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Development Gateway
by vimal kumar 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

Dear Friends, Development Gateway is a collaborative web portal offering development content and tools to promote the exchange of knowledge.The portal offers access to development information and resources , a directory of development projects and activities. They also maintain an email alert service for users. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. Development Gateway is a collaborative http://www.developmentgateway.org/ web portal offering development content and tools to promote the exchange of knowledge.The portal offers access to development information and resources http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ , a directory of development projects and activities. They also maintain an email alert service for users. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in Access over 1 million songs - http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.c… Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

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OA bridging the North-South divide
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

>From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News OA bridging the North-South divide Marlon, Domingus, Research Unleashed? A presentation at the CODESRIA-ASC Conference Series 2006: Electronic Publishing and Dissemination (Leiden, September 7, 2006). (Thanks to Stevan Harnad.) Excerpt: The international open access movement has reached a new level. In open access stage 1 we see a focus on technical issues related to open access and on gaining content for repositories. The words open access are important drivers in this stage. In stage 1, as Alma Swan [2006] points out, we see new technologies applied to existing processes (i.e. more of the same, faster and cheaper). In stage 2 new technologies are integrated into existing processes (i.e. improve existing systems).[Swan, 2006] In stage 2 we see a focus on services based on repositories and the words open access have become less effective. Stage 2, I claim, is all about supporting scholarly communication and using technical infrastructure to be more efficient.... Connecting Africa is a hub for the Africanist community around the world. The open access available publications it provides access to are downloaded dosens of times a month individually. As such it is to be expected to facilitate scholarly communication in African Studies and, to my mind, is an example of open access stage 2. The South- North divide as seen in the case of SciELO indicates that open access indeed does have an impact on usage of and citations to the oa publications. Also in the North-South perspective the same effects are to be found. Based on these examples one could hold that open access is a means to bridging the divide between North and South. It needs allies like Google and key research tools that make publications visible and available. Whether visibility and availability will diminish the Matthew effect remains to be seen. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Deadline for Registration in IASLIC Workshop on DSpace
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Deadline for Registration : November 15, 2006 (Extended upto November 20, 2006) Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres(IASLIC) Workshop on Open Source Movement and the Use of DSpace Software during November 28 - December 01, 2006 Objectives of the Workshop : 1. To provide background knowledge of the digital library and its related concepts. 2. To offer hands on experience on Linux . 3. To offer hands on experience in using Dspace Software. Areas to be covered in the Workshop: Open Source Movement, Digital Libraries: Current Scenario, Different Digital Library software and comparative study, Overview of Linux, Overview and Installation of DSpace, DSpace Users: Anonymous, Members & Authors, Lucene Search Engine, DSpace Administration, Dublin Core and OAI-PMH, Persistent Handles, DSpace Customization, Unicode and Indian Languages Laboratory Facilities The workshop lectures will be followed by demonstration and hands-on practices as far as practicable. An attractive Lab facilities (with one computer for two participants) will be made available for practice to the participants. Resource persons Prof A R D Prasad and Dr Devika P Madalli, Documentation Research and Training Centre (ISI), and also from other Institutions. Target Participants: Library and Information Science professionals with working knowledge of Information Technology. The Workshop is confined to a limited number of participants and will be filled strictly on first come first served basis. Only a few seats are available now. Venue at Kolkata National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India), B T Road, Bonhooghly, Kolkata- 700 090. Registration Fees Rs. 4000/- only per participant. The DD/Cash payable in favour of "IASLIC, Kolkata", payable at Kolkata. The Registration Fee includes Workshop Kit (Workshop Volume, DSpace Software), Working Lunch and Tea. Last date of registration : November 15, 2006 (Extended upto November 20, 2006). For further details contact : Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Workshop Coordinator and Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700 054. email: panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, Mobile : +91 94342 43522 Ms Rupali Sen, Incharge, Library and Information Services, National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India), B T Road, Bonhooghly, Kolkata- 700 090. email: rupali_lot(a)yahoo.com, Mobile: +91 9330973458 Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, Ph (M) : +91 94342 43522. Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054 --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. Deadline for Registration : November 15, 2006 ( Extended upto November 20, 2006 ) Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres(IASLIC) Workshop on Open Source Movement and the Use of DSpace Software during November 28 - December 01, 2006 Objectives of the Workshop : 1. To provide background knowledge of the digital library and its related concepts. 2. To offer hands on experience on Linux . 3. To offer hands on experience in using Dspace Software. Areas to be covered in the Workshop: Open Source Movement, Digital Libraries: Current Scenario, Different Digital Library software and comparative study, Overview of Linux, Overview and Installation of DSpace, DSpace Users: Anonymous, Members & Authors, Lucene Search Engine, DSpace Administration, Dublin Core and OAI-PMH, Persistent Handles, DSpace Customization, Unicode and Indian Languages Laboratory Facilities The workshop lectures will be followed by demonstration and hands-on practices as far as practicable. An attractive Lab facilities (with one computer for two participants) will be made available for practice to the participants . Resource persons Prof A R D Prasad and Dr Devika P Madalli, Documentation Research and Training Centre (ISI), and also from other Institutions . Target Participants: Library and Information Science professionals with working knowledge of Information Technology. The Workshop is confined to a limited number of participants and will be filled strictly on first come first served basis. Only a few seats are available now. Venue at Kolkata National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India ), B T Road , Bonhooghly, Kolkata- 700 090. Registration Fees Rs. 4000/- only per participant. The DD/Cash payable in favour of "IASLIC, Kolkata", payable at Kolkata. The Registration Fee includes Workshop Kit (Workshop Volume, DSpace Software), Working Lunch and Tea. Last date of registration : November 15, 2006 (Extended upto November 20, 2006 ) . For further details contact : Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi , Workshop Coordinator and Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700 054. email: panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com , Mobile : +91 94342 43522 Ms Rupali Sen, Incharge , Library and Information Services, National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India ), B T Road , Bonhooghly, Kolkata- 700 090. email: rupali_lot(a)yahoo.com, Mobile : +91 9330973458 Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi , Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, Ph (M) : +91 94342 43522 . Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054 Access over 1 million songs - http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.c… Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

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Open Access publishing in physics gains momentum
by noufal palliparamban 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Hello As if inventing the World-Wide Web were not revolutionary enough, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is now on its way to unleashing a paradigm shift in the world of academic publishing. For the first time ever, an entire scientific field is exploring the possibility of converting its reader-paid journals into an author-paid Open Access format. The paradigm shift would involve moving from the traditional model of financing publications through reader subscriptions to free-for-readers publications financed by funding agencies via laboratories and the authors themselves. In addition to revolutionising the academic publishing world, Open Access could also have a great impact on research itself as researchers and funding agencies would see their opportunities broaden with the unlimited distribution of their publicly funded research results. The funding agencies have taken the lead in this project and are currently in the process of establishing a sponsoring consortium for Open Access publishing in particle physics, SCOAP3. It has already received expressions of support from many European countries, funding agencies, laboratories, the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) and both national and international library consortia. 'There is a wind of change blowing and with it the possibility to experiment with new models - in this CERN is perceived as the pioneer of a new publishing paradigm and the SCOAP initiative as a pilot project for future developments in scientific publishing,' said Peteris Zilgalvis, the Head of Unit of Ethics and Science at DG research of the European Commission. Publishers are also aligning themselves with the opportunities offered by Open Access publishing. Journals published by the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, Elsevier and Springer have already started to offer authors the possibility to make their articles freely available to readers. As for the publishing consortium of the European Physical Journal, it has lowered the price tag for an Open Access option and announced an author-friendly approach to copyright. At the same time, the publishers of the Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP) have stated that they are ready to embrace a sponsorship policy in which they would allow unrestricted access to their articles. Regarding the costs involved in such a policy, JHEP stated: 'we have managed to prove that the costs can be reduced whilst at the same time ensuring the highest rigour in peer review'. If successful, the Open Access format could represent a quantum leap for the High Energy Physics publishing landscape and the wider world of scientific research. For more information on CERN, please visit: http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html Category: Miscellaneous Data Source Provider: CERN Document Reference: Based on CERN press release Subject Index: Coordination, Cooperation Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Hello As if inventing the World-Wide Web were not revolutionary enough, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is now on its way to unleashing a paradigm shift in the world of academic publishing. For the first time ever, an entire scientific field is exploring the possibility of converting its reader-paid journals into an author-paid Open Access format. The paradigm shift would involve moving from the traditional model of financing publications through reader subscriptions to free-for-readers publications financed by funding agencies via laboratories and the authors themselves. In addition to revolutionising the academic publishing world, Open Access could also have a great impact on research itself as researchers and funding agencies would see their opportunities broaden with the unlimited distribution of their publicly funded research results. The funding agencies have taken the lead in this project and are currently in the process of establishing a sponsoring consortium for Open Access publishing in particle physics, SCOAP3. It has already received expressions of support from many European countries, funding agencies, laboratories, the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) and both national and international library consortia. 'There is a wind of change blowing and with it the possibility to experiment with new models - in this CERN is perceived as the pioneer of a new publishing paradigm and the SCOAP initiative as a pilot project for future developments in scientific publishing,' said Peteris Zilgalvis, the Head of Unit of Ethics and Science at DG research of the European Commission. Publishers are also aligning themselves with the opportunities offered by Open Access publishing. Journals published by the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, Elsevier and Springer have already started to offer authors the possibility to make their articles freely available to readers. As for the publishing consortium of the European Physical Journal, it has lowered the price tag for an Open Access option and announced an author-friendly approach to copyright. At the same time, the publishers of the Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP) have stated that they are ready to embrace a sponsorship policy in which they would allow unrestricted access to their articles. Regarding the costs involved in such a policy, JHEP stated: 'we have managed to prove that the costs can be reduced whilst at the same time ensuring the highest rigour in peer review'. If successful, the Open Access format could represent a quantum leap for the High Energy Physics publishing landscape and the wider world of scientific research. For more information on CERN, please visit: http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html Category: Miscellaneous Data Source Provider: CERN Document Reference: Based on CERN press release Subject Index: Coordination, Cooperation Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Google Wins First Round In Digital Library Dispute
by noufal palliparamban 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Dear friends, It is quite intresting news.... Please see the link http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_44126 Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Dear friends, It is quite intresting news.... Please see the link http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_44126 http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_44126 Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Library Week Celebrations
by Mukesh - Monitor 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Dear Professionals A Click a Day is just what is needed to give a book to a child. This can be a simple and noble way of celebrating Library Week. This small effort can be continued through the year thus helping the cause. Please go thru the details below: Visit The Literacy Site at http://www.theliteracysite.com daily and click the red "Fund Books for Kids" button. This quick, simple action helps give a book to a child in need--often it is the first book that is their own. There is no cost to you! Funding for the books is paid by site sponsors and goes to First Book, an award-winning nonprofit that uses all funding generated by The Literacy Site to provide free books to children from low-income families--books that they can take home and keep. The Literacy Site is new, and its success depends on the number of people who visit the site and click every day! Please click at The Literacy Site once a day and forward this email to friends and family. Together, we can give more books to children in need and help spark a life-long love of reading. Thank you! http://www.theliteracysite.com Pass it on please! - - Mukesh Anand http://monitorlinks.typepad.com Dear Professionals A Click a Day is just what is needed to give a book to a child. This can be a simple and noble way of celebrating Library Week. This small effort can be continued through the year thus helping the cause. Please go thru the details below: Visit The Literacy Site at http://www.theliteracysite.com http://www.theliteracysite.com daily and click the red "Fund Books for Kids" button. This quick, simple action helps give a book to a child in need--often it is the first book that is their own. There is no cost to you! Funding for the books is paid by site sponsors and goes to First Book, an award-winning nonprofit that uses all funding generated by The Literacy Site to provide free books to children from low-income families--books that they can take home and keep. The Literacy Site is new, and its success depends on the number of people who visit the site and click every day! Please click at The Literacy Site once a day and forward this email to friends and family. Together, we can give more books to children in need and help spark a life-long love of reading. Thank you! http://www.theliteracysite.com http://www.theliteracysite.com Pass it on please! - - Mukesh Anand http://monitorlinks.typepad.com http://monitorlinks.typepad.com http://www.monitorinfo.com

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document request
by Murari 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

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Mr.P.Kalyana Sundram , The Founder of "PAALAM" Biography book reased - New book - Must Read book
by Balabharathi Srinivasan 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Dear Friends, Mr.P.Kalaya Sundram, The Founder of Paalam and Retried Librarian -Biography (Tamil Language) new book by S.Jayaraman is published by Jayageetha publication, Trichy .The Cost of book is Rs.70/- Please contact the below address for purchase the book Mr.S.Jayaraman 23, 3rd Cross East Geetha Nagar, Vayallur Road, Trichy 17 About Mr. P.Kalaya Sundram Palam P.Kalyanasundaram- completed a course in library sciences from Madras University and joined the Arulmigu Kumaragurubar Arts College at Srivaikuntam in Thuttukudi district, as a librarian in 1963 and retired in 1998. Awards: He has won the Best Librarian Award in 1995 from the Goa University.. In 1999 the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England, gave him the Outstanding People of the 20th Century award for his philanthropic work. The American Biographical Institute elected him as the 2000 Man of the Year. Service to the society He has been sacrificing his entire life for the society. Over the last three decades Kalyanasundaram, has donated his life's savings of Rs 35 lakh to charity including all his retirement benefits. He now heads a facilitating organization called PALAM - that forms a bridge between donors and beneficiaries. He has donated money for medical aid, counselling centres, books, clothes, free food, funding for poor children, hostel for unwanted little girls, earthquake, flood and cyclone victims . His services to the poor is unending. Beneficiaries from his trust include organisations such as the Awai Ashram in Madurai, Amar Seva Sangham in Ayikudi and the Caussanel Foundation for Children and the Aged in Tirunelveli. Mr. Kalayanasundaram does not have a penny to his name. But he has a 225-year-old coin, presented to him by an industrialist Jamal Mohamed Yeesa, his family heirloom, for his philanthropy . The present value of the coin is $ 6.5 million and he will use it to establish the Children's University at Tirunelveli. Dr. Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister of India) Mr. Kalyana Sundram is a role model to the entire student community who want to acheive some milestone in their carrier. --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. Dear Friends, Mr.P.Kalaya Sundram, The Founder of Paalam and Retried Librarian -Biography (Tamil Language) new book by S.Jayaraman is published by Jayageetha publication, Trichy .The Cost of book is Rs.70/- Please contact the below address for purchase the book Mr.S.Jayaraman 23, 3rd Cross East Geetha Nagar, Vayallur Road, Trichy 17 About Mr. P.Kalaya Sundram Palam P.Kalyanasundaram - completed a course in library sciences from Madras University and joined the Arulmigu Kumaragurubar Arts College at Srivaikuntam in Thuttukudi district, as a librarian in 1963 and retired in 1998. Awards: He has won the Best Librarian Award in 1995 from the Goa University.. In 1999 the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England, gave him the Outstanding People of the 20th Century award for his philanthropic work. The American Biographical Institute elected him as the 2000 Man of the Year. Service to the society He has been sacrificing his entire life for the society. Over the last three decades Kalyanasundaram, has donated his life's savings of Rs 35 lakh to charity including all his retirement benefits. He now heads a facilitating organization called PALAM - that forms a bridge between donors and beneficiaries. He has donated money for medical aid, counselling centres, books, clothes, free food, funding for poor children, hostel for unwanted little girls, earthquake, flood and cyclone victims . His services to the poor is unending. Beneficiaries from his trust include organisations such as the Awai Ashram in Madurai, Amar Seva Sangham in Ayikudi and the Caussanel Foundation for Children and the Aged in Tirunelveli. Mr. Kalayanasundaram does not have a penny to his name. But he has a 225-year-old coin, presented to him by an industrialist Jamal Mohamed Yeesa, his family heirloom, for his philanthropy . The present value of the coin is $ 6.5 million and he will use it to establish the Children's University at Tirunelveli. Dr. Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister of India) Mr. Kalyana Sundram is a role model to the entire student community who want to acheive some milestone in their carrier. Everyone is raving about http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=45083/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

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BOOK FAIR
by S.F KATTIMANI 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Hi, One million titles, 280 Stalls, 90 languages and one book fair. Venue : Palace Ground, Bangalore Date and Time : November 10 to 19 from 11.00AM to 8.00PM Entry pass Rs 20/- Students Free -- S.F.KATTIMANI LIBRARIAN CITY ENGINEERING COLLEGE KANAKAPURA ROAD DODDAKALLASANDRA BANGALORE 560062 MOB: 9343556559 Hi, One million titles, 280 Stalls, 90 languages and one book fair. Venue : Palace Ground, Bangalore Date and Time : November 10 to 19 from 11.00AM to 8.00PM Entry pass Rs 20/- Students Free -- S.F.KATTIMANI LIBRARIAN CITY ENGINEERING COLLEGE KANAKAPURA ROAD DODDAKALLASANDRA BANGALORE 560062 MOB: 9343556559

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ADBI Distance Learning Course on "E-Learning Policies"
by Indira K. 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Dear All, E-learning Policies -- a free course from Asian Development Bank Institute. Hope you may find it useful for "learning content management" and "Information Literacy instructional modules" design and development. During the course, the benefits and issues of e-learning will be discussed. Relevant software, hardware, and courseware will be reviewed. The course will also introduce a learning content management system to monitor teaching-learning process. Participants will draft their own courseware development plan based on sound principles of instructional systems design. Course Duration: 16 October -- 12 January 2006 Target groups: Teachers and government officials in charge of e-learning, and other interested persons from civil society Prerequisites: access to a personal computer with multimedia functions (CD/DVD-ROM drive and sound card) and an Internet connection. Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, each participant will be able to a.. List key benefits and limits of e-learning programs, b.. Choose proper equipment and software suitable for e-learning, c.. Use learning content management system, d.. Draft a plan to develop a multimedia computer courseware, based on sound learning theories and instructional strategies, and e.. Evaluate commercially available computer courseware. For further details: http://www.adbi-dlc.org/elearning/elearning_activity.php http://www.adbi-dlc.org/elearning/contact.php Best regards, Indira Koneru BODY { BACKGROUND-POSITION: left top; MARGIN-TOP: 0em; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0em; MARGIN-LEFT: 4em; COLOR: #427d64; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-y; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffffd } P.msoNormal { BACKGROUND-POSITION: left top; MARGIN-TOP: 0em; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0em; MARGIN-LEFT: 4em; COLOR: #427d64; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-y; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffffd } LI.msoNormal { BACKGROUND-POSITION: left top; MARGIN-TOP: 0em; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0em; MARGIN-LEFT: 4em; COLOR: #427d64; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-y; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffffd } Dear All, E-learning Policies -- a free course from Asian Development Bank Institute. Hope you may find it useful for "learning content management" and "Information Literacy instructional modules" design and development. During the course, the benefits and issues of e-learning will be discussed. Relevant software, hardware, and courseware will be reviewed. The course will also introduce a learning content management system to monitor teaching-learning process. Participants will draft their own courseware development plan based on sound principles of instructional systems design. Course Duration: 16 October -- 12 January 2006 Target groups: Teachers and government officials in charge of e-learning, and other interested persons from civil society Prerequisites: access to a personal computer with multimedia functions (CD/DVD-ROM drive and sound card) and an Internet connection. Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, each participant will be able to List key benefits and limits of e-learning programs, Choose proper equipment and software suitable for e-learning, Use learning content management system, Draft a plan to develop a multimedia computer courseware, based on sound learning theories and instructional strategies, and Evaluate commercially available computer courseware. For further details: http://www.adbi-dlc.org/elearning/elearning_activity.php http://www.adbi-dlc.org/elearning/elearning_activity.php http://www.adbi-dlc.org/elearning/contact.php http://www.adbi-dlc.org/elearning/contact.php Best regards, Indira Koneru

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