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The Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) is an influential academic organization for distance education and open learning in Asian areas. For years both practitioners and researchers in the Asian area have made full of use of this forum to promote exchanges and forge good relationship, which has produced very positive impact on the development of distance education within the area.

The Secretary General says:

The vision of globalization is calling for substantial innovation to make our learning more flexible, more convenient and more relevant to the economic development. In the context of cross-culture background, we need to understand each other, to absorb constantly in all valuable references and to develop quality distance learning. We need to make joint efforts to create a better learning environment and ensure everyone of the right for life-long learning.

Its web site is http://www.aaou.net/


Executive Board

President
Professor Zhang Yao Xue - President, China Central Radio & TV University, China

Secretary-General
Professor Li Ya Wan - China Central Radio & TV University, China

Immediate Past President
Professor Kyoo-Hyang Cho - President, Korea National Open University, Korea

Members


Annual conference

The 2008 AAOU Annual Conference was hosted by Tianjin Radio & TV University, China.

The main theme for the XXII Conference was “The New Development, New Trends and New Missions of Open and Distance Education in Asia and the World”. The venue was staged at Tianjin Grand Hotel, Tianjin, China in October 2008.

For further information please visit the conference website: http://aaou.tjrtvu.edu.cn/.



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