Advisory Committee

This is a list of suggested members for the Advisory Committee, some of these people will be invited to take part in one or more of the key meetings which will be organised during ReViCa. The first of these will take place in June 2008, Lisbon, right before the EDEN conference.

In the Wish List column, we have sorted those suggested according to the following, 1 = first choice, 2 = second choice, 3 = third choice. This means we will invite those that are rated "first choice' first to EDEN and only if they refuse will we move down the list to second choice and so on until we fill the available 15 places. Any suggestions or objections to the rating given should be made by 25 March, when we will start to issue invitations!

update 1 April: list now completed with addition of Gilly Salmon, don't forget to add your name to the 'Suggested by" column if you would like us to also mention your name in the letter of invitation! we start sending these letters 3 April!

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Table I.

Title	First Name	Last Name	Institution	Country	Function	Experience	Suggested by	Wish list
Dr.	Antti	Auer	University of Jyväskylä	Finland	Information Management Services, Chair of IT-Peda network	Experienced person in the field of University wide services, the "brains" behind the Finnish ICT supported University community, operates on "practical" level at the same time as on strategic level	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo	1
	Ari-Matti	Auvinen [1]	HCI Productions	Finland	Managing Director	Long experience in the field of eLearning, represents a firm which cooperates closely with universities, Secretary General of EFQUEL	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo	2
Prof.	Sebastiano	Bagnara	University of Sassari-Alghero	Italy	Chair of Cognitive Psychology at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Sassari-Alghero, Italy. He is fellow of the International Ergonomics Association and he is scientific Director of the journal Ergonomia. He is member of the Editorial Board of Applied Ergonomics, Cognition Technology and Work, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Travail Humain, Intelligen System. He is associated editor of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.	His research interest is in the field of human computer interaction, ergonomics, organisational psychology, human factors in shaping technology	Cristina Stefanelli	2
	Tony	Bates	Tony Bates Associates Ltd.	Canada	Independent Consultant	very experienced consultant in the field of Virtual Campus with vast amount of international experience. Broad range of clients including ministeries of education, HE commissions in the US and initiatives like UOC.	Paul Bacsich	1
	Peter	Baumgartner [2] [3]	University of Krems	Austria	Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning and Multimedia Head of the Department for Interactive Media and Educational Technology	One of the leading researchers in the German speaking countries in the field of E-learning and Virtual Campuses.	Theo Bastiaens	1
Prof.	Betty	Collis	University of Twente	The Netherlands	Consultant having taken early retirement from University of Twente in 2005	Leading researcher in this field, previously a leading light in the University of Twente and now a consultant providing support at a high level to ministeries, large organisations and agencies worldwide. Very experienced in the field of VC	Paul Bacsich	3
	Bas	Cordewener	SURF Foundation	The Netherlands	Manager of International Collaboration for the SURF Foundation	Bas has a good overview of activities within the Netherlands and the work of SURF in particular. Leads many of SURF's transnational activities.	Sally Reynolds	2
	Christian	Depover English CV	UMH, Université de Mons-Hainaut	Belgium	Head of Educational Technology Dept DESTE	Researcher in education, evaluation of learning and educational design, Overview of e-learning in Belgium; International consultant for Unesco and BIT (Africa)	Widad Benhabiles	1
	Jim	Devine	Dunlaoghaire Institute Art/Design/Technology	Ireland	IADT Director	very close to strategic thinking in Ireland vis-a-vis virtual campus and related activities, also an experienced reviewer and speaker on the European scene	Sally Reynolds	1
Dr.	Bakary	Diallo	African Virtual University	Kenya	Rector of the African Virtual University	Virtual campus in Francophone and Anglophone Africa in particular and ICT4D generally in Sub-Sahara Africa	Sally Reynolds	3
Dr.	Claudio	Dondi	SCIENTER	Italy	President of Scienter	Involved in numerous activities related to VC on both a European and International basis, particularly experienced in relation to policy and EU activities.	Sally Reynolds	1
	Tom	Dousma [4]	SURF	The Netherlands	Platform manager ICT and Education. Managing the Platform ICT and Education activities, especially the SURF education innovation Fund. This Fund supports innovative, theme oriented projects (see the leaflet ‘What do the innovation projects have to offer you). In addition to this the platform has initiatives on Grassroots projects, and made a start with the e-learning research program. The platform is responsible for several community activities eg. webstroom, on streaming media, SIX on standardisation, NL-Portfolio a community on digital portfolio’s.	Tom has, as programm manager, an good overview of virtual campuses in the Netherlands	Theo Bastiaens	1
	Lawrence	Hamburg	Higher Education Academy	UK	Assistant Director e-learning	Considerable experience in VCs, worked for UKeU, overall charge of benchmarking in HEA and good view of what is happening in the UK	Paul Bacsich	2
Prof. dr.	Jeff	Haywood [5]	University of Edinburgh	UK	Vice Principal Knowledge Management, Chief Information Officer & Librarian; Professor of Education & Technology, School of Education; Director, Scottish Centre for Research into On-Line Learning & Assessment (SCROLLA)	VC expert, esp. activities in Scotland	Helena Bijnens	2
Prof. Dr.	Wilfried	Hendricks	IBI - Technische Universität Berlin	Germany	Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and Head of the IBI - Institut für Bildung in der Informationsgesellschaft e.V. (Institute for Education in the Information Society).	Has a very good overvew of activities in this field in Germany and active in many regional and national networks. Familiar with many of the National policy disussions.	Sally Reynolds	2
Dr.	Carl	Holmberg	Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning	Sweden	Adviser to the Director-General	Very experienced in Adult and Higher Education, strong on policy-related activities and very active at European level.	Sally Reynolds	1
	Áine	Hyland		Ireland	recently retired Deputy VC	Advisor to HEA in Ireland, general educational expertise, policy and curricular issues	Paul Bacsich	2
	Terence	Karran	Lincoln University	UK	Director of the Open Learning Foundation	Extensive VC experience, developed VC at Uni Lincoln, involved at European and international level, current research into organisation models for Virtual Universities, also involved in Finish Virtual University Project	Paul Bacsich	1
	Thierry	Karsenti French CV	Université de Montréal	Canada	Holds Canada Research Chair on ICTs in education. Professor at the Université de Montréal, in ICT and their integration in teacher training and education.	Researcher in pedagogical integration of new technologies, teaching practices and motivation. Overview of e-learning in Canada. Collaborated with AUF and Unesco to implement e-learning projects in Africa	Widad Benhabiles	1
Dr.	Nikitas	Kastis	MENON Network & Lambrakis Research Foundation	Greece	Deputy Director General, Lambrakis and President of the MENON Network	Knowledgeable in respect to Greek activities, active at European level, interest in policy	Sally Reynolds	2
Prof.	Denise	Kirkpatrick	Open University	UK	Pro-Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching	Content development and delivery, research into new applications of ICT in supported OL and dev of policy related to application of new media and quality assurance and standards.	Paul Bacsich	3
	Paul	Kirschner [6]	University of Utrecht	The Netherlands	professor of Educational Sciences at the Department of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences at Utrecht University (as well as head of the Research Centre Interaction and Learning and dean of the Research Master programme Educational Sciences: Learning in Interaction) and professor of Educational Technology at the Educational Technology Expertise Center at the Open Universiteit Nederland with a chair in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments.	Paul has, from a research perspective, a strong opinion on almost everything that has to do with education. His roots for the last 20 years are in distance education, he has been working at the Dutch Open University for a long time now	Theo Bastiaens	3
Dr.	Walter	Kugemann	Institute for Innovation in Learning (FIM-NewLearning), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg	Germany	Head of FIM-NewLearning	Active for many years at European and German level, quite familiar with German VC activities including the Bavarian Virtual University	Sally Reynolds	2
	Fred	Litto	ABED	Brazil	Founder and Scientific Coordinator of the “School of the Future” of the University of São Paulo, senior role in ABED	Knows the Brazilian VC and TeL context very well as well as Latin America generally, now actively re-engaged in ICDE	Sally Reynolds	1
	Pierre-Jean	Loiret	AUF, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie	France/Africa	Program manager in distance training and educational technology	Experience in implementing several e-learning programs in African universities that are members of AUF	Widad Benhabiles	3
Dr.	Jyri	Manninen	University of Helsinki, Palmenia	Finland	Research Director	Experienced in Open university of Finland services	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo	3
Prof.	Robin	Mason	Open University	UK	also evaluator of Swiss Virtual Campus	Leading researcher in the field of Educational Technology, research interests learning objects, learning potential of broadband and student-centred learning.	Paul Bacsich	2
	Herman	Maurer old bio [7]	University of Graz[8]	Austria	Chair of the Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media (IICM)& professor at the Graz University of Technology	His main research and project areas are: Networked multimedia/hypermedia systems; electronic publishing and applications to university life, exhibitions and museums, Web based learning environments; languages and their applications, data structures and their efficient use, telematic services, computer networks, computer supported new media, dynamic symbolic language, social implications of computers, techniques to fight against plagiarism, and computers in Science Fiction. So quite a broad interest. Herman Mauer is very well known and has certainly 'non-traditional' ideas on how to establish virtual campuses.	Theo Bastiaens	2
Prof.	Terry	Mayes	Higher Education Academy	UK	head of the evaluation and support team for e-learning	Leading researcher in the field of Educational Technology, research interests include evaluation and e-pedagogy	Paul Bacsich	3
	Fred	Mulder Dutch English[9]	Open University of the Netherlands	The Netherlands	Rector of the Open University of the Netherlands	Fred, as rector, is leading the OUNL. He has certainly a strong opinion on virtual campuses. He is a driving force behind the Open Educational Resources Movement in Europe.	Theo Bastiaens	2
	Clive	Mulholland	University of Glamorgan]	UK	PVC at Glamorgan U	Experience in VC havng had responsibility for the Campus One VC in University of Ulster.	Paul Bacsich	2
	Morten Flate	Paulsen [10]	NKI Distance Education	Norway	Professor of Online Education, Director of Development	Working in the field for long time, written several articles and books and the developer of some basic theories	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo	1
	Daniel	Peraya, French CV	Université de Genève	Switzerland	Teacher at TECFA, educational technology unit, Faculty of Psychology and Education Science	Researcher in communication and distance learning for Higher Education, collaborated in several VC experiences	Widad Benhabiles	1
	Jim	Petch [11]	Manchester University	UK	Head of department of Distributed Learning	Key person in GIS and GI networks mainly in the UK	Markus Bela	3
	Vanessa	Pittard	Becta	UK	Director of Research	Responsible for IT in Schools, colleges and the LLL sectors within BECTA.	Paul Bacsich	3
	Juha	Pohjonen [12]	University of Oulu,Open University	Finland	Development Manager	again a person who has really worked in practice, but also owns strategic view into the field	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo	2
	Garry [13] [14]	Putland	education.au, Education Network Australia (edna)	Australia	General Manager - Business Development	Garry is a key link with what is happening in all sectors in Australia including Higher education.	Sally Reynolds	1
	Malcolm	Read	JISC	UK	Executive Secretary JISC	particularly involved in ICT policy and strategy development in post-16 education and research and in international IT infrastructure activities particularly in Europe and the United States.	Paul Bacsich	2
	Vitor	Rocio [15]	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Portugal	assistent professor	University which organises The EDEN conference in 2008	Theo Bastiaens	1
	Caitriona	Ryan	Higher Education Authority	Ireland	Head of Policy and Planning at the Higher Education Authority in Ireland	Policy experience, market transformation and HE,	Paul Bacsich	3
Prof.	Gilly	Salmon	University of Leicester	UK	Professor of E-learning & Learning Technologies, University of Leicester	Experienced researcher and consultant in related fields, areas of interest include e-moderating, role of IT in enabling change, research led e-strategies.	Paul Bacsich	1
	Albert	Sangrà [16] [17]	Open University of Catalonia	Spain	Academic Director at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)	interesting for the link with Universitat Oberta de Catalunya	Helena Bijnens	1
	Niall	Sclater [18]	The Open University	UK	Virtual Learning Environment Programme Director at The Open University	co-founded and managed the Clyde Virtual University and currently with Open University UK	Helena Bijnens	2
Dr.	Ramesh	Sharma	Indira Gandhi National Open University	India	Regional Director at Regional Center – Karnal of Indira Gandhi National Open University.	VC related activities in India	Sally Reynolds	3
	Josef	Strobl [19] [20]	Salzburg University	Austria	Head of Z_GIS and international representative for UNIGIS	Key person in GIS. His areas of activity are mainly: central Europe (particularly the german speaking area), Poland, Croatia, Czech republic and recently Tailand (Asian institute of technology).	Markus Bela	3
	András	Szûcs	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Hungary	Secretary General	EDEN	Markus Bela	1
	Ene	Tammeoru	Estonian e-Learning Development Centre	[Estonia]	Head at Estonian e-Learning Development Centre	closely associated with Estonian e-University	Sally Reynolds	1
	Martin	Valcke [21]	Ghent University	Belgium	Head Department of Education; Professor Instructional Sciences	One of the leading researchers in this field in Belgium	Theo Bastiaens	1
Prof.	Herman	van der Merwe	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	Director of the Department of Telematic Education at Technikon Pretoria and Manager of the Centre for the Utilisation of Technology in Education (CUTE) in Technikom.	International expert on the utilisation and management of technology in education and serves on various national and international workgroups. Specific interest in mobile learning what is happening in South Africa.	Sally Reynolds	1
Prof.	Tapio	Varis [22] [23] [24]	University of Tampere, Faculty of Education	Finland	Professor of Vocational Education, with particular reference to Global Learning Environments and UNESCO Chair in global e-learning with applications to multiple domains	strategic thinker in the field of knowledge society	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo	3
Dr.	Steven	Verjans	OUNL	Netherlands	assistant professor/junior lecturer at OTEC, OUNL	linked to Open University in the Netherlands, and through previous projects lots of expertise on VC	Helena Bijnens	3
	Martine	Vidal	Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED)	France	Chargée de mission recherche	well-known figure in French VC context, VP EDEN	Sally Reynolds	1
Dr.	Erwin B.	Wagner	University of Hildesheim and EDEN	Germany	Director of the Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education at Hildesheim University, Germany	particular experienc+	Sally Reynolds	1
	Jacques	Wallet	Université de Rouen, Campus Forse	France	Professor and researcher in Education Science. FORSE project manager (under the initiative "Campus numériques français").	Directed a collaborative book on distance learning "Le Campus numérique FORSE : analyses et témoignages" (PURH-2007)	Widad Benhabiles	2
	Wojciech	Zielinski	Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, Polish Virtual University	Poland	Pro Vice Chancellor for Information Systems (CIO) at The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (AHE) and co-author and a co-organizer of Polish Virtual University (PVU)	very knowledgable on developments in Poland and the set up and progress of the PVU	Sally Reynolds	1

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