Objectives/Schedule
GUIDE Association, with the purpose of promoting and sharing experiences and existing resources in the field of Information and Communication Technology at a global level, organizes for its members a series of thematic workshops, specially focused on the analysis of the difficulties met by every single institution belonging to a specific geographic area.
The “area” sessions, focused on the analysis of the difficulties met by every single institution belonging to a specific geographic area, include Conferences, Thematic Workshops, Seminaries and discussion Forums, which enable a permanent communication system and a continuous professional interaction between members.
The meetings aim at encouraging a cooperation between the joining universities for the creation of sharing networks and linked development programs. The Association members have the opportunity to compare the research results achieved in the fields of methodologies and applications for distance learning, e-communication and networked university.
The initiatives, promoted in the different geographic areas, intend to support a constant exchange between members, through the schedule of activities that value the cultural differences of each single component in the methodological approach to research and in the adoption of flexible learning models.
The basic themes of the “area” sessions will be further discussed on the Plenary sessions, important moments for the Institutions Representatives define common intervention fields in order to carry out “good practice” and “quality standard” in view of a Quality Assessment and Certification of trans-national education system.
Activities schedule
21 March 2007 Thematic Workshop European Area - Tischner European University - Krakow
25 – 26 November 2007 Thematic Workshop African and Middle Eastern Area – Dubai International Convention Centre - Dubai
15- 16 May 2008 International Workshop Rome 2008 - Università Telematica “Guglielmo Marconi” – Rome
GUIDE Association Operative Office
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00193 Roma (Italy)
Tel: +39 06 377 25 500/516/527
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Email: infoguide@unimarconi.it