NADEOSA Conference 2011

Realising the Potential of ODL

The National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa held its annual conference on 29th and 30th August. The objective of this conference was to serve as a forum to discuss experiences and identitify future research directions in relation to the facts outlined in the attached call for papers derived from the HEMIS. We would like to extend thanks to everyone who supported the event. The abstracts booklet provides links to presentations and papers. For further information go to the conference website.

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Nadeosa/Unisa Symposium

Jennifer Glennie - Saide, Narend Baijnath - Unisa, Mapaseka Letho - DHET, Liana Griesel - Unisa, Tony Mays - Saide.	Nadeosa would like to extend thanks to the organisers and keynote speakers and to all participants for the very useful conversations that were held on enrolment planning at our recent symposium at Unisa. Nadeosa is aiming to hold a follow up workshop early in 2012 which will include exploring issues of funding of higher education.
The following presentations are currently available: Funding Principles for Distance Higher Education in South Africa by Jennifer Glennie. "Enrolment Planning, Funding and Sustaining Quality ODL Provisioning": Strategic and Pragmatic Considerations - The Unisa Case Study by Liana Griesel.

Nadeosa Code of Ethics

The Nadeosa Code of Ethics was revised during 2011 and the revision was presented and to members at our 2011 Annual General Meeting and conference. The revision was approved and copies were circulated to members for signing. We have received some signed copies, however, we would like to urge all our members to sign the new code of ethics and return it to us, so that we can publicize on the website which of our members have endorsed the code of ethics. It is preferable that the head of your organisation is the signatory.