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ICICTE 2003
KEYNOTE
The Growth of
Global Virtual Universities and Their Impact on National
Universities
Dr Paul Babich
Professor and Director of Special Projects, UK eUniversities
Worldwide Limited, United Kingdom
In his role as
Director of Special Projects, Professor Babich is responsible
for a number of areas including research, evaluation, and
comparative analysis of the service and IT system in terms of
other offerings around the world. He has particular interests in
cost effectiveness of e-learning, critical success factors for
virtual universities, and comparative analysis of Managed
Learning Environments. Formerly he was at Sheffield Hallam
University where he was Professor of Telematics and Head of
Department of Multimedia and Networks within the School of
Computing and Management Sciences. Prior to this, he had been
for many years at the British Open University, working as a
project manager in several academic and support departments,
ending up as Assistant Director of the Knowledge Media
Institute. He has been a Research Fellow at the Mathematical
Institute, Oxford and a project manager in ICL (now Fujitsu). He
is active in several UK e-learning bodies such as the
Association for Learning Technology and the Joint Information
Systems Committee.
The Revolution
is Over! So Who Won?
Dr Craig
Blurton
Head, IT & Teaching Group, Centre for the Advancement
of University Teaching (CAUT), University of Hong Kong, China
At the CAUT of
the University of Hong Kong, Dr. Blurton is responsible for
helping develop policy and participating in strategic planning
initiatives focused on information technologies in education,
identifying and working with promising academic staff
initiatives in multimedia production, conducting research into
the effective uses of instructional technologies, and promoting
the use of IT at the University. He is Deputy Chair of the HKU
Academic Council
for Information Technology in Education, and Partnership Manager
for the HKU/IBM ThinkPad computer program. Prior to coming to
HKU, Dr Blurton was Associate Director of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Classroom of the Future in
the United States, NASAs premier research and development
laboratory for educational technologies.
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