In this Section, we are pleased to present news of forthcoming conferences which may be of interest to our readers. If you wish to have a link put here, please ask one of the Editors. Some conferences are held annually, and a hypertext link to the host organisation may be found in our Asian Links.
PCF6 2010 : Pan Commonwealth Forum Conference
Date and place : 24-28, November 2010, KOCHI, INDIA
Venue: Le - Meridian, Cochin Resorts & Convention Centre
Theme of conference: Access and Success in Learning: Global Deveopmental Perspectives
Sub-Theams:
a) Social Justice,
b) Community Development,
c) Skill Deveopment and
d) Formal Education
Last date to send Abstracts: 29-02-2010.
Acceptance of Abstracts: 15.04.2010
Last date to receive Full Papers: 31-0702010
URL of the conference: http://www.pcf6.net
Conference Fees:US$600
For early birds: (31-08-2010) US$450
Daily Fees: US$200
Host: Indira Gandhi National Open University
AAOU 2010 : 24th Asian Association of Open Universities annual conference, hosted by Hanoi Open University, Vietnam.
Indira Gandhi National Open
University
Regional Services Division
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi – 110 068,
India
Email
<rsd@ignou.ac.in>
International Conference on
Enrolment, Retention and Success Rate of Learners in ODL
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in its Silver
Jubilee Year (2009 - 10) is organizing an International Conference of the
functionaries of IGNOU Learner Support Centres in
India,
Partner Institutions of IGNOU outside
India,
StateOpenUniversities,
OpenUniversities
of SAARC countries and the corporate learning bodies.
Theme of the Conference
Enrolment, Retention and
Success Rate of Learners in Open and Distance Learning
Sub Themes
Measures to
enhance GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio) - The roles of different functionaries
in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in enhancing GER,
Defining
dropouts in the context of ODL,
Dropout rate,
causes for dropout and measures to retain students on roll,
Success rate in
terms of pass out, employability, social acceptability and institutional
credibility.
Date: May 07, 08 & 09, 2010
Venue: The Convention Centre, Indira Gandhi National Open University,Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi
The International Conference will be available on line for realtime interaction as well at 50 Regional Centres of the University in
India.
