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

From 2005 - 2008, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is funding a major series of distance learning studies in its Asian region. Nine collaborative projects are being conducted by teams in 12 countries of the Pan Asia Networking (PAN) region. The Project Coordinator is Dr. Naveed Malik (Rector: Virtual University of Pakistan), responsible for overall coordination and administration of the nine simultaneous sub-projects. The Deputy Coordinator is Dr. Tian Belawati (Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs: Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia). The 'PAN-dora' web site provides a focal point for information about the projects, and for online collaboration among the project teams.

The goal of the PAN projects is to develop practices and policies enhancing the use of distance learning technologies (DLT) in Asia. A model for the projects is the myth of Pandora's Box.

In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman. A beautiful box was given to her, with instructions that she should never look inside it. Consumed by curiosity, Pandora opened the box and released all the cares and problems of the world. At the bottom of the box she found Hope, and the promise that through ingenuity and hard work the world can become a better place.

[Image: Pandora, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1869]