Edited/Distributed by HURINet - The Human Rights Information Network --------------------------------------------------------------------- ## author : lanfran@YorkU.CA ## date : 10.08.99 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TEL-isphere 99 Top_of_Page24 to 27 November 1999 Sherbourne Conference Centre St. Michael, Barbados _____ NEWS and IMPORTANT INFORMATION about: TEL-isphere 99 The Caribbean & Technology-Enhanced Learning An international conference presented by The Commonwealth of Learning and the Caribbean Broadcasting Union Please book your transportation to Barbados early. As the dates of the conference coincide with the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, flights are sure to fill up quickly. Huguette Labelle, President of the Canadian International Development Agency, has confirmed as a keynote speaker. The TEL-isphere 99 programme promises to be interesting and varied. Over 70 presentation proposals have been received to date from contributors around the world. Topics range from professional development in education and health care by distance and open learning, to strategic implementation of learning technologies and the appropriate uses of technology in global education. The Commonwealth of Learning is pleased to announce that it is working in partnership with the Journal of Educational Media to produce a special issue of the Journal in March 2000. This publication will consist of an account of the TEL-isphere 99 conference and six papers selected by the Journal from among the conference presentations. JEM will also be presenting six free subscriptions for 2000 to the authors of the selected papers. More information is available on the conference web site. Presentation authors are reminded that final papers are due on 30 September 1999 to ensure that they will be included in the conference materials and that they will be eligible for selection for publication in the Journal of Educational Media. InfoDev (Information for Development), the World Bank's grant programme for the innovative use of communication and information technology, has joined the Caribbean Development Bank as a major financial supporter of the conference. If you have not yet registered for the conference, please consider this a gentle reminder. Exhibit space is also still available. Details and procedures are available on the conference web site. Conference web site: http://www.col.org/tel99 <http://www.col.org/tel99> E-mail: tel99@col.org <mailto:tel99@col.org> Dave Wilson The Commonwealth of Learning Vancouver ---------------------------------- Send mail for the 'huridocs-tech' list to 'huridocs-tech@hrea.org'. Mail administrative requests to 'majordomo@hrea.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: 'owner-huridocs-tech@hrea.org'. Archives of previous messages posted to the list can be found at: http://www.human-rights.net/huridocs-tech.
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