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General Information

This major conference will explore global issues in distance and distributed learning, with a special emphasis on human capacity development issues of concern to Pacific Rim universities. Up to four sub-themes are anticipated, and the following suggestions have been canvassed as possibilities:

• Quality issues in distributed and distance learning;
• Infrastructure for e-learning environments;
• Globalisation;
• Cultural, technological and regulatory issues;
• Educational frameworks for distributed and distance learning;
• Partnerships and collaborations in distributed or distance learning: works-in-progress;
• Students' perspectives on distance learning and the internet, and
• Technology-enabled collaborations in higher education and in K-12, as well as among the two sectors.

Co-sponsored by the Australian National University, the University of Sydney, the University of Southern California, Lucent Technologies Foundation and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), this conference will bring together leading distance learning experts from academia, business and government from around the world. A primary objective is to foster new international distance learning projects and partnerships around the Pacific Rim.