Winnipeg / Durban / Labrador / Culture / Victoria / Moscow / New Delhi / Philadelphia / Vancouver / MICHAEL / Beijing / Melbourne / London / /
Company
Rural Agricultural Development Authority / Global Knowledge Partnership / Consultative Group / Caribbean Development Bank / Yahoo! / Dragon Systems Inc. / KPMG / The Open University of Hong Kong Press / Microsoft Corporation / Development Bank / Cable and Wireless / Knowledge Enterprise Inc. / SpeechWorks International Inc. / IBM / CHOGM 99 As / Educational Technology / O.C. / /
Continent
Africa / Asia / /
Country
Kenya / Guyana / United Kingdom / Mozambique / Malaysia / Belize / South Africa / Canada / Australia / Tanzania / India / Barbados / Zambia / Bangladesh / New Zealand / Dominica / Brunei / Jamaica / /
Currency
USD / GBP / CAD / / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / Person Travel / Employment Change / /
Facility
Memorial University of Newfoundland / University of Zambia / Lingnan University / International Extension College / Canadas Athabasca University / University of the Philippines Open University / Athabasca University / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Open University of Sri Lanka / University of Pennsylvania Graduate School / University of Namibia / Memorial University / Bangladesh Open University / Vancouver headquarters / The International Literacy Institute / Indira Gandhi National Open University / University of Technology / Building Knowledge Societies / / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
learning technologies / wireless connectivity / telecommunications industry monopolies / communications technologies / field-based video production equipment / technology-based community learning centres / online journal / telecommunications changes / telephone / telecommunications infrastructure / millennium wireless connectivity / recognition software / local network infrastructure / Voice recognition systems / particular technology / voice-mail systems / telecommunications infrastructure development / open learning systems / voice recognition technology / communication technologies / e-commerce transactions / voice recognition computer systems / voice recognition services / digital projection systems / potential applications / wireless connectivity hold / communications infrastructure / required computer processing power / telephones / open and competitive telecommunications atmosphere / online technology journal / security system software / web-based courses / appropriate technologies / open learning applications / unacceptable processing speeds / on-line resource / voice recognition software / /
OperatingSystem
Microsoft Windows / /
Organization
Association of Commonwealth Universities / University of the Philippines / Caribbean Broadcasting Union / Spanish Association for Canadian Studies / allrural school district / British Department for International Development / Canadian government / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Global Information Infrastructure Commission / International Council for Canadian Studies / Information Resource Centre / University of Namibia / Bangladesh Open University / M.S. SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION / Universiti Sains Malaysia / Government of India / Commonwealth / Ministry of Education / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization / Reed Midem Organisation / Jamaican Rural Agricultural Development Authority / Open Learning Agency in British Columbia / University of Technology / Open University of Hong Kong Press / Memorial University of Newfoundland / International Literacy Institute / Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa / Canadian International Development Agency / Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development / COL Board / University of the West Indies / Lingnan University / Hong Kong / Indias Ministry of Human Resource Development / Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service / York University / Government of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur / Board of Governors / University of Hong Kong / the Philippines Open University in Manila / Local government / Attn. / South Africa Department of Education / Commonwealth Secretariat / Government of Mozambique / the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School / Ministry of Science / Technology and Higher Education / West Indies Distance Education Centre / COLs Communications Department / International Extension College / Mozambique Distance Education Commission / Ministry of Agriculture / Open University of Sri Lanka / Centre for TeleLearning and Rural Education / Memorial University / Russian Association for Canadian Studies / University of Zambia / Government of Canada in Toronto / Asian Association of Open Universities / World Bank / federal government / Faculty of Education / School of Science and Technology / Barbados government / Indira Gandhi National Open University in India / Athabasca University / /
Person
M.K. Kaw / Ian Mugridge / Mia Mottley / David Walker / P.R. Dasgupta / George Wilson / Krishna Alluri / Dato / Gary Coldevin / Dave Wilson / John Bartram / Glen Farrell / Brian Tobin / Tony Dodds / Warde / Burchell Whiteman / Dominique Abrioux / Barbara Spronk / Dennis Irvine / Michael Robertshaw / Andrea Hope / Ram Reddy / G. Ram / Ihron Rensburg / Helena Fehr / Greville Rumble / Gajaraj Dhanarajan / Anisio Matangala / Greg Zador / H. Ian Macdonald / Brian Long / Huguette Labelle / Wadi Haddad / G. Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture / Professor Greville Rumble / Ken Stevens / Gajaraj Dhanarajan Unless / / /
Position
Education Secretary / experienced teacher / Vice President / annual Professor / Chief / Professor / first Vice-President / eloquent speaker / s Prime Minister / Education Specialist / Programme Officer / s President / representative / s Director / passionate speaker / Board member / farmer / Minister / Director of Programmes / extension worker / Minister of Education / Colonel / TVET teacher / Editor-in-Chief / first Vice-Chancellor / external evaluator / President / tutor / player / entrepreneur / Faculty Director / Department of Electrical Engineering / Vice-President of COL. Quality assurance workshop / Associate Professor / Permanent Secretary / s Chairman / Study Team Leader and Editor / project manager / Premier / Regional Adviser / Deputy Director-General / General and Further Education and Training / Chairman / Director / Chair / President & CEO / Chairman of the Board / Chair of TeleLearning and Rural Education / key player / /
Product
Microsoft Corporation Portable Audio Device / /
ProgrammingLanguage
C / /
ProvinceOrState
British Columbia / Newfoundland / Massachusetts / RADA Parish / Saint Catherine Parish / Q.C. / Victoria / /
PublishedMedium
the ACU news / /
Region
Eastern Caribbean / South Africa / CARIBBEAN / /
SportsEvent
the Bangladesh Open / the Philippines Open / /
Technology
communications technologies / speech recognition / Using technology / distance learning system / Knowledge management / voice recognition / information technologies / communication technologies / one particular technology / using voice recognition technology / distance learning / /
10 th ANNIVERSARY A news publication of The Commonwealth of Learning October 1999 Vol. 4, No. 3