SELECTION OF PRESENTATIONS SINCE 1981
(BY LOCATION)

INTERNATIONAL

AUSTRALIA
"Professional development, graduate study and research". Keynote address to the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia annual conference, Adelaide, November 9, 2005.

BRAZIL
Brazil "Web 2.0: mirage or metamorphosis?". Keynote address to Brazilian Association for Distance Education, 13th International Conference. Curitiba, Brazil. Sept 3rd 2007

"Planning Courses and  Programs in Distance Education." Keynote address to conference on distance education, Ministry of Education, Brasilia, Dec. 2, 2002.

“International dimensions of distance education”. Presentation at Ministry of Education, Brasilia,  Aug. 2, 2001.

“Setting up and managing a distance education system”. Presentation to conference at Centro de Educacao Superior a Distancia. Rio de Janeiro,  July 27, 2001.

"The role of the tutor". Presentation at Ministry of Education, Brasilia, Jan 24th, 2001.

"Designing evaluation and monitoring".  Presentation  at Ministry of Education, Brasilia, Oct. 3, 2000.

“ Treinamento de professores formadores e coordenadores de agencias formadoras”. Presentation to participants in state of Pernambuco project. Gravata Pe. December 1999.

“Requisitos para implementacao de programa de educacao a distancia”. Presentation to representatives of 16 states. Ministry of Education, Brazil. Goiana, July 1999.

"Learner support in distance education". Presentation to Proformacao Conference. Cuiba, Jan. 18, 1999.

"The concept and structure of a national delivery system." Presentation to Profromacao  planners. Brasilia April 27, 1998.

"How to design and implement a distance learning system". Workshop for Secretariat of Education, Minas Gerais, Dec. 2-4, 1996.

(Various other presentations between 1996 and 2003.)

CANADA
“"Research in distance education: Then, now and in the future ?" Keynote address to Annual faculty seminar. Athabasca University, Canada. Sept. 19th 2007

Reflections of distance education leaders”. Panel at North American Regional Distance Education Conference. Calgary Alberta. May 29, 2002.

"Overview of research". Presentation at Commonwealth of Learning. Vancouver Oct. 9, 2000.

"Developing an open learning system". Invited lecture to Bank of Montreal Training Institute, Toronto, Aug. 2, 1984. 

"Open learning". Invited lecture at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Nov. 30, 1983.

CHINA

"Choosing and Using new technologies in Open and Distance Learning". Keynote address to 20th Conference of Asian Association of Open Universities. Kunming, China. October 12th, 2006

"The application of educational technology in higher distance education in USA". Presentation at ceremony conferring honorary professorship. Shanghai, China. October 10th, 2006

"Distance education in America and the world." Public lecture sponsored by Institute of Modern Technology at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, March 15, 1991.

COSTA RICA
“Distance education and Teacher education”. Invited presentation to WorldBank and Inter-American Development Bank conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 28-30, 1999.

"Overview of internationalism in distance education". Keynote speech to Sixth International Conference on Technology and Distance Education, San Jose, Oct. 25, 1995.

"Effectiveness of distance education." Keynote presentation to conference at Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San Jose, Costa Rica, March 15, 1993.

DENMARK
"The American experience of distance education". Invited presentation to conference on "distance learning—global trends" at the Parliament House, Copenhagen, May 24, 2000.

ESTONIA
"Distance education: Possibilities and challenges." Talk at opening session of Finnish-Estonian cooperative project to develop distance education in Estonia. Esko Centre, Tallin, June 20, 1994.

"Distance education, international perspectives". Seminar at Tallin Technical University, June 7-8, 1993.

FINLAND
"Distance education as a strategy at Penn State University." Talk to principals of vocational institutes and polytechnics. Lahti Research and Training Centre, June 18, 1994.

"Learning in the future." Presentation to Finnish Association for Future Studies, University of Jyvaskyla, June 16, 1994.

"Course design and interaction." Seminar given to Finnish Board of Education, Hakenieenkatu, Helsinki, June 18, 1993.

"Design of teleconferencing". Two-day workshop at Seili Island for the Sampo Insurance Company, May 31-June 2, 1993.

"International distance education". Workshop at Lahti Research and Training Center, June 9-10, 1993.

"Teleconferencing as a tool for corporate training." One-day workshop for Sampo Insurance Co., Turku, June 15, 1992.

"Development of national training program in distance education." Three-day workshop given for universities of Turku, Helsinki, and Yvaskylla. Seili Island, June 3-6, 1992.

"Distance education and the concept of flexiwork." Lecture at University of Turku, June 2, 1992.

"Distance education and health education." Lecture to University of Turku School of Nursing, Turku, May 26, 1992.

"Further potential in Finnish distance education." Seminar at the University of Helsinki-Lahti Research and Training Center, May 21, 1992.

"International distance education." Public lecture at Lahti Research and Development Centre, Aug. 16, 1991.

"Designing and evaluating distance education programs". Workshop staff of University Centre for Extension Studies, Turku, Dec. 9, 1991.

"Distance education and higher education". Lecture at University of Turku, Dec. 11, 1991.

"International collaboration in distance education." Opening address at inaugural meeting of Finnish Association for Distance Education. Hotel Hospitz, Helsinki, Dec. 12, 1990.

"Kokemuksia etaopetuksesta—Teaching at a distance". Lecture to education faculty, University of Turku, Aug. 17, 1990.

"Future of education and self-directed learning". Presentation to International Congress on Managing Capacity in the 21st Century, University of Helsinki-Lahti Research Centre, Aug 14, 1990.

"Developments in American distance education". Lecture at University of Helsinki-Lahti Research Centre, June 21, 1989.

"Adult education and cultural development". Keynote address to East-West Conference on Adult Education, Murikka, Aug. 18, 1982.

FRANCE
"Technology enhanced learning. The case of South Africa". UNESCO, Paris, June 28, 1996.

GERMANY
"Reflections on the concept of distance education". Keynote address to the Rektor Otto Peters invitational symposium. The FernUniversitaet, Hagen Germany. May 18, 2006.

“Brazil’s teacher education program”. International Council for Distance Education world Conference. Dusseldorf, Germany, April 3, 2001

"Teleconferencing in distance education." Seminar given at Fernuniversitat, Hagen, June 22, 1992.

"Self Directed Learning". Invited lecture to ZIFF (Distance Education Research Center), FernUniversitat, Hagen, Oct. 19, 1984.

GREECE
"The history of scholarship of distance education: a very brief and personal view. Keynote address to 4th International Conference on Open and Distance Learning Athens, Greece. 23 November 2007

HONG KONG
“Open and distance learning research agenda for the 21st century.” Keynote address to Conference on Research as Professional Development. The Open University of Hong Kong, June 21, 2000.

HUNGARY
"Potential Finnish-Hungarian collaboration in distance education." Seminar given at University of Szeged, June 18, 1992.

IRELAND
“Technology and the changing world of distance education: The American experience”. Keynote address to Second Conference on Technology in Education. Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland, May 25, 2001

ITALY
"The bottles are new, but what of the wine? Managing Learning and Teaching in Web 2.0" Keynote address to European Distance Education Network conference. Naples Italy. June 14th, 2007

"Research perspectives in American distance education". Invited lecture at the University of Rome, sponsored by Dipartmento di Scienze dell'Educazione Laboratorio di Pedagogia Sperimenatale, March 5, 1996.

"New technologies in distance education." Public lecture at Consorzio per l‘Universita a Distanza, Rome, March 11, 1992.

"L'istruzione a distanza negli Stati Uniti." Lecture at Centro di Ricerca Istruzione a Distanza. University of Rome, March 10, 1992.

“Cultures Meeting Cultures in Online Distance Education”. Public lecture at Centro di servizio per le tecnologie e la didattica universitaria multimediale e a distanza. University of Milan. May 23, 2005.
 
“Design and delivery of e-learning”. One day workshop presented to faculty and staff of CTU (Center for e-learning) of the University of Milan and the NewMine Laboratory of the University of Lugano, Milan, May 24, 2005.
 
"Learners and learning in e-learning".  Public lecture at Centro METID, Politecnico di Milano.  May 25. 2005.

KOREA
Distance Education and Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age. Keynote address.
Asian Association of Open Universities, Seoul, Nov. 5th, 2002

MALAYSIA
"Distance education, national and international development." Keynote address to Conference on Information Technology in Distance and Open Learning. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Feb. 27, 1997.

MEXICO
"Distance education for corporate training." One-day workshop for the Bank of Mexico, Mexico City, March 11, 1994.

"Distance education for the university in the '90's". Magisterial lecture at University of Vera Cruz, Feb. 17, 1994.

"Los siete pecados capitales de la educacion a distancia". Keynote address to Second International Conference on Distance Education, University of Guadalajara, Nov. 27, 1993.

"Qualitative evaluation." Seminar given at Sub-Secretariat for Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Mexico City, March 10, 1993.

"Review of distance education research". Conference presentation at University of Guadalajara, Dec. 6, 1992.

"Introduccion a la educacion a distancia para personal de Inttelmex." Workshop for Mexican Telecommunications Corporation. Inttelemex Training Center, Mexico City, July 30-31, 1992.

"Distance education and teleconferencing." National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, July 28, 1992.

"Distance education: An option for employee and customer training". Workshop given to trainers in Mexican corporations. Sevilla Palace Hotel, Mexico City. July 26-29, 1992.

"Media and technology: Implications for distance education." Lecture at National Autonomous University of Mexico, April 28, 1992.

MOZAMBIQUE
Monitoring and Evaluation. Invited lecture to the National Institute for Distance Education, Maputo, Mozambique. October 10th, 2007

NEW ZEALAND
"Towards best practice in distance education: the way forward". Keynote address to the Vice-Chancellor's symposium, Massey University. Auckland, November 14, 2005. (Also in Palmerston North and Wellington, Nov. 16 and 18.)

NORWAY
"Developments in American distance education". Address to Norwegian Institute for Distance Education, Voksenhausen, Norway, December 8, 1989.

"Developments in American distance education". Address to N.K.I. and invited educators, Oslo, Norway, Dec. 6, 1989.

"Report on the first American symposium on research in distance education." Presentation of a panel organized and chaired at the World Conference of the International Council for Distance Education. Oslo, Aug. 11, 1988.

"Review of research in distance education". Keynote address to European Home Study Council annual convention, Oslo, Nov. 9, 1984.

RUSSIA
"International collaboration in distance education". Address to Second International Conference on Distance Education in Russia, Moscow, July 2, 1996.

"Trends and needs in distance education research." Keynote address to the First International Conference on Distance Education in Russia, Moscow, July 5, 1994.

"American distance education." Address to invited audience of Russian educators, University of Leningrad Extra-Mural Department, Leningrad, USSR, Aug. 17, 1991.

SOUTH AFRICA
"American perspectives on distance education." Presentation made at several institutions of higher education in South Africa during tour in Jan./Feb. 1994.

Various presentations during tours in 1996 and 1997.

SPAIN

"Transactional distance theory". Invited presentation to European Distance Education Network research conference, Barcelona, Spain, October 27, 2006

The literature of research in distance education. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Feb. 4th, 2005

"Emerging models of collaboration for national and international e-learning". Plenary presentation to “Online Educa Barcelona” conference. Barcelona, May 7, 2003.

“International developments in distance education”. Invited address to Universidade Nacional Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain, June 14, 2001.

“International developments in distance education”. Invited address to Universidade Oberta Catalania, Barcelona, Spain, June 7, 2001

SWEDEN
"Research in distance education". Series of lectures and workshop at University of Umea, June 15-24, 1993.

."Distance education for corporate training". One-day workshop given to corporate trainers in Sweden, Stockholm, May 27, 1993

"Designing audio and audio graphic instruction". One-day workshop for Swedish Defence College of Management, Karlstad, May 28, 1993.

"Distance education for military training." Workshop given at the Swedish Army War College, Stockholm, Dec. 18, 1992.

"Introduction to distance education." Workshop for military and civilian trainers, University of Karlstad, Sweden, May 14-15, 1992.

THAILAND
"Teleconferencing in the theory and practice of transactional distance"; "Distance education theory: Where are we now?"; "Finland's experiment in distance education." Conference presentations at International Council on Distance Education World Conference, Bangkok, Nov. 9-12, 1992.

TURKEY
"Distance education and development in the Information Age": Keynote address to Second International Distance Education Conference. Ankara, May 4-8, 1998.

UNITED KINGDOM
Distance learning in a technological era: what's the difference? Invited presentation to University of Brighton Learning and Teaching Conference. Brighton, UK. July 13, 2007

Developments in US distance education publication. Presentation to Learning and  Teaching  Unit. Manchester Metropolitan University. July 7, 2002.

"Trends and directions in research". Pre-conference workshop at ICDE World Conference, Birmingham, June 23-25, 1995.

"Teaching Penn State’s distance education courses in four countries". International Council for Distance Education World Conference, Birmingham, June 27, 1995.

"Teleconferencing in distance education". Keynote address at Conference on Interaction and Independence, Cambridge, Sept. 22, 1989.

"Counselling in distance education". Presentation to International Conference on Counselling, Downing College, Cambridge, Sept. 22, 1983.

“Distance learning and distance learners: theory and practice”.  Lecture to Ed.D. course, University of Bath., June 29, 2005.

VENEZUELA
"International research in distance education". Response to keynote address at World Conference of International Council for Distance Education, Caracas, Nov. 6, 1990.

"International research in distance education." Opening talk to International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) Workshop, Macuto, Nov. 2, 1990.

"Principles of independent learning revisited." Address to faculty of the Universidad Nacional Abierta, Caracas, March 3, 1988.

USA (BY STATE)

ALABAMA
"Innovation and creativity in distance education". Keynote address to Interservice Correspondence Education Conference, Montgomery, Oct. 6, 1987.

ARIZONA
"The promise of new technology in distance education. Keynote address to the 2007 Arizona Adult Education State Conference. Phoenix. Az. December 12th, 2007

"Integrating distance learning resources and approaches". Presenter and seminar leader. Second National Distance Learning Conference of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Scottsdale, June 26-29, 1990.

CALIFORNIA
"Offering Penn State's certificate in distance education to four countries by teleconferencing". NUCEA, Anaheim, April 7, 1995.

"Distance learning: A health manpower strategy". Cal State workshop for health educators from Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. California State University, Feb. 10 and Feb. 17-19, 1992.

"International developments in distance education". Panel presentation to National University Teleconference Network, San Jose, Oct. 23, 1989.

"Report on the World Conference of the International Council for Distance Education". Presentation at the United States Distance Learning Association meeting, Anaheim, Oct. 11, 1988.

"Lessons from the Open University." Panel presentation at Telecon VII Conference, Anaheim, Nov. 11, 1987.

"International developments in distance education". American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Anaheim, Oct. 29, 1981.

COLORADO
"Technology and innovations in training". Panel presentation at the American Defense Preparedness Association, Colorado Springs, March 16, 1990.

FLORIDA
Effective distance education instructional design. Video presentation for Roadmap to Effective Distance Education project. University of Florida. May 13, 2003.

Developing and teaching your first online course. International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. Jacksonville. April 10, 2002.

"International potential for distance education". Invited presentation to conference on distance education at the Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Oct. 7, 1995.

"Developing cooperative distance education projects." Panel presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Orlando, Feb. 17, 1991.

"Lessons from the British Open University". Sixth Annual Conference on New Technology and Higher Education, Orlando, Feb. 19, 1987.

GEORGIA
"Can we maintain quality in a distance learning environment?" Georgia Adult Education Association, March 10, 1998.

ILLINOIS
"International perspectives on distance education". Public lecture at University of Northern Illinois, DeKalb, July 17, 1984.

"Developments in British distance education". Lecture to Adult Education Department, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Oct. 16, 1982.

INDIANA
"An overview of distance education research". Presentation to Indiana Council on Technologies for Distance Education, Purdue University, Oct. 9, 1990.

"Purpose and practice of home study in the 1990's". Keynote address to National Home Study Council, University of Notre Dame, Oct. 9, 1986.

LOUISIANA
"Interaction in distance education". Panel presentation to Educational Telecommunications Division, National University Continuing Education Association, New Orleans, May 1, 1990.

"International distance education". Copresenter with Keith Harry to The Independent Study Division, National University Continuing Education Association, New Orleans, April 30, 1990.

"Quality distance education, the Open University experience." Panel presentation at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology annual convention, New Orleans, Jan. 18, 1988.

MARYLAND
The Synergy of Learning and Technology. Keynote address to Maryland Distance Learning Association. Annapolis, April 18, 2002

"International dimensions of distance education". Address to International University Consortium annual meeting, University Park, April 6, 1989.

MASSACHUSETTS
Face to face and distributed adult learning". Panel presentation to Conference on Adult Learning. Harvard University, Boston. April 29, 2002.

"Quality in distance education". National University Continuing Education Association, Boston. March 29, 1996.

MICHIGAN
"Distance education and corporate training". Seminar at Ford Motor Corporation, Dearborne, April 7, 1992.

MINNESOTA
"An overview of adult learning at a distance". Invited presentation to Education in the Information Age conference, Minneapolis, April 29, 1986.

NEW JERSEY
"Developments in distance education". Presentation to ACHE Regional Meeting, New Jersey, April 27, 1995.

"Distance education: higher education and corporate partnerships". Talk to "The Alliance" of trainers in major corporations. AT&T Training Center, Morristown, Feb. 22, 1989.

NEW YORK
"Faculty responses to distance education". Presentation to 23rd Annual Conference on Higher Education and Collective Bargaining. Baruch College, April 24, 1995.

"Adult education by distance education". Address to Adult Education Department at Syracuse University, Syracuse, Nov. 2, 1981.

OHIO
"Online education: it takes a team" Keynote address to conference of the Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities and Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education. Cincinatti, February 23rd, 2007

“The Distant Learner: Independent and Interacting” Invited address to Symposium on the Autonomous Learner. The National East Asian Languages Resource Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2001.

Keynote address to Mid-America Conference on Research Perspectives in Tele-education. Ball State University, Feb. 1996.

"Computer conferencing in context of theory and practice of distance education". Opening address at National Conference on Applications of Computer Conferencing to Teacher Education and Human Resource Development, Ohio State University College of Education, Columbus, June 13, 1991.

OKLAHOMA
"Teaching of distance education." Opening address to Oklahoma State University Forum on Teaching of Distance Education, Norman, June 3-4, 1991.

"Distance education and telecommunications in postsecondary education." Forum on the Teaching of Distance Education. Oklahoma State University, June 3-4, 1991.

PENNSYLVANIA
"Taming Technology:  What the Future Holds for Continuing Education,". Invited video-conference keynote to Region 1V ACHE, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, March 9, 2001.

"Distance education in the information age". Keynote address to Association for Library and Information Science, Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 1999.

"Research in distance education". Presentation to International Council for Distance Education World Conference, Penn State University, June 4, 1997.

"Distance learning and technology in international education". Invited presentation to Pennsylvania Council for International Education annual conference, Harrisburg, Oct. 5, 1995.

"Overview of distance education—Theory, concepts, and outcomes". Departments of Nursing and Education, York College of Pennsylvania, April 6, 1990.

"Comparative International Adult Education". Presentation to the National University Continuing Education Association Regional meeting, Skytop, Oct. 6, 1988.

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO
Distance Education in the digital age: Challenges and Actions, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, San German PR, October 15, 2004.

“Distance Education: A New Challenge”.  Keynote address to the Second Conference on Distance Education of the College of Health Related Professions of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. May 4, 2001

"New trends in distance education". Keynote address to Puerto Rico Distance Education Association, San Jose, Jan. 29, 1999.

TENNESSEE
"Towards a national agenda of study and research." Keynote address to Seventh National Conference on Adult and External Degree Programs, Memphis, Oct. 8, 1987.

TEXAS
"Distance education and teaching online". Keynote address to Instructors' Forum, the Association of Surgical Technologists. San Antonio, February 11th, 2007.

Revisiting Distance Education's Legacy. Western Consortium for Educational Technology, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 13, 2004

Research on Interactive Video Conferencing. Invited address to Interactive Video-Conferencing in K-12 Settings conference. South Central Technology in Education Consortium. Dallas, Tx. Oct. 18, 2002 (Clip available at: http://neirtec.terc.edu/k12vc/symposium/speakers.cfm).

"Distance education research." Address to conference on research in distance education, Texas A&M University, College Station, April 28, 1994.

UTAH
"The concept of interaction in distance education". Panel presentation to National University Education Association National Convention, Salt Lake City, April 16, 1989.

WASHINGTON
"A historical perspective and objective look at distance learning". Keynote address to Professional Development Seminar, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Spokane, July 12, 1991.

WASHINGTON, DC
A model for teacher training by distance education. Invited presentation to national Roundtable on Strategies for US-Developing country Collaboration in Distance education. USAID and the Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development.  October 24th 2002.

“Socio-economic Linkages in the New Economy” .Panel presentation to Society of Government Economists conference on The New Economy. Washington D.C., Nov. 17, 2000.

“Making Distance Education Work”. Two day workshop for World Bank personnel, W.B. Headquarters, Washington DC. April 8-9, 1999

"Managing the future". Conference on the Fulbright Exchange Program, Library of Congress, Nov. 20, 1996.

"State of the art in distance education technology". TechNet seminar, World Bank, June 5, 1996.

"Emerging applications of distance education". Invited presentation to training seminar at the Learning and Leadership Center, World Bank, Nov. 7, 1995.

"The wider world of distance education". Keynote address to International Distance Learning Conference (IDLCON), March 23, 1995.

"Applications of distance education in a global society". Panel presentation at The International Teleconferencing Association, June 13, 1990.

"Report from New Mexico Conference". Panel presentation to Association for Development of Computer Instruction Systems. Nov. 15, 1989.

"Developments in distance education". Talk to the Office of Educational Research and Information, Nov. 14, 1989.

"Teaching graduate courses in adult education by teleconference". Panel presentation at the International Teleconferencing Association conference, June 8, 1988.

"Technological innovation". Panel at American Association of Adult and Continuing Education, with J. Apps, D. Gueulette, S. Imel, and E. Askov, Oct. 21, 1987.

"Self directed learning and distance education." Panel at Commission of Professors of Adult Education, with Profs. Long, Brockett, and Sisco, Oct. 20, 1987.

WEST VIRGINIA
"Evolution of distance education: The conceptual context". Keynote address to conference of the State College and University Systems, Charleston, Sept. 26, 1991.

WISCONSIN
"New directions in Distance education research". Opening speaker on expert panel in one day forum at 18th Annual Conference on  Distance Teaching and Learning.  University of Wisconsin-Madison  Aug. 15th 2002

"Distance education for employee and customer training". Presenter and workshop leader, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Professional Development, Summers 1990-94.

"Making cost effective distance education a reality". Eighth Annual Conference on Distance Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aug. 7, 1992.

"ICDE in international distance education". Preconference seminar at Conference on Distance Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aug. 8, 1989.

"Formative evaluation of audio-teaching". Panel presentation at Third Conference on Distance Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aug. 6, 1987.

"Learners and learning at a distance." Keynote address to Improving Teaching at a Distance Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aug. 7, 1986.

"Effective Teaching at a Distance". Keynote address to First Distance Education Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aug. 5, 1985.

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
"Globalisation of distance education". Keynote address to Institute for Leadership in Distance Education, July 1, 1999.

"What does the research say about distance education?" Invited presentation to conference on "Exploring the Potential of Distance Education", Oct. 20, 1995.

"Distance education certificate program: Training local facilitators". Invited presentation to CREAD (The InterAmerican Distance Education Consortium), Oct. 23, 1995.

"The adult education program's international distance educational program". Presentation to Council of Academic Deans and President's Advisory Council, April 6, 1994.

"Developments in distance education." Presentation to Faculty of Agriculture, Oct. 4, 1994.

"Distance education: An academic's view." Talk to University Task Force on Distance Education, March 31, 1992.

"Current topics in distance education research." Talk to Pennarama annual training workshop, Nov. 5, 1991.

"Practice and potential of distance education." First Continuing Education Scholars’ Lecture, Nov. 19, 1991.

"American distance education research." Opening address to the First American Symposium on Research in Distance Education, July 25, 1988.

TELECONFERENCES

Instructional sessions for World Bank Learning and Leadership Center to participants in Currency Options course in Peru, Dominican Republic, Lithuania, Pakistan, Feb.-March 1998.

"Teaching, learning and information technology". Presentation to Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley conference, April 20, 1996.

"Audio conferencing for distance education". Audioconference presentation to distance education conference, Portland, OR, March 2, 1995.

"Techniques of teleconferencing for international distance education". Audioconference presentation to University of Wisconsin training program for corporate trainers, March 1, 1995.

"Obtaining interaction by audioconferencing." Audioconference presentation to Swedish Defence College of Management, Nov. 9, 1994.

"Distance education and international education at Penn State." Talk with Dr. Gary Miller by videoconference to the NAFSA Association of International Educators, Miami, FL, June 3, 1994.

"A distance education approach for training for demobilization in the Russian armed forces". Audioteleconference to Russian-Swedish conference at Defense College, Ostersund, Sweden, Feb. 24, 1994.

"Evaluation of promising practices." Audioconference presentation from the British Open University to the Western States Symposium on Distance Education, Los Angeles, CA, July 12, 1994.

"Distance education design and teaching techniques". Audioconference series for armed forces groups in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Jan. 14/28; Feb. 18; March 11, 1993.

"Teaching by teleconference". Three two-hour audioconferences presented as part of a training course given at The Swedish Defence College of Management sites in Karlstad and Ostersund, Sweden, Sept.-Nov., 1992.

"Designing and teaching by teleconference". Six three-hour audioconferences with computer conferences presented to participants in Umea, Stockholm, Karlstad, and Ostersund, Sweden. May-Sept., 1992.

"Distance education theory". Audioconference talk to graduate seminar in educational technology at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, March 2, 1992.

"Developments in distance education". Audioconference talk to graduate course, University of Wisconsin Department of Continuing and Vocational Education, Oct. 30, 1991.

"International teleconferencing". Audioconference to audience at Lahti Research and Training Centre, Finland, on the occasion of opening audioconferencing system, Feb. 14, 1992.

"Future issues in distance education". Videoconference for National University Teleconference Network from Oklahoma State University, April 27, 1989.

"Concept of Distance Education". Videoconference presentation for New Jersey Network (PBS), Jan. 9, 1989.

"Collaboration in American Distance Education". Presentation to an experimental audioconference with participating groups in Finland, United Kingdom, Venezuela, and Canada, Nov. 19, 1988.