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Motilal Sharma, Ph.D. <whfjpr@yahoo.com >

P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi >

Shahab Afroz Khan <afroz100@yahoo.com>

Stan Loh <stanloh@yahoo.com>

Greg Cole, Ph.D. <gcole@gloriad.org>

Shinji Shimojo <sshinji@nict.go.jp >

Kazunori Konishi <konishi@jp.apan.net >

Mr. Masaaki Nakanishi <Ma-nakanishi@kddi.com >

Jin Tanaka <tanaka@ote.kddi.com >

References:

(a) (20121118) Tapio Varis presentation at the UNESCO IITE International Conference in Moscow on November 13 to 16, 2012<http://tinyurl.com/ca4km36>

The following two were in the above list distribution;(a-i) Tapio Varis; Some Observations Of UNESCO IITE 2012 International Conference “ICT In Education: Pedagogy, Educational Resources And Quality Assurance”, And IITE Governing Board Thirteenth Session, Moscow 13-16 November 2012”<http://tinyurl.com/bm29tnd>

(a- ii) Tapio Varis; PowerPoint slide presentation “OER, new humanism and network competence in international

context,”<http://tinyurl.com/cdodn6z>

(b) Motilal Sharma, “Distance Education: A Pathway to the Future”<http://tinyurl.com/crf8aba>

(c) ADB Assisting Pakistan Develop Energy Model to Meet Requirements5 Nov 2007 ... (5 November 2007) - The Asian Development Bank is helping Pakistan develop an energy model that would enable the South Asian nation pursue ...<http://www.adb.org/media/articles/2007/12242-pakistani-developing-energies-models/default.asp?p=paknews><http://tinyurl.com/3hmx8eu>This web site is no longer available.

(d) The Global Early Warning System (GEWS) with The Global University System (GUS): Their Use Within ECOWAS Countries (October 7, 2012)<http://tinyurl.com/bqbjh9g>

Dear Moti:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I below) in response to the Reference (a) above.

I read your excellent paper (Reference (b) above) with great interest.  It is succinct, yet comprehensive guide for the people who want to create e-learning activities in developing countries.

Dear Shahab:

(2) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT II below) in response to the Reference (a) above.

(3) According to Reference (c) above, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provided Pakistani scientists with US$2 million to construct Pakistan national energy simulation model with an additional $0.5 million from the Pakistan government.

Dear Moti:As the emeritus of ADB, pls kindly find out who at the ADB have been in charge of providing such a fund — this is because we may encourage our colleagues in various Asian countries to contact him/her.

Shahab, I would be greatly appreciate if you can kindly find out the person in your country who conducted this project, and if he/she would be interested in joining in our GEWS/GUS project (Reference (d) above) as interlinking their models with others in neighboring countries.

(4) This project may also lead your Pakistan to have connection to GLORIAD broadband Internet — after India, which recently joined.

Figure 1: GLORIAD World Map<http://tinyurl.com/awabmbd>

This may be done when the APAN will be joined into GLORIAD, because your Pakistan seems to have already been a member of the APAN.

Figure 2: Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN)<http://tinyurl.com/cpgyutc>

(5) Greg Cole indicated me his willingness to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japanese GLORIAD at the occasion of our GEWS/GUS planning workshop, which is to be held at Greg’s office at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK) -- hopefully next spring time.  I hope the Japanese team will bring the APAN together at that time.

Dear Prof. Shimojo, Mr. Konishi and Mr. Tanaka:Pls inform me of your side story about this possibility of signing the MOU with Greg in response to my msgs sent to you on October 20, 2012.

(6) BTW, Shahab, Tapio’s presentation made in Moscow are the References (a-i) and (a-ii) above.  Pls feel free to contact him for any

further info.

Dear Stan:

(7) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT III below) in response to the Reference (a) above.

Dear Moti:As the emeritus Principal Education Specialist of ADB, pls help Stan’s need.

(8) You may consider to have your Laotian colleague to connect to GLORIAD through the APAN as mentioned above (if they have already been its member), and also to join in our GEWS/GUS project.

Keep in touch.

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I

From: Motilal Sharma <m2sharma1@yahoo.com>Subject: Re: [gu-new] (20121118) Tapio Varis presentation at the UNESCO IITE International Conference in Moscow on November 13 to 16, 2012Date: November 19, 2012 12:11:13 AM ESTTo: "takutsumi0@gmail.com" <takutsumi0@gmail.com>Reply-To: Motilal Sharma <m2sharma1@yahoo.com>

Dear Tak, Many thanks for your communication which I recd after a long break. Attached is my paper on distance education which I contributed to eAsia2012 which held in Dhaka. Regards.

 Moti

ATTACHMENT II

From: Shahab Khan <afroz100@yahoo.com>Subject: Re: [gu-new] (20121118) Tapio Varis presentation at the UNESCO IITE International Conference in Moscow on November 13 to 16, 2012Date: November 18, 2012 11:59:41 PM ESTTo: "takutsumi0@gmail.com" <takutsumi0@gmail.com>Reply-To: Shahab Khan <afroz100@yahoo.com>

Dear Tak Hope you are doing fine. It has been a long time. There is much going on here . I would like to refer you the National ICT R&D Fund of which I am presnetly on the Board of Directors.  It might be possible to invite you for a presentation/workshop. Please let me know if this is of interest to you. I know your very busy schedule, so we can plan it at least 12-16 months  in advance. Look forward to hearing from you. Regads ShahabPakistan PS : Where can I access Tapio presneation in Moscow - UNESCO IITE

ATTACHMENT III

From: Stan Loh <stanloh@yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: [gu-new] (20121118) Tapio Varis presentation at the UNESCO IITE International Conference in Moscow on November 13 to 16, 2012Date: November 18, 2012 9:23:27 PM ESTTo: "takutsumi0@gmail.com" <takutsumi0@gmail.com>

Hello Tak-san...

How are you?

I have the rights to develop an International School in Laos. Do you know of anyone who may be interested?

Stan Loh

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Motilal Sharma, Ph.D.ChairmanWorldview Hindustan Foundation, IndiaPlot No. 27, Nand Puri ExtensionKartarpura Industrial Area22 Godam, Jaipur – 6 (Rajasthan)IndiaTel/fax:  (91-141) 2211089whfjpr@yahoo.comm2sharma1@yahoo.com

P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., ProfessorActing President, Global University SystemUNESCO Chair in Global e-Learning with applications to multiple domainsProfessor and Chair of Media EducationResearch Center for Vocational Education & Hypermedia LaboratoryUniversity of TampereP.O.Box 229FIN-13101 HameenlinnaFINLAND

+358-3-3551-3608Tel: +358-3-614-5608--office in HameenlinnaTel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in TampereGSM: +358-50-567-9833Fax: +358-3-614-5611 or +358-3-3551-3611tapio.varis@uta.fitapio.varis@hamk.fitapio.varis@helsinki.fihttp://www.uta.fi/~titavawww.ecml-eu.org -- about ECML project.http://www.uta.fi/conference/mediaskills/

Shahab Afroz KhanDirectorPlanwel UniversityPlanwel Institute of Science and Technology (PLANWEL)A-1, L.C.H.SGulistan-e-Jauhar, Block-20Karachi. 75290, PakistanPH:   (92-21)463-8979      (92-21)461-5851,461 0040FAX:  (92-21)463-8980afroz100@yahoo.comafroz@planwel.eduafroz@khi.compol.comhttp://www.planwel.comhttp://www.planwel.eduhttp://www.planwel.edu/Research/tampere.htmlhttp://www.itcomm.gov.pk/

Stan LohManaging Director, AsiaInk Media Inc.3770 Rocky Mountain Road,Malahat, British Columbia,Canada V0R 2L0Tel: 1-604-721-7100 CellSkype  stanloh888sloh@advancedinteractive.com

stanloh@yahoo.comsloh@moneybar.nethttp://www.ink-media.com/http://www.advancedinteractive.comhttp://pulse.plaxo.com/pulse/profile/show/12885013577/ -- photo

Greg Cole, Ph.D.Principal InvestigatorGlobal Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD)Director/Center for International Networking Initiatives (CINI)Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment311 Conference Center BldgUniversity of TennesseeKnoxville, TN 37996-4134Cel: 865-309-5524865 974 1262 – Greg’s phone.‐ ‐865-974-2459 Fax: 865-974-1838 gcole@gloriad.orggcole@friends-partners.orghttp://www.gloriad.org/http://issue.utk.edu/cini/http://www.gloriad.org/gloriad/team/usa/gcole.htmlhttp://www.friends-partners.org/http://events.internet2.edu/speakers/speakers.php?go=people&id=1495 -- biohttp://www.friendspartners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/Cole's%20GLORAID/GLORIAD_update.pdforhttp://makeashorterlink.com/?B3BD61B1Bhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/01/040102092834.htmhttp://usinfo.state.gov/eap/Archive/2005/Apr/15-476539.html -- about GLORIAD

Funded by the US National Science Foundation, GLORIAD rings the northern hemisphere with an advanced optical Internet currently linking scientists, educators, and students in the USA,

Russia, China, Korea, Canada, Netherlands, the five Nordic countries, Egypt, India, and Singapore.

Shinji ShimojoProfessor Cybermedia CenterOsaka UniversityDirectorNetwork Testbed Research and Development Promotion CenterNational Institute of Information and Communication Technology (NICT)sshinji@nict.go.jpsshimojo@gmail.comhttp://sites.google.com/site/sshimojo

Kazunori KonishiKDDI R&D Lab,2-1-15 Ohara Kamifukuoka-shi,Saitama 356, Japan+81-3-3924-9880Fax: +81-492-78-7510konishi@jp.apan.net

Mr. Masaaki NakanishiVice PresidentChief Executive OfficerGlobal BusinessKDDI CorporationGarden Air Tower3-10-10, IidabashiChiyoda-ku, Tokyo102-8460 JAPAN+81-3-6678-1049Fax: +81-3-6678-0232Ma-nakanishi@kddi.com

Jin TanakaManager, Technology Strategy DepartmentTechnology Development DivisionKDDI Corporation

KDDI Otemachi Bldg 181 Otemachi, ChiyodakuTokyo 1008186 Japan +81332754480 Mobile: +818050629352 Fax: +81332754594 tanaka@ote.kddi.comhttp://mw.kddi.com/

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