Visiting scholars

DEHub - Southern Skies Distance Education Academic Exchange

The DEHub visit took place in May 2010, and included the following visitors from Brazil and Argentina, as well as guests from the University of New England:

Professor Fredric Litto, President of the Brazilian Association for Distance Education, Executive Committee IDCE and Formerly University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Dr Stavros P. Xanthopoylos, Executive Director of the Online and Distance Education Centre at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil
Marta Mena - ICDE Latin America Network and University of Morón, Argentina
Associate Professor Sara Perez - National University of Quilmes, Argentina
Dr Carina Bossu - University of New England
Alan Wylie - University of New England

The visit is funded through the COALAR Grant for the purpose of exchanging best practices in distance education and to facilitate the international networking of researchers engaged in work around distance education practices.

Professor Jim Taylor and Dr Shirley Reushle welcome the DEHub guests

Dr Carina Bossu heads the DEHub visiting roadshow

Sue Craig (Deputy Director DAIS) with Professor Fredric Litto

DEHub visitors, including Associate Professor Sara Perez (first on the left), Marta Mena (third from the left), Alan Wylie (fourth from left), Professor Fredric Litto (fourth from right), Dr Carina Bossu (third from right), and Dr Stavros Xanthopoylos (second from right)

Visual resources

Watch the presentation* (1 hr, 49 mins)

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