TY - BOOK ED - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. ED - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. TI - Training of Personnel for Distance Education. Report of a Regional Seminar (Islamabad, Pakistan, August 8-18, 1983) U1 - 370.71 PY - 1984/// CY - [Washington, D.C.] PB - Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse KW - Design Requirements KW - ericd KW - Developing Nations KW - Distance Education KW - Educational Media KW - Foreign Countries KW - National Programs KW - Program Descriptions KW - Teacher Education KW - Training Methods KW - Workshops N1 - Availability: UNIPUB, 205 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017; Microfiche; [Washington D.C.]; ERIC Clearinghouse; microfiches : positive N2 - This document reports on a seminar that included country presentations and selected materials on the training of distance educators by participants from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, and Sri Lanka, Part I provides an analysis of the current situation in the training of distance education personnel, including the experiences of the individual participating countries and forms and aspects of distance education. In Part II, new designs and methods of training in distance education are examined; distance education personnel and their training needs, research and evaluation in renewal systems in distance education, plans for organization of national level pilot training workshops, and suggested procedures for designing such workshops are examined. A seminar agenda and a list of participants are included. (LMM) UR - http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED251060 ER -