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In t he Fiscal Year 2007-2008, SEAMOLEC conduct ed some seminars, conf erence, and meet ings, and has al so part icipat ed in various seminar workshop and meet ing.
Seminar
1. SEAMOLEC – STOU Int ernat ional Seminar on ODL Nont haburi, Thailand, 12 Sept ember 2007
SEAMOLEC in col l aborat ion wit h Sukhot hai Thammat hirat Open Universit y STOU, Thail and conduct ed an int ernat ional seminar on “
Pur sui ng Qual i t y i n ODL i n Sout heast Asi a” . The seminar was of f icially opened by Dr. Sumat e Yamnoon Deput y
Secret ary-General of t he Commission on Higher Educat ion, MOE Thail and. Keynot e speaker was Mr. Khwankeo Vaj arodaya Chairman of t he Execut ive Bpard,
Dist ance Learning Foundat ion on “ t he Di st ance Lear ni ng Foundat i on’ s Fr ess and
Open Low-cost Di st ance Educat i on vi a Sat el l i t e: Wang Kl ai kangwon Model ” . The speakers of t he seminar were came f rom SEAMEO member count ries.
2. SEAMOLEC – HOU Int ernat ional Seminar on Scient ific Research in ODL Ha Long bay, Viet nam, 4-6 November 2007
The int ernat ional seminar is co-organized by Hanoi Open Universit y HOU, Viet nam and SEAMOLEC. It was conduct ed in l ine t o t he 14
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Anniversary of HOU. There were 223 part icipant s f rom Viet nam, Mal aysia, Indonesia, Korea, China, Russia,
Bul garia, and Unit ed Kingdom. There were t hree keynot e speakers: 1 Direct or of SEAMOLEC, wit h a paper ent it led
“ Researching ODL in Sout heast Asia” ; 2 President of HOU wit h “ t he Nat ionwide e-Learning Devel opment and Impl ement at ion Programs by a Consort ium f ormed
by t he Government of Viet nam and Led by HOU” ; and 3 Vice President of HOU wit h “ t he Ef f ort s of HOU t o Meet t he Demands and t he Requirement s of Crit eria of
t he Qual it y Assurance in ODL inst it ut ion” . There were 3 paral l el sessions: 1 10 t opics on ODL session; 6 t opics on Science, Technol ogy, and Engineering; and 3 7
t opics on Humanit y, Design, and Economics
Conf erence
The Tent h SEAMOLEC Governing Board Meet ing GBM
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GBM in Nont haburi, Thail and on 11 Sept ember 2007, host ed by Sukhot hai Thammat hirat Open Universit y and support ed by t he Minist ry of
Educat ion of Thailand. The meet ing carried out t he powers of t he board, among ot hers are: 1 t o det ermine pol icies f or t he operat ion of t he cent re; 2 t o make t he annual
evaluat ion and review of t he Cent re’s programs and budget s; 3 t o approve t he annual report ; and 4 t o discuss necessary issues.
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Nine Governing Board members were able t o at t end t he meet ing, except represent at ive f rom Myanmar. They were Hon Awang Ot hman bin Haj i Simbran Brunei Darussal am,
Mr. Om Set hy Cambodia, Prof . Dr. At wi Suparman Indonesia, Mr. Siri Souvannasy Lao PDR, Prof . Dr. Mansor Fadzil Mal aysia, represent ing Prof . Dr. Anuwar Al i, Prof .
Dr. Felix Librero Philippines, Dr. Koh Thiam Seng Singapore, Prof . Dr. Prat ya Versarach Thail and, Prof . Dr. Phan Van Que Viet nam, and accompined by Dr. Tran Duc Vuong.
The Ex-of f icio Members were Mr. Benit o E. Benoza represent ing t he Direct or of SEAMEO Secret ariat and SEAMOLEC Direct or.
Meet ing
1. SEAMEO Regular Meet ings
