEMCA-NOS Workshop with the cheif guest,Mr.Shiv SharmaRetd.DG,Doordarshan, Prof M.B.Mennon, Chairman,NOS and the trainers

The Workshop concluded with a valedictory address by Mr. Shiv Sharma, Retired DG, Doordarshan. He expressed concern at the

increasing commercialisation of the Indian Television to the detriment of educational programming. He lamented the paucity of good TVScripts as was evident from the fare offered by the contemporary Television. Prof. M.B. Menon, Chairman, National Open School,

thanked CEMCA staff for their efforts. Mr. K. Ravi Kanth, CEMCA, and Mr. R.K. Arya, NOS, were the Programme Coordinatorstor this training initiative.

Presentation Techniques for Educational Broadcasters

A 3-day Workshop on Presentation Techniques for Educational Broadcasters covering various forms of presentation as talks, demos,experiments, interviews, discussions as relevant to educational television was conducted by CEMCA in collaboration with Electronic

Media Production Centre, IGNOU.

During the forenoon sessions, well known media experts shared their experiences and offered valuable tips to the participants in making

effective presentations through different formats. Mr. Sunit Tandon, a noted media and stage performer, spoke about audio & videopresentations,showing the way to perform belter with the microphone and before the camera.

Mr. Sunit Tandon & Ms. Jai Chandiramas trainers for a CEMCA Workshop



Ms. Jai Chandiram, Director - EMPC, IGNOU, sensitised the participants to some of the commonly encountered flaws in illustratedtalks and demos. She offered suggestions for making slicker and effective presentations. Mr. Kamleshwar, a well known mediapersonality, shared his vast experience in interviewing. He emphasised that an interview needs sharp skills to get the best out of a guest

within a few minutes at the disposal of the interviewer.

In the afternoon sessions, the participants' presentations were recorded on video and audio in different formats. These recordings were

reviewed by Ms. Jai Chandiram. Mr. Gopal Saksena, Ms. Usha Puri and Ms. Smita Vats, who then offered individual advice toparticipants on how to perform better. The Workshop. which evoked a positive response from the 14 participants representing OpenUniversities & Schools and Institutes of Correspondence Education, was coordinated by Mr. K. Ravi Kanth. CEMCA.

CBA Chief visits CEMCAThe Secretary-General of Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, London, Ms. Elizabeth Smith paid a visit to CEMCA on 22 Jan'97. She had discussions with CEMCA stalf to identify areas of mutual interest. wherein collaborative endeavours could be envisaged.

Ms. Elizabeth Smith, Sec-General,CBA being familiarisedwith the features of CEMCA's database. Also in photo are

Ms. Usha Puri,Director(Prog's),AIR and CEMCA staff

Asian participants of COL-ADB Workshop on Integration

of Media in Distance Education with trainers

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Spotlight On

Institute of Educational Technology, Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan

Institute of Educational Technology (IET) was established by Allama Iqbal Open University in 1974 for the production of broadcast and

non-broadcast audio/visual materials which supplement small group instruction and individual study at a distance. In its initial years ofoperation, the Institute was assisted by Pakistan Television (PTV) in the production of its television programmes. In 1979, the Institutehad its own TV studio under a technical assistance scheme of UNDP. The Institute's technical infrastructure was strengthened further in1996, under a grant-in-aid project of the Japanese Government.

Objective

To promote and support the distance teaching courses of Allama Iqbal Open University

Infrastructure

The Institute has the following units:Programme Production Department Staffed by Producers, this department engages itself in the conceptualisation, design and actualproduction of the audio visual materials. In all these processes, the producers function as members of course development teams and




media related decisions are based on the objectives of the course, target audience characteristics and the required learning outcomes.

Engineering Department Its staff consists of a team of trained television & radio electronics engineers and technicians who operateand maintain the television and the two radio studios. The department also provides general audio/visual services to the different units of

the University and installs & services the audio/visual equipment of the Model Study Centres.

Design DepertmentIt provides the art, graphic and illustration inputs into the television and audio/vision productions. Designers,

illustrators, cartographers, calligraphers and photographers work with the producers and course teams to develop high quality visualmaterials. This department has a spacious and well equipped Design Studio with a Photographic Suite.

IET's Television Studio

Archival Section

It maintains a classified and catalogued collection of the master copies of all media productions - from a flip chart to a television

programme. The master copies are used only for dubbing and duplication purposes.

Current activities

Since the modest beginnings of 1975-76, when a dozen radio and television programmes were produced to supplement print materials.there has been an appreciable annual growth in the number and variety of media productions of the Institute.

At the last count (Jan'97), IET had produced 261 TV programmes, 1710 radio programmes, 174 audio programmes (non-broadcast),17 slide series with sync. sound and 19 audio cassettes with flip charts as support materials for AlOLTs 240 courses. The Institutebroadcasts its educational TV programmes for one hour daily through PTV's second channel.

Partnerships

Over the years there has been a steadily growing relationship between IET and various outside agencies (government, autonomous andinternational organisations) for joint and commissioned media productions.

For further information, contact:

The DirectorInstitute of Educational Technology Allama Iqbal Open University

H-8, ISLAMABAD PAKISTANPhone: 92 51 854 212Fax: 92 51 264 319

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News Briefs

UKOU's research into Multimedia Applications

Meeting individual learning needs is still a major challenge in education. Many developments, including the use of information technology,continue to address this issue. In this context, the Multimedia Enabling Technologies (MET) Group at the U.K. Open University isengaged in research endeavours that focus on the applications of information technology for teaching and learning drawing upon

innovations in multimedia and enabling technologies.

The Virtual Microscope is an acclaimed application of the MET Group developed in collaboration with the University's Department ofEarth Sciences. The provision of virtual instrumentation, the effective simulation of expensive equipment for difficult scientific procedure

is a domain where significant cost savings and real educational worth can be demonstrated for multimedia. The Virtual Microscope, forexample, can be used to allow students to rotate a rock sample whilst viewing it in plane polarized and cross polarized lightsimultaneously - something which is not possible with a conventional microscope.The Virtual Microscope is presented on CD-ROM.

The twelve thin rock sections on the disc can be viewed either using a hand lens or microscope. The microscope images can berotated'by three different methods.

IIT to set up India's 1st Virtual Campus

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, would be setting up India's first Virtual Campus in Bhubaneshwar for distance educationthrough fibre optic links. As part of this project, the Institute has entered into an agreement with Dronacharya Academy, Calcutta, for

production of video taped lecture packages to be transmitted 'On-Line' to the students. A Centre for Network Planning is also to beestablished with financial assistance of Rs. 60 lakh a year from the multinational, Nortel of Canada (Source: Hindustan Times).

Online Radio Service for Broadcasters

In an attempt to harness the technological potential of the Internet, One World Online (the Internet arm of the One World Broadcasting

Trust) with the help of Commonwealth Broadcasting Association has launched an Online Radio News Service in April'97 as a one-yearpilot project.

The project will enable radio broadcasters worldwide to download from the Internet - and then re-broadcast from their local stations -

sound clips containing important human rights and development news. The information is intended to flow both ways: radio stations fromthe South that join the Radio News Service will be contributing material as well as receiving it. To assist the broadcasters, One World

has made available a text summary of each audio clip, a suggested introduction, in and out points, and a possible back announcement.

For further information,

E-mail One World on: [email protected] or

fax: 00 1494 481751 (Source: Combroad)

ITV for Teacher Training in India

Interactive Television (ITV) is to be used for Inservice Education of 2.5 million Primary Teachers in India over a 10 year period. The

National Action Plan (NAP) drawn up by the Government of India and UNESCO as part of the 9th Five Year Plan, envisages the masstraining of teachers through ITV in the distance education mode. Self- instructional materials and personal contact programmes are also

to be integrated into this form of delivery. Interactive Television would enable partial interactivity through the use of a 2-way audio and

one-way video between the teaching and receiving sites. The ITV component of this Teacher Training project is to cost US $ 2.12million. UNESCO has plans to design & develop three CD-ROMs on the conceptual design & the technical aspects of ITV and also on

the Plan's pedagogical strategy.

Compact Video Microscope



In yet another instance of convergence of technologies, a firm in the U.K has developed a new compact video microscope (CVM).which may prove to be an invaluable investigative tool for the scientific community. The microscope can be used hand-held or as a

stand-based conventional microscope. Its ability to perform non-contact measurement and function as an inspection probe give the

microscope tlie potential for varied higher education applications ranging from botany to archaeology to engineering.

The CVM is capable of displaying. printing and recording 480 TV line resolution colour images at magnification of up to 1000X. The

zoom lens offers a dual magnification range -10X to 75X and 35X to 240X, and a built-in illumination system provides semi-coaxiallight. A prototype fully portable unit which should prove a useful aid in the field, is in development. For details, contact: P. W. Alien &

Company 25 Swan Lane. Evesham, Worcs WR 11 4 PE

OLI renamed the Open University of Hong Kong

Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong has been renamed the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) on 30 May 1997 following the

approval by the Legislative Council of the amended ordinance. OUHK becomes the seventh university of Hong Kong.

The University's President Prof. S.W. Tarn opined on the occasion,'The change of title reflects the recognition of our academic standing,our achievements and contributions over the eight years. Young though we are. we have been providing higher education and training for

over 60,000 adult students whose needs cannot be met bv the conventional institutions.'

'The mixed media so far used in open universities must be supplemented or changed to real multimedia using recent advances in

telecommunication and information technologies.'

-Prof. Wichit Srisa-An while delivering the Prof. G Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture at New Delhi,July'97

Interactive Satellite Television

Tele-Conferencing in Distance Learning: Indian & Israeli Models

Introduction

In an effort to make distance learning a more interactive experience for the students and to upgrade the skills of the field-based

functionaries, some distance education institutions in the Asian and Middle East regions have adopted interactive communicationtechnologies as Tele-Conferencing, Computer Mediated Communication etc. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), India,

and The Open University of Israel (OUI) are currently using a satellite-delivered interactive television system for teaching & training

purposes. This form of communication is referred to by some as virtual classroom and by others as tele-conferencing. It differs fromDesktop Video-Conferencing in that it does not use the ISDN telephone system to deliver images and sounds.

Tele-Conferencing has been used extensively in North American educational institutions to reach out to learners in remote places. TheInstructional Television Fixed Service of Stanford University delivers lectures in engineering subjects (in real time) from the university

campus to receiving sites in the surrounding industries. However, in this case, the lectures are transmitted through a microwave system.

The System

The Tele-Conferencing facility at IGNOU is called Training & Development Communication Channel (TDCC) and is technicallysupported by the Indian Space Research Organisation while the one at OUI is called OFEK and operates under a cooperation

agreement with Gilat Communication Engineering.

The basic configuration of the system consists of a teaching end studio (2 in the case of TDCC, one at IGNOU campus. New Delhi,

and the other in ISRO premises, Ahmedabad) and receiver 'nodes' (23 for TDCC and 18 for OFEK) spread across the respectivecountries. In the case of TDCC, these 'nodes' are located at IGNOU's Regional Centres, a few remote Study Centres and at all the

State Open Universities. The TDCC being a multi-user national resource has an additional 200 nodes set up by other public institutions.

The teaching end studio is fully equipped with cameras, audio console etc. and uplinks the audio & video signals to the Satellite from its

control room through a Transportable Remote Area Communications Terminal (TRACT). These signals are downloaded at the

receiving 'nodes' through the use of Direct Reception Sets (DRS). The learners at these "nodes' are able to view the TV presentations

and establish a return communication link with the teaching end studio through conventional STD telephone lines & fax. Both systems,TDCC & OFEK, are 2-way audio and 1-way video. In the OFEK system,Computer Mediated Communication is also an integral part,

giving scope for 2-way Multimedia presentations and Computerised reponses. In India, there are plans to extend the national TDCC

with VSAT mode of communications. This would improve the 2-way voice & data transmission.

IGNOU's Training & Development Communication Channel(TDCC)

Applications

Tele-conferencing is particularly suited for mass training and could prove cost effective. Some of the advantages of delivering courses viasatellite are: access to the best teaching talent, economy of scale (since the number of participating classroQms is technically unlimited),

extensive reach of the communication system.

Interactive Satellite Television

IGNOU regularly uses TDCC for Telecounselling and extended counselling with student groups, training Regional Centre/Study Centrefunctionaries. Counsellors, Coordinators, for information dis-semination & Tele-convocations. It is also used for training specific groups

in areas as Rural Development, Teacher Education etc. The Open University of Israel uses OFEK in a number of its courses -

Mathematics, Life Sciences, Computer Science, Liberal Arts etc. The use takes the form of lectures, tutorials, tutor training, pre-exampreparation.

Results

Evaluation of the feedback from the receiver nodes of IGNOLTs TDCC indicates that teleconference sessions are effective and workwell when there is proper coordination between the different units/dept.s involved in this activity, when adequate effort & time goes into

the planning and designing of the sessions, when participation is built into the sessions and when broadcast timings are more convenient

for the learners.

ESCAP project on Satellites

Mr.V. Rama Rao, Jt. Director.EMPC IGNOU and Prof. Haryono (Indonesia) have been chosen as Consultants for an Economic and

Social Commission for Asia-Pacific's project to promote cooperation in Satellite Communications for Education & Development.

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Media Resources

Learning through Movements

This programme shows a typical Learning Through Movements (LTM) workshop in progress. The students are introduced to the LTMpt by engaging in movement ac-s across a range of selected ar-rhe aim of the LTM workshops promotion of learning through kinesthetic

experience. Areas covered in this tape are the vocabulary and dimensions of human movement, health and fitness, skill acquisition,creativity and expressive movement, affective development, learning , reinforcement of intellect through physical, multiple intelligence,

problem solving and education/coaching/leisure/sport.

Enquiries to: Dr. Myint Swe Khine,Head, - ETC, Universiti Brunei Durusalam, Brunei

E-mail: [email protected]

Videos For Computer Literacy

This series of 4 videos, which could be used as resources for any Computer Literacy project, have been launched recently at an event of

Malaysian Educational Technology Association by the Centre for Educational Technology, USM. The titles of the videos are:

Introduction to Computers, Disk Operating System, Multimedia and Electronic Resource Center.

Enquiries to: The Director, CETM,

Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden,Malaysia Fax: 04 657 6749

e-mail:[email protected]

Comuter based Media

UNESCO Database

This 4th edition comprises trillingual(English/French/Spanish) retrieval interface and runs on a PC with DOS 3.0 and 640k Ram.It

contains bibliographic references of all UNESCO documents & publications, worldwide specialised biblographics on education,museums,monnuments and sites, preventive education against AIDS.It also provides information on 10,000 research training and

documentation institutions in the social sciences worldwide.

Enquiries :Unesco, 8 Poorvi Marg,

Vasant Vihar,New Delhi - 110057

Cell Biology and Mycology



This is a collection of three videodiscs on cell biology and two on Mycology and have been produced by the Institut furdenWissenschaftlichen Film, Gottmgen, Germany, known for some of the finest scientific films available. The cinematographic sequences

and the supplementary freeze frames in the films are organised in chapters with comprehensive menus and subject indexes integrated in

the disc. Each disc comes with two selectable commentary tracks -English and German. Once the video disc is linked to a computer,users will find it an excellent basis for developing their own interactive teaching packages. Each videodisc is accompanied by a booklet.

Enquiries to:

British Universities Film & Video Council

55 Greek Street, London

W1V5LR Fax: 1712873914

International Directory of Educational Audiovisuals

This CD-ROM version of the American NICEM database is in two sections: the main section contains descriptions of 300,000

audiovisual teaching and training programmes in a wide range of media formats. The other linked database contains details of the

programmes producers and North American distributors. Enquiries to: Oxmill Publishing, OxtedMill, Spring Lane, Oxted, Surrey RH89PB (U.K.)

Film on 'Bullying at School' wins Japan Prize 1996

Good health: no bullying here, a TV programme ofCarIton UKTelevision, for primary school children won the prestigious Japan Prize1996. The programme is a dramatic potrayal of bullying at an elementary school and explores the issue from the viewpoints -of pupils,

teachers and parents. The Japan Prize International Educational Programme, in its 23rd year, receivci-1 an impressive 171 programmes

from 108 organisations in 46 countries. Other prize winning educational videos include:

a) X-attitude (The Minister for Foreign Affairs Prize) Producer: South Africa Broadcasting Corp., South Africa

b) Slop look listen - stones of faith: Sikhism-The Guru and the water carrier (The Governor of Tokyo Prize) Producer: Channel 4Television, London

c) Ask anything: animal quiz - what animals do (The Hoso Bunka Foundation Prize) Producer: Japan Broadcasting Corporation,

Tokyod) Only one earth: trash - a hazard to wildlife (The Japan Association for Educational Broadcasting Prize) Producer: Japan

Broadcasting Corporation, Tokyo

e) The programme with the mouse: Rome-special (The Maeda Prize) Producer: Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Germanyf) Health and disease: more than meets the eye (The Abe Prize) Producer: BBC Open University Production Centre, U.K

'The Internet and the CD ROM have a great potential for institutions anil wealthier individuals, but for mass reach in the developingworld, the current technologies are first radio and second tv.'

Elizabeth Smith

while delivering the key note address at 9th UGC-CEC educational video competition awards. New Delhi, Jan'97

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Course/Training

Distance Learning Packs on Electronic Media

Distance Learning is again finding favour with educators and trainers, worldwide, given its increasing association with technologies as

Internet, CD-Rom, Video Conferencing. Little wonder that even the broadcasters have taken to it lately for imparting training and

disseminating information on media production. Some of the more recent distance learning packs available for use by educators &




broadcasters are:

i) 'PSC Matters !' - a print and video course in single camera production, aimed primarily at TV journalists. It consists of a training

manual illustrated by video clips and is designed to help word-based storytellers to tell their stories effectively using moving pictures,sound and commentary.

ii) 'Technology Matters' - a complete stand-alone self teaching resource with print and video components developed with the expertise

of Skillset, UK's national TV training body. It explains TV and Video technology principles in simple terms, for non-technical production

personnel or media students. Avoiding all maths and using text, diagrams, photographs and video clips, it includes just about everythingyou would like to know about how TV works but had never dared to ask an engineer.

iii) 'Video Production Matters' - a study pack designed for media students and covering the production process in four units, pre-production (planning), acquisition (shooting), post production (editing) and distribution/ evaluation. Much of it is also suitable for

inexperienced programme makers in broadcasting. The pack has been fully tested and evaluated.

For more information, contact: Peter Dewrance, Script to Screen

ILKLEY LS29 6RE U.K.

Phone ++ 44 1943 870238Fax ++ 44 1943 876252

(Source: Combroad)

NIIT's Computer Literacy Initiative for Indian Public

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of India's independence, National Institute of Information Technology (NUT), a pioneer in

computer training, has launched a new TV series titled BOOT IT! aimed at fostering computer literacy among the 280 million people in

Indian TV households. The TV series combines the effective communication skills of a gifted teacher (.i.e. Dr. Sugata Mitra) with NIIT'sown expertise in training methodology and instructional design.

Given the one-way nature of TV communication with little scope for teacher-student interaction or practice of skills. Dr. Sugata Mitra,

the conceptualiser of the series, has skillfully woven a learning system around the TV broadcasts, ^distance learning kit, hands-onpractice sessions, telephone tutoring and certification on completion are all integral elements of this effort to help learners derive

maximum benefit from the broadcasts.

The distance learning kit consists of course books in modular self- instructional format covering a spectrum of topics, audio cassettes to

reinforce the main points and provide step-by-step solutions to the practical exercises given in the books.

The opportunities for the hands-on practice sessions are provided through NUT 's network of 400 LEDA Family Clubs, Educational

Centres and Computerdromes.

Telephone-tutoring (in the form of a dial-a-question service) and Certification are value added paid services and are optional.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Sugata Mitra Senior Vice-President(R & D)

NIIT Ltd 8 Balaji Estate, Kalkaji NEW DELHI -110 019Phone: 91 11620 3027,620 3037

Fax: 9111 620 3333

E-mail:[email protected]

IGNOU's short courses in Electronic Media

The Electronic Media Production Centre (EMPC), Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi would be conducting the

following Workshops in Media Production over the week-ends:

* Advanced Techniques in Studio Lighting Oct. 24 - 26, 1997



* Art of Video Presentation Nov. 1 - 2, 1997

* Interview Techniques for Television Nov. 8 - 9, 1997

As the number of participants for these Workshops is be restricted to around 10, early registration is advised.

For further details, contact:

The Director/Jt. Director (R) ElectronicMedia Prodn. Centre

IGNOU, Maidan Garhi NEW DELHI -110 068

Phone & Fax : 91 11 6857079

Forthcoming CEMCA Training Programmes

Developing Multimedia Courseware - an International Workshop on tin' design and production of educational multimedia materials,

Nov. 24-28.97 Collaborating institution: National Centre for Software Technology

'Capturing Action Outdoors' - a Workshop on Field based Television Production Collaborating institution: Film & Television Institute ofIndia, Pune

Orientation Programme in Computer Applications for Non-Academic stuff of Indian Universities* Collaborating institution: Taleem

Research Foundation, Ahmedabad

dates to be announced laterFor further information, contact:

Director, CEMCA

Phone: 91 11 698 5208,699 6730

Fax: 91 11 698 5208

e-mail: [email protected]

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Forthcoming Events

October 3-5,1997

IlIrd International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, Marriott

World Trade Center Hotel, New York, U.S.A Details from: Third ALN Conference, SCE Registration office,

P.O. Box 1206,Stuyvesant Station, New York,

NY 10009-9988

Web: http://www.aln.org/

November 8-12

International Congress of International Council for Educational Media (ICEM),

Lisbon, Portugal Theme:Media Education (Elementary, Secondary, Higher Education and Adult Education) Details from:

Dr.Ana Toennies,

Universidade Aberta,




147, P-1250 Lisbon, Portugal

Novemeber 11-14

XIth Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities, Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Theme: Quality Assurance in Distance and Open Learning Details from: Conference Secretariat, 11 th AAOU Conference, c/o Rector's

Office, Institut Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Fax:60-3-5591057 E-mail:[email protected]

May 10-13,1998

Connections '98: The Conference on Educational Technology for Post-Secondary Educators, Vancouver, Canada. Details from:

Amanda Harby, Fax: 250-387-9142 e-mail: [email protected]

August 31 - September 4

Teleteaching '98: Distance Learning, Training and Education Theme: The Global Information Society and the Next Millenium Details

from: Austrian Computer Society OCG, Fax: 43-1-5120235 9 E-mail: [email protected]

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Reports & Publications

Electronic pathways: adult learning and the new communication technologies (1997) Field. J (ed.), National Institute of Adult Continuing

Education, Leicester, U.K.

Web-based instruction (1997) Khan.B.H. (ed.). Educational Technology Publications Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA

Open and distance learning: prospects and policy considerations (1997) Unesco, Paris

Educational uses of the Internet: an exploratory survey (1996) Starr. R. & Milheim.W., Educational Technology, Sept./Oct., ppl9-28

Integrating Technology into Distance Teaching at The Open University of Israel (1997)Beller.M, ALN Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1

The future of Educational Technology (1997) Bates.A.W., Learning Quarterly, Vol.1, No.2

Evaluating OU multimedia: experience of evaluating CD-ROMs (1997) Whitelock.D, Kirkwood.A. & Kukulska-Hulme.A., IET

seminar paper, 30 Jan 97

Integrating New Technologies -Indian Perspective (1997) Alagh. Y.K, University News, Vol.35.No.31

How television production specialists learn distance education skills and knowledge (1995) Telg.R.W, Journal of distance education.

Vol. X, No. 2

The Virtual University: value and feasibility (1995) Laurillard.D, Paper presented at 'Beyond competence to capability and the learningsociety' Conference, 21 Nov. 95, UMIST, Manchester, U.K.

Considering the Use of Technology in Education and Training (1996) Butcher.N, Open Learning through Distance Education, Vol.2,

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New Appointments

Dr. M. Aminul Islam as Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh Open University, Dhaka

Prof. Afzal Mohammed as Vice Chancellor, Dr B R Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, India

Prof. Moegiadi as Director, Unesco, New Delhi

Mr. Gopal Saksena as Director. CEMCA, New Delhi

Mr. Gopal Saksena joined CEMCA in Nov. 1996 after a distinguished career in mass communications and

education, spanning over 4 decades.

Mr. Saksena retired as the 1st Director of Central Production Centre, a Centre of Excellence ofDoordarshan, India's State Ty

broadcaster. He also served as Controller of Programmes and Officer-in-charge, Schools Television there when he introduced India's

first Primary School TV Service. Earlier, he taught television at Film and TV Institute, Pune. Last. he worked as Controller (Video

Documentation) in Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi. A prolific writer, Mr. Saksena authored a book Television in

India: Changes and Challenges. He was given the Media-India Award for Excellence in Electronic Media in 1988.

We miss....

Ms. Kusum Nangia, who passed away on 16 September 97. Mrs. Nangia made valuable contribution to the field of Educational Media.

She had recently retired as Joint Director, CIET, NCERT, India.

Acknowledgements....

International Centre for Distance Learning, Milton Keynes, U.K. BUFVC, London, U.K. ACU, London, U.K.

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