Central Asian Seminar on Distance Education

Within the framework of the Development of New Markets for Telematic Products in Central Asia (DENEMA) project co-ordinated by the European Commission and UNESCO

Bishkek, 25-26 May 1998

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

    Sunday, 24 May 1998

Arrival of participants.

    Monday, 25 May 1998

09:00 Participants registration, Kyrgyz State University, 2nd floor
09:30-13:00 Opening session
Ms. M. Akaeva, President, International MEERIM Foundation
Mr. A. Bekbalaev, Rector of the Kyrgyz State National University
Mr. Jacques Babot, Principal administrator at the European Commission, Representative of the European Union
Ms. D. Ziyasheva, the DENEMA Project Co-ordinator, UNESCO
Ms. K. Kotoyants, the DENEMA Project Manager, Vice-President, Kazakhstan Telecommunications
Representative of the Minister of Education, Science and Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic
Panel 1 "The European Commission and UNESCO projects in the area of distance education". (role of the European Commission and UNESCO in the development of the global concept of distance education.)
Chairpersons: Mr. Jacques Babot, Prof. Valery L. Kim
10 years of European research for distance education; new perspectives for the 21st century, Mr. Jacques Babot, Representative of the European Union
Role of UNESCO in the development of distance education, Ms D. Ziyasheva, Division of Communication, Information and Informatics, UNESCO
The UNESCO Almaty Office projects in the area of distance education in the region, Mr. M. Hadlow, Regional Communication Advisor, UNESCO; Mr. S. Karpov, Telematics Specialist, Almaty UNESCO Office
The Turkmen National Commission for UNESCO's activities in the development of information technologies for education, Ms. I. Solovyova, Information Technologies Department, Turkmen National Commission for UNESCO (Turkmenistan)
Open debates.
The Organizational Committee briefing on the Seminar time-table.
13:00-14:00 Lunch

 

Organization of work: The Seminar comprises four consecutive panels. All the speakers are invited to deliver not more than 25-minute contribution (including translation)

 
Panel 2 "State policies in the area of distance education in the Central Asian countries".
Chairpersons: Prof. U. Brimkulov, Prof. S. Abdymanapov
15:45-18:00 Development of the concept of distance education in Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Valery L. Kim, Vice-Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Kyrgyzstan
An informatics system for distance education management in Kyrgyzstan, Mr. U. Brimkulov, Kyrgyz Technical University (Kyrgyz Republic)
The problems of distance education in Kyrgyz regional universities, Mr. M. Jhamankulov, Mr. T. Siyaev, Naryn State University (Kyrgyz Republic)
Current situation of and prospects for the informatization of distance education in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr. E. Balaphanov, Mr. A. Merekenov, Scientific & methodical Center of New Technologies for Education (Republic of Kazakhstan)
The concept and development of distance education in the Central Kazakhstan region, Mr. S. Abdymanapov, Karaganda University, International Academy of Informatisation (Republic of Kazakhstan)
The problems of distance education in the framework of education staff training in Uzbekistan, Mr. A. Bakhramov, Informatics Department, Institute of Professional Training for Education staff (The Republic of Uzbekistan)
The reforms of the educational system in Republic of Tajikistan, Ms D. Gulbekova, State Department of secondary schools, non-educational institutions and primary schools (Republic of Tajikistan)
Use of information technologies in the field of higher education in Turkmenistan, Mr. R. Makhmudov, The Computer Center, Turkmen Politechnical University (Turkmenistan)
Open debates
Coffee break
The organizational, methodical and economical aspects of distance education, Mr. Evgueny V. Malishevsky, Institute of Energy and Communication, Almaty (Republic of Kazakhstan)
Management and preparation of technical support for students in the framework of the distance education system, Mr. Z. Kholmakhmadov, The Regional Bank Training Center (The Republic of Uzbekistan)
The possibilities for implementation of distance education in the Republic of Tajikistan, Mr. S. Kholnazarov, Department of Education of the Khatlon region (Republic of Tajikistan)
18:45 Dinner

    Tuesday, 26 May 1998

Panel 3 "Framework, methods and use of information technologies in the development of on-line education". (Distance education infrastructure development; Computer-based learning programmes, electronic textbooks and libraries; Web pages on the Internet, design of remote access to educational data bases; Use of advanced telematics applications, videoconferences, Internet, TV, radio, audio and video materials, voice communication, published products; The technologies for creation of multimedia products on CD-ROM, audioproducts on CD-disks and magnetic drives, digital tele and video products on magnetic drives; The design of distance education and computer technologies)
Chairpersons: Dr. V. Jhivoglyadov, Dr. D. Herrera
09:00-13:00 Use of satellites in distance education, Dr. Mark Ketels, EuroPACE-2000 project Manager (United Kingdom)
Training in Telematics Innovation Transfer, Flexible and Distance Learning, Knowledge Broker; distance education issues in the TEN-Telecom project, Mr. Peter Bates, pjb Advice, Research & Development (United Kingdom)
The TOPILOT Model: Out of time, out of distance, Dr. Kasper Peters, Executive Manager, TM project (Belgium)
Virtual training centers as one of the applications on information highways, Mr. Jaime Herrera, International Telecommunications Union (Switzerland)

Development of the framework for distance education in Central Asia

The possibilities of satellite digital television in the development of distance education in Central Asia, Ms K. Kotoyants, Vice-President, Kazakhstan Telecommunications Co. (Republic of Kazakhstan)
Reformation of the telecommunications system in Kyrgyz Republic and distance education development, Mr. A. Dudin, Director, ElCat (The Kyrgyz Republic)
The conditions for use of distance education in the Republic of Tajikistan, Mr. S Nabiyev, The Tajik Technical University (Republic of Tajikistan)
Innovations in the education system: new education technologies in distance education in Uzbekistan, Dr. A. Pardaev, USTOZ Republican Foundation, Uzbekistan (The Republic of Uzbekistan)
Use of the Internet in journalist's training, Mr. V. Mukhammedov, Physics and Mathematics Research Center, Turkmen State University (Turkmenistan)
The UNIQTEST system of unique computer tests in distance education, Mr. Pavel S. Pankov, National Academy of Sciences (Kyrgyz Republic)
The LinguaUni project and prospects for use of distance education in research on interlinguistic and cross-cultural communications in Central Asia, Mr. V. Shapovalov, Institute of the International Educational Programmes Integration, KyrGU, UNESCO Chair on Cross-cultural Communications of the Moscow State Linguistic University (Russian Federation)
13:30-14:30 Lunch
Panel 4 "The Kygyzstan experience in the development of distance education".
14:30-17:00 Developing Internet/Intranet-based system for on-line learning and "Kyrgyzstan on-line": a relevant information and search system on the Internet (characteristics and possibilities of application in distance education), Mr. V. Jhivoglyadov, Ms S. Yampolskaya, Mr. V. Kuznetzov, Institute of International Education Programmes Integration, KyrGNU (The Kyrgyz Republic)
Electronic textbooks in distance education, Mr. Valentin F. Babak, The Kyrgyz Technical University (The Kyrgyz Republic)
On an approach to the building of dialogue teaching systems, Mr. Beyshenbek T. Ukuev, Kyrgyz State University of Building, Transport and Architecture (Kyrgyz Republic)
The on-line mathematics test on computer networks, Ms G. Pankova, Institute of International Education Programmes Integration, KyrGNU (Kyrgyz Republic)
Technical aspects of distance education, Prof. F. Baibulatov, Institute of International Education Programmes Integration, KyrGNU (Kyrgyz Republic)
The prospects of learning as one of the conditions for distance education (the US and Kyrgyzstan experience), Mr. U. Dushembiev, The Institute of Integration of International Educational Progammes, Kyrgyz State National University (Kyrgyz Republic)
17:00-18:45 Demonstration of telematics applications
18:45 Dinner