Symposium on Open Source and Open Course for E-Learning

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This APEC Symposium took place in Hanoi, Viet Nam in 2006. E-learning most often means an approach to facilitate and enhance learning by means of personal computers, CD-ROMs, and the Internet. Open Source software can be freely adapted by any organisation or individual to explore a new idea about learning or technology, or to change the behaviours of software to address their own learners' particular needs. This Symposium had four explicit goals, as stated in the Summary Report:

To inform the different beneficiary groups on the possibilities and advantages of Open Source and Open Course for E-learning with regard to good governance.
To introduce the philosophy of Open Source and Open Course to all target groups and illustrate why it should be used instead of proprietary software and content in general and more specifically in the field of E-learning.
To bring together the national government, the administration and universities with the software architects and thus promote the implementation of tailor-made Open Source and Open Course solutions for E-learning.
To promote the formation of an Open Source and Open Course for E-learning community and thus foster the diffusion, the further development, and the use of Open Source and Open Course for E-learning.

The presentations delivered at the Symposium are found below.

Title	Presenting Economy	Description
Agenda		Agenda for the Symposium on Open Source and Open Course for E-Learning, held at Hanoi, Viet Nam from 4-6 December 2006.
Summary Report for APEC Symposium on Open Source and Open Course for E-Learning		Summary report that describes the general findings and presentations at the Symposium, held 4-6 December 2006 in Hanoi, Viet Nam.
The Promise of Open Educational Resources	United States	Presentation by the William and Flora Hewitt Foundation on the current and future state of open educational resources, including those in the public and private sectors.
Recent Trends in Applying E-Learning to Educational Organizations and Business Organizations	Japan	Reviews current status of E-Learning techniques as well as obstacles to their application and potential solutions.
Connexions - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities through Open Educational Resources	United States	Discusses new techniques to connect people across distances of space, time, and content through the tools of technology and IP, and discusses initiatives for the future. Visit the Connexions website
Human Capital Investment, Innovation, and Globalisation: Establishing Governmental Agenda for e-Learning Development in Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	Discusses the Taiwanese project, begun in 2002, to establish an e-learning program, enhance Taiwan's international status, and promote social welfare.
Open Sharing: Visions, Actions, and Sustainability - Perspectives from China	China	Discusses status of action on open sharing from around the globe and specifically in China, with visions for the future.
Strategy for Sharing Educational Resources in E-Learning	Thailand	Discusses the wide range of quality among Thailand's universities and promotes the Thailand Cyber University as a remedy, through its sharing of content and course materials.
Open Source and E-Learning - Considerations of Strategies, Policies, and Standards	Singapore	Presentation by the Business Software Alliance that discusses software models and open source strategies and their implications for application.
Can e-Learning Equal e-Inspiration?	Australia	Discusses some of the issues involved with creating e-learning programs that are also inspirational and personalized.
Knowledge Management and e-Learning	Japan	Discusses some theories and practices of knowledge management and how new technologies such as open source and e-learning can enhance this field.
Design of Mobile Learning Applications: A pedagogical approach	Thailand	Discusses the best pedagogical practices and design guidelines involved with Mobile Learning, or learning delivered through the use of mobile technologies.
Affordable PC with Puppy Linux and VIA PC-1	Philippines	Discusses the cutting-edge movement to bring together software developers and affordable computing equipment to expand the scope of education.
Toward a Semantic Proposal for Open Education in e-University	Viet Nam	Introduces a knowledge-based approach to effective interoperability in the innovative educational tools of e-Universities. This approach promotes Semantic Web technology as a core of an information portal that can integrate different types of resources.
National Research-Education Network TEIN2-VN/VINAREN and Applications	Viet Nam	Introduces a project from the Trans-Eurasia Information Network, its focuses, and the various applications.
ICT in Education Intel	Viet Nam	Discusses challenges in education and solutions possible through information and communication technologies available.
OSS and E-Learning in the Computerization of State Administration Management	Viet Nam	Describes project in Viet Nam to utilize open source and open course solutions to implement digital administration throughout the economy.
Open Courseware: Experience from Chulalongkorn University's Collaboration with MIT	Thailand	Discusses the collaborative project between these two universities to enable societies to learn and share knowledge more efficiently.
Supporting Educational Development in Viet Nam through ICT	Viet Nam	Discusses the initiative to develop continuing education and teacher training through ICT.
Open Source and Open Course for E-Learning on Basic Education	Peru	Discusses the Huascaran Project to improve the basic education system in Peru and to strengthen institutional administration.
Crystal-CAB Network Experience: Use of Open Source Possibilities for Capacity Building	Peru	Discusses CRYSTAL-CAB network of Andean nations and their use of open source and e-learning technologies to facilitate sharing of knowledge, training, and meetings.
Networking of Spatial Approach For Education Planning	Indonesia	Discusses new challenges to economies of national integrity and possible solutions for knowledge sharing and management through e-learning.
Open Sources in the Tax Administration	Peru	Considers the benefits of using open source technologies for the tax administration system in Peru and several examples of such technologies.
Open Source Software in Education: An Experience from Francophonie Institute of Computer Science	Viet Nam	Discusses different open source software tested and used by the Francophonie Institute and open source applications in various facets of administration and education.
DSD E-Learning	Thailand	Discusses the Department of Skill Development of Thailand and its usage of e-learning to impart computer based training (CBT).