PAN DORA : Pan Asia Network Distance and Open Resource Access

1)	Accessibility, Acceptance and Effects of DLT in South Asia

2)	The Viability of Mobile SMS Technologies for Non-formal DL in Asia

3)	Evaluation and Adaptation of Open Source Software for DL in Asia

4)	Distance-based Teacher Education in Bhutan

5)	Instructional Design Training for ICT-based DL in Asia

6)	A Repository of Reusable Learning Objects for DL in Asia

7)	E-assessment Methods and Models for Student Evaluation in Asia

8)	Best practices in DL Technology for Capacity Building in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam

9)	Evaluation of DL Practices for Policy Recommendations in China and Mongolia

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Virtual University of Pakistan
M.A. Jinnah Campus
Defence Road,
Lahore, Pakistan

A) Published reports (click on to download):

Go to top | B) Slideshows: project results | C) Distance Education Guidebook | D) Early papers

Key	ICT4D (2006)	Information and Communication Technology for Social Development (ed. J. Baggaley). Jakarta: ASEAN Foundation.
	DE (2007)	Distance Education 28, vol. 2. Melbourne: Taylor & Francis.
	GK3 (2007)	Recordings: 15 PANdora audio-conferences at 3rd Global Knowledge conference (GK3). Kuala Lumpur, December.
	DET Asia (2009)	Distance Education Technology in Asia (eds. J. Baggaley & T. Belawati). New Delhi: Sage India (in press).
	DE Guidebook (2009)	Distance Education in Asia: the PANdora guidebook (eds. T. Belawati & J. Baggaley). New Delhi: Sage India (in press).
Publication	ICT4D (2006)	DE vol 28(2) (2007)	DET Asia (2007)	GK3 videos (2007)	DET Asia (2009)
Format	.pdf	(contact author)	.pdf	.wmv	.pdf
Full m/s	(700 kb.)		Updated in DET Asia (2009)		Full m/s
General					Intro+Refs
Project/1				(22 mb.)	Chap/1 Chap/2
Project/2	(150 kb.)			(23 mb.)	Chap/10
Project/3	(160 kb.)			(21 mb.)	Chap/8
Project/4				(17 mb.)	Chap/3
Project/5	(106 kb.)			(22mb.)	Chap/11
Project/6				(10 mb.)	Chap/9
Project/7				(17 mb.)	Chap/12
Project/8	(145 kb.)			(18 mb.)	Chap/7
Project/9				(21 mb.)	Chap/4 Chap/5 Chap/6
Other	(145 kb.)	Building ODL collaborative research			PANdora leaders
	(110 kb.)	Evaluation needs of medical DE			Mongolia team
	(170 kb.)	Innovative ICTs in the ASEAN region			Prof. Librero
			DET: an Asian perspective		Prof. Baggaley
			Online medical diagnosis		Mongolia team
			ICT-enabled DE in communities		Philippines team
			PANdora collaborative model		PANdora leaders
	International ODL collaboration (Health Sciences University of Mongolia; Athabasca University)			(30 mb.)	Pres. Lkhagvasuren Pres.Pannekoek
	The Inaccessible World-Wide Web			(16 mb.)	Prof. Baggaley B. Batpurev
	Mixed-media DE delivery in Asia			(19 mb.)	Bhutan; Mongolia Pakistan
	*SUMMARY: the PANdora model* (audio only)			(7 mb.)	PANdora leaders

B) Slideshows: project results (click on , then on S1 to S8 to view slides):

Go to top | A) Published Reports | C) Distance Education Guidebook | D) Early papers

Project/1	Project/2	Project/3	Project/4	Project/5
Project/6	Project/7	Project/8	Project/9

C) Distance Education Guidebook (click on to download):

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Full m/s (.pdf)	The PANdora Distance Education Guidebook (2008) (eds. T. Belawati & J. Baggaley). Lahore: VUP (1st edition)	Download
A) About the Guidebook	Index \| Foreword \| Online literature
B) Open and Distance Learning	Conceptual origins
	Financial management
	Associations and partnerships
C) Evaluation and Assessment	Cost-effectiveness
	Quality assurance and 'best practices'
	Student assessment
	E-Assessment
	Conducting and reporting evaluation studies
D) Media production	History of DE media usage
	Print and audio production
	TV and video production
	LMS materials
	SMS materials
E) DE implementation	Accessibility and selection of DE media
	Adult learning and instructional design
	Course materials development models
	Gender and outcome mapping
F) DE and ODL examples	China Central Radio & TV Universities
	Korea National Open University
	Sukothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU), Thailand
	Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
	Virtual University of Pakistan
	Wawasan Open University

D) Early papers (2003-07)

Go to top | A) Published Reports | B) Slideshows: project results | C) Distance Education Guidebook

RAMOS, A., LIBRERO, F., TRINONA, J. & RANGA, A. (2007) Using a Ubiquitous Technology for m-Learning in Asia: Project MIND in the Philippines. 2nd International Conference on e-Learning, New York City (.pdf download).

BAGGALEY, J., BATPUREV, B. & KLAAS, J. (2007) The World-Wide Inaccessible Web. International Review of research in Open & Distance Learning 8(2). Part 1: Browsing, and Part 2: Internet routes.

BELAWATI, T. & ZUHAIR, A. (2007) The Practice of a Quality Assurance System in Open and Distance Learning: a case study at Universitas Terbuka Indonesia (The Indonesia Open University). International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 8 (1). Available online at: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/340/774

BELAWATI, T. (2006) Financial Management System in Open and Distance Learning: an example at Universitas Terbuka. Educom Asia 12 (1). Available online at: http://www.cemca.org/newsletter/sept2006/sept2006.pdf

November 18-23, 2005: New Delhi. Open & Distance Education in Global Environment: opportunities for collaboration. International Council for Open & Distance Education:

SANGI, N. Engineering Quality Learning through ICT: an AIOU Model for Online Education and Research (.pdf download).

November 9-11, 2005: Adelaide, Australia. Breaking down boundaries: the international experience in open, distance and flexible education. Annual Conference of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia:

BAGGALEY, J., BELAWATI, T., & MALIK, N. Building Collaborative ODL Research: the PANdora project (.pdf download).

September 15-17, 2005: Jakarta, Indonesia. Building Knowledge-based Society through Open and Distance learning. 19th Annual conference of the Association of Asian Open Universities:

LIBRERO, F. Keynote Address: Some External Factors of Learning in a Knowledge-based Society (.pdf download).
BATPUREV, B. Evaluation and Adaptation of Open Source software for Distance Learning in Asia (.pdf download).
HARDHONO, A.P., BELAWATI, T., SULPHIPHAT, S., & PUSIRI, T. The Roles of a Repository of Digital Learning Objects in Building a Knowledge-Based Society (.pdf download).
MALIK, N., BELAWATI, T., & BAGGALEY, J. Framework of Collaborative Research and Development on Distance Learning Technology for Asia (.pdf download).
PANDA, S., LIBRERO, F., & BATPUREV, B. A Platform for Virtual Research and Research Training for Asia (.pdf download).
RAMOS, A. The Viability of Mobile SMS Technologies For Non-Formal Distance Learning In Asia (.pdf download).

ENGLISH FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES FOUNDATION (2005) Introducing Internet Based Distance Education in Mongolia. IDRC Project Report #004458. ESPF: Ulaanbaatar. (.pdf download)

BAGGALEY, J.P. & NG, M. (2005) PANdora�s Box: distance learning technologies in Asia. Learning Media & Technology 30, 1, pp. 7-16.

BELAWATI, T. (2005) The Impact of Online Tutorials on Course Competition Rates and Student Achievement. Learning Media & Technology 1, 1 (in press)

BAGGALEY, J.P. (2004) M-learning how to M-teach. DIVERSE News (November 2004). Available online at: http://www.diverse-video.net

SIM, G. MALIK, N. and HOLIFIELD, P. (2004) Establishing a Virtual University: A Pakistan Case Study. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Lugano, pp. 5160-5165.

SIM, G., MALIK, N. and HOLIFIELD, P. (2003) Strategies for Large-Scale Assessment: an institutional analysis of research and practice in a virtual university. 7th International Computer Assisted Assessment Conference, Loughborough, pp. 379-387.
Available online at: http://s-d.lboro.ac.uk/caanew/pastConferences/2003/procedings/sim.pdf

Go to top | A) Published Reports | B) Slideshows: project results | C) Distance Education Guidebook | D) Early papers