High Official Meeting Thailand, 14 November 2005 SEAMEO Council Conference Singapore, 22-24 March 2006

SEAMOLEC Annual Report July 2005 – June 2006 26

D. IT DEVELOPMENT

In the area of IT system development and consulting services, the Centre has started on exploring the development of virtual campus, using Web Course Tools WebCT as the learning management system. SEAMOLEC provides an incubator system for education institutionsindividuals who are interested in developing and trying out web-based courses or e-learning initiatives. In Indonesia, the provision of the incubator virtual system has been carried out through a collaboration with Directorate General of Higher Education, MONE. Furthermore, SEAMOLEC has signed Memorandum of Understanding MoU with Harvest International Theological Seminary Institute HITS to offer online course for its ODL program. At the Regional level, SEAMOLEC, has signed MoU with SEAMEO SEARCA, Philippines to offer e-learning course of Natural Research Management NRM. In addition, the Centre also hosts the Teaching Clinics in its website. The teaching clinics is a collaborative project among Directorate General of Higher Education DGHE, MONE, provincial government, universities teachers colleges, and UNDP-Bappenas to provide a referral center for teachers in remote areas to be involved in continuous professional development, via the use of ICT network. SEAMOLEC Annual Report July 2005 – June 2006 27 E. CONSULTING SERVICES 1. Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia UPI, Bandung invited SEAMOLEC for collaboration in the preparation of the ODL programs in UPI. The program started with the trainingworkshop on ODL 2-8March 2006. 2. SEAMOLEC facilitated Harvest International Theological Seminary HITS, Tangerang to develop their e-Learning learning program by conducting two training programs on “e-Learning” 17 April-4 may 2006. 3. Teaching Clinics. The teaching clinics is a collaborative project among Directorate General of Higher Education DGHE, MONE, provincial government, universities teachers colleges, and UNDP-Bappenas to provide a referral center for teachers in remote areas to be involved in continuous professional development, via the use of ICT network.