Contributors

Dr Hans-Peter Baumeister, Deutches Institut Fuer Fernstudienforschung, Germany Dr Denis Blight, IDP Education Australia, Australia Ed Brandon, University of the West Indies, Barbados Dr Fabio Jose Chacón Duque, Venezuela Hung-Ju Chung, National Open University, Taiwan Sir John Daniel, The Open University, UK Dorothy Davis, IDP Education Australia, Australia Dr Xingfu Ding, Central Radio and TV University, China Professor Tony Dodds, University of Namibia, Namibia Yvonne Fung, Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Jenny Glennie, South African Institute for Distance Education Patrick Guiton, The Commonwealth of Learning, Canada Keith Harry, freelance adviser on distance learning, UK Corinee Hermant-de Callatay, European Commission, Belgium Thomas Hülsmann, International Research Foundation for Open Learning, UK Janet Jenkins, UK Professor Bruce King, University of South Australia, Australia Dr Robin Mason, Open University, UK Dr Claire Mathewson, Simon Fraser University, Canada Professor Geoffrey Mmari, Open University of Tanzania, Africa. Professor Louise Moran, Australia David Murphy, Monash University, Australia Brittmarie Myringer, Sweden Evie Nonyongo, University of South Africa, South Africa Alan Olsen, IDP Education Australia, Australia Professor Santosh Panda, Indira Ghandhi National Open University, India Dr Hilary Perraton, International Research Foundation for Open Learning, UK Greville Rumble, Open University, UK Dr Douglas Shale, University of Calgary, Canada Dr Andras Szücs, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary Ruby Va'a, University of the South Pacific, Fiji