Major addresses and papers given abroad since 1981Go directly to a country, or scroll down the list. Brazil • Canada • China • Costa Rica • Estonia • Finland • Germany • Hungary • Italy • Mexico • Norway • Russia • South Africa • Sweden • Thailand • U.K. • Venezuela "Distance education for teacher in-service education." Belo Horizonte, Secretariat of Education. Dec. 2nd, 1996 "Developing an Open Learning System". Invited lecture to Bank of Montreal Training Institute, Toronto, Aug 2, 1984. "Open Learning". Invited lecture at Ontario Institute for in Education, Toronto, Nov 30, 1983. "Distance education in America and the world." Public lecture sponsored by Institute of Modern Technology at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. March 15, 1991. "Overview of internationalism in distance education". Keynote speech to Sixth International Conference on Technology and Distance Education, San Jose, Costa Rica, October 25th, 1995. "Effectiveness of distance education." Keynote presentation to conference at Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica, March 15, 1993. "Distance Education: Possibilities and Challenges." Talk at opening session of Finnish-Estonian cooperative project to develop distance education in Estonia. Esko Centre, Tallin, June 20, 1994 "Distance Education, international perspectives". Seminar at Tallin Technical University, June 7-8, 1993. "Distance Education as a Strategy at Penn State University." Talk to principals of vocational institutes and polytechnics. Lahti Research and Training Centre, June 18, 1994. "Learning in the Future." Presentation to Finnish Association for Future Studies, University of Jyvaskyla, June 16, 1994. "Course design and interaction." Seminar given to Finnish Board of Education, Hakenieenkatu, Helsinki, June 18th, 1993. "Design of teleconferencing". Two day workshop at Seili Island for the Sampo Insurance Company. May 31 -June 1993. "International distance education". Workshop at Lahti Research and Training Center, June 9-10, 1993. "Teleconferencing as a tool for corporate training." One day workshop for Sampo Insurance Co., Turku, June 15, 1992. "Development of National Training Program in Distance Education." Three day workshop given for universities of Turku, Helsinki, and Yvaskylla. Seili Island, Finland. June 3-6, 1992. "Distance Education and the Concept of Flexiwork." Lecture at University of Turku, June 2. 1992. "Distance Education and Health Education." Lecture to University of Turku School of Nursing, Turku May 26, 1992. "Further potential in Finnish distance education." Seminar at the University of Helsinki- Lahti Research and Training Center. May 21, 1992. "International distance education." Public lecture at Lahti Research and Development Centre, Finland. Aug 16, 1991. "Designing and evaluating Distance education programs" Workshop staff of University Centre for Extension Studies, Turku, Dec. 9, 1991. "Distance Education and Higher Education" Lecture at University of Turku, Dec. 11, 1991. "International collaboration in distance education." Opening address at inaugaral meeting of Finnish Association for Distance Education. Hotel Hospitz, Helsinki. Dec. 12, 1990. "Kokemuksia etaopetuksesta" -- "Teaching at a distance". Lecture to Education faculty, University of Turku, Finland. Aug. 17, 1990. "Future of education and self-directed learning". Presentation to International Congress on Managing Capacity in the 21st Century. University of Helsinki-Lahti Research Centre. Aug 14, 1990. "Developments in American Distance Education". Lecture at University of Helsinki-Lahti Research Centre. June 21, 1989. "Adult Education and Cultural Development". Keynote address to East-West Conference on Adult Education, Murikka, Finland, Aug 18, 1982. "Teleconferencing in distance education." Seminar given at Fernuniversitat, Hagen, June 22, 1992. "Self Directed Learning". Invited lecture to ZIFF, (Distance Education Research Center), FernUniversitat, Hagen, Oct 19, 1984. "Potential Finnish-Hungarian collaboration in distance education." Seminar given at University of Szeged, Hungary. June 18, 1992. "Research Perspectives in American Distance Education". Invited lecture at the University of Rome, sponsored by Dipartmento di Scienze dell'Educazione Laboratorio di Pedagogia Sperimenatale. March 5th, 1996. "New technologies in distance education." Public lecture at Consorzio per las Universita a Distanza, Rome, March 11, 1992. "L'istruzione a distanza negli Stati Uniti." Lecture at Centro di Ricerca Istruzione a Distanza. University of Rome, March 10, 1992. "Distance Education for Corporate Training." One day workshop for the Bank of Mexico, Mexico City. March 11, 1994. "Distance education for the university in the '90's". Magisterial lecture at University of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Feb. 17, 1994. "Los siete pecados capitales de la Educacion a Distancia". Keynote address to Second International Conference on Distance Education, University of Guadalajara, Mexico, November 27, 1993. "Qualitative evaluation." Seminar given at Sub-Secretariat for Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Mexico City, March 10, 1993. "Review of distance education research". Conference presentation at University of Guadalajara, Mexico, December 6, 1992. "Introduccion a la educacion a distancia para personal de Inttelmex." Workshop for Mexican Telecommunications Corporation. Inttelemex Training Center. Mexico City. July 30-31, 1992. "Distance education and teleconferencing." National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, July 28, 1992. "Distance Education: An Option for Employee and Customer Training". Workshop given to trainers in Mexican corporations. Sevilla Palace Hotel, Mexico City. July 26-29, 1992. "Media and technology: Implications for distance education." Lecture at National Autonomous University of Mexico, April 28, 1992. "Developments in American Distance Education" Address to Norwegian Institute for Distance Education, Voksenhausen, Norway, December 8, 1989. "Developments in American Distance Education". Address to N.K.I. and invited educators, Oslo, Norway, December 6, 1989. "Report on the First American Symposium on Research in Distance Education." Presentation of a panel organized and chaired at the World Conference of the International Council for Distance Education. Oslo, Aug 11, 1988. "Review of research in Distance Education". Keynote address to European Home Study Council annual convention, Oslo, Nov 9 1984. "International collaboration in distance education". Address to Second International Conference on Distance Education in Russia. Moscow. July 2nd, 1996. "Trends and Needs in Distance Education Research." Keynote address to the First International Conference on Distance Education in Russia, Moscow, July 5th, 1994. "American distance education." Address to invited audience of Russian educators, University of Leningrad Extra-Mural Department, Leningrad, USSR. Aug 17, 1991. "American Perspectives on Distance Education." Presentation made at several institutions of higher education in South Africa during tour in January/February, 1994. "Technology choices in distance education." Presentation made during tour in April 1996. "Research in distance education". Series of lectures and workshop at University of Umea, Umea, Sweden, June 15 - 24, 1993. "Distance education for corporate training". One day workshop given to corporate trainers in Sweden. Stockholm, May 27, 1993. "Designing audio and audio graphic instruction". One day workshop for Swedish Defence College of Management. Karlstad, May 28, 1993. "Distance education for military training." Workshop given at the Swedish Army War College, Stockholm, December 18, 1992. "Introduction to distance education." Workshop for military and civilian trainers, University of Karlstad, Sweden, May 14-15, 1992. "Teleconferencing in the theory and practice of transactional distance"; "Distance education theory: Where are we now?"; "Finland's experiment in distance education." Conference presentations at International Council on Distance Education World Conference, Bangkok, Nov 9-12, 1992. "Teleconferencing in Distance Education". Keynote address at Conference on Interaction and Independence, Cambridge, Sept. 22, 1989. "Counselling in Distance Education". Presentation to International Conference on Counselling. Downing College, Cambridge, Sept 22, 1983. "International research in distance education". Response to keynote address at World Conference of International Council for Distance Education. Caracas, Nov.6, 1990. "International Research in distance education." Opening talk to International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) Workshop, Macuto, Venezuela. Nov. 2, 1990. "Principles of independent learning revisited." Address to aculty of the Universidad Nacional Abierta, Caracas, Venezuela, March 3, 1988. |
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