Members are listed in alphabetical order by country.
Dr. Taerim Lee is the director of KNOU Institute of Distance Education. She was the program organizer of the ASEM e-Learning ICT Colloquy in Sept. 2006 with 27 countries in Seoul and the e-ASEM Network follow-up meeting in 2007. She works 27 years in the fields of Life Long Learning at Korea National Open University. For 23 years she’s developed the computer base teaching instruction starting from Mac, PC, and now web version. She is a biostatistician and now the president of Korean Society of Public Health Statistics and the president of Korean Classification Society, and the representative of Asia Pacific area woman statistician of ISI. During her term as the director at KNOU e-Learning center, she took charge of the president of KUACE (Korea Alliance for Cyber Education) with nationwide 89 universities. Her contents of Introductory Statistics were open to the APEC Cyber University for Public Health and ongoing collaboration with UNSIAP (UN Statistical Institute for Asia Pacific) of online education for Asia pacific official statisticians. She published many books and e-Learning contents of statistics, Statistics and Life, Introductory Statistics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis for Life data and Data Mining.
Huang Chuanhui has been working as deputy director of Enrollment Office for the Open University of China (the 'OUC') since 2007. As a assistant researcher, she's been playing a very proactive role in academic research projects of open and distance education such as 'Research on Construction of Course Platform Adapting Lifelong Learning and Independent Studies' (Beijing municipal commission of education project, 2007-2010) and 'Research and Practice on Open Educational Resources Integration and Sharing Mechanism' (Award Scheme of Education, Social Sciences and Medical Research, HK, 2007-2008). She also published several research papers with regard to open and distance education, such as 'Super Learning Market-an Ideal Open University' (2008), 'Developing Women's Education through the Modern Distance Education' (2008), 'Analysis of the Main Models, Mechanism and Forms of Open Educational Resources Integration and Sharing' (2010).
Lars Birch Andreasen is associate professor at the Department of Curriculum Research at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark. He holds a PhD in Educational Studies, and an MA (Master of Arts) in Cultural Sociology. His research interests focus on ICT and learning, especially on the creation of dialogic spaces in education through net-based interaction and collaboration. He currently works on virtual museums, user-generated content and web 2.0; and on the development of e-learning at universities.
Lars Birch Andreasen is co-coordinator of a Master's Programme on ICT-based Educational Design, and is a member of the Department's Research Programme on Media and IT in a Learning Perspective. In 2008 he has been co-editing a book (in Danish) on "Digital Media and Educational Design".
Mie Buhl is Associate Professor at the School of Education, Aarhus university. From 2005- 2008 Mie Buhl was Head of Department of Educational Anthropology and led the development programme of the Department of Educational Anthropology as ICT-pedagogic frontrunner.
Mie Buhl has been a member of the Research Programme on Media and ICT in a Learning Perspective at the Danish University of Education since 2001. She has actively taken part in establishing the Unit of Visual Culture in Education at the Danish University of Education, and has been co-coordinator of the Unit since 2002. Her research is related to the implications of digital technology and media in an aesthetic and educational perspective.
Currently cooperating with Siegen University, Germany: http://www.mediengeschichte.uni-siegen.de
Christian M. Stracke studied Educational Sciences (M.A.) at the University of Bonn. He currently works as Project Manager and coordinates projects at the University of Duisburg-Essen, such as the Quality Initiative E-Learning in Germany and Competence for Human Resource Development. In addition he is Adjunct Professor at the Korea National Open University.
Christian M. Stracke is an expert and senior consultant in the fields of policies and quality for e-learning, quality management, E-Learning, competence modeling and standardization in human resources. He is Vice-Chair of the European standardization committee CEN/TC 353 since its establishment and Convener of the international standardization committee ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36 WG5 that has developed and published the first official ISO/IEC standard for quality management in Learning, Education, and Training (RFDQ = ISO/IEC 19796-1).
Kerstin Mayrberger is Professor for Media Education and E-Learning (Juniorprofessur) at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz/Germany. Her main emphases of research are didactics and technology enhanced learning in formal learning contexts, especially in school and higher education. Further she is specialized in blended-learning arrangements, e-learning 2.0, strategies for the organisational implementation of e-learning and professionalization in media education. Currently she focuses on the question of participatory learning with social media in formal learning contexts. She has worked several years as research associate at University of Hamburg in the field of e-learning at the Center of Higher and Further Education (ZHW) as well as in the field of media education at the faculty of education. She is an active member in the Association for Media in Science (GMW – Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft).
Tsuneo Yamada is professor and the director of Department of International Collaboration, Center of ICT and Distance Education, the Open University of Japan (OUJ). He worked for thirteen years at National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME), which was closed and merged into OUJ in March 2009. His main research fields are Educational Technology, Learning Psychology, and Second Language Learning. He has been engaged both in the study on advanced use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in educational fields and in the development of various e-learning materials. Under the new project, his current interests are on the development and evaluation of learning objects, the strategies for their sharing and distribution, and their quality assurance. He is participating in Global Learning Object Brokered Exchange (GLOBE) Initiative from his institution. He is also an adjunct professor of Department of Cyber Society and Culture at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), a visiting professor of the Global Scientific Information and Computing Center (GSIC) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and a member of the board of directors, Accreditation Council for Practical Abilities (ACPA).
Bowon Kim has been working as professor of English for Korea National Open University (KNOU) since 1991. He translated several English novels into the Korean language. With regard to open and distance education, his main concern is to enhance and upgrade the teaching and learning system at open universities. Recently, he has concentrated on rebuilding the tutoring process of KNOU as Director of the Institute of Distance Education of KNOU. At international conferences for the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), he presented papers such as "Tutoring at a Mega-University" (2005) and "Standards and Indexes for Evaluating Open Universities" (2009). His present aim is to draw more researchers into the network and its activities, and to share its research results with people interested in lifelong learning and e-Learning in ASEM countries.
Hyein Jung has been working as an International Cooperation officer at the Institute of Distance Education, Korea National Open University and the assistant to the e-ASEM coordinator since January 2011. She holds a master’s degree in ELT from the University of Sussex, UK and her main research interests are CALL (Computer-Assisted Language teaching), the use of technology in modern assisted learning, practical application of educational technology in distance education.
Kyoung-Ae Choi has been working as an associate professor and the head of Department of Educational Technology in Cyber Graduate School, Joongbu University. Dr. Choi, graduated Seoul National University(Ph. D and M. Ed.), had an experience to work for Korea National Open University (KNOU) as a researcher. Now she teaches several subjects such as 'Understanding Distance Education', Systems Approach to Instructional Design', 'Quality Management of Distance Education'. With regard to research, her main concern is to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in traditional or technology-based environment. Recently, she has studied the learning strategies and attitudes of excellent students in a traditional/cyber university, and the policies of universities to enhance the teaching quality. Now She is writing a book about Quality Management of Distance Education.
Min-Seung Jung is an associate professor in the Department of Education at Korea National Open University. Dr. Jung holds her doctoral degree in Education from Seoul National University (Ph. D and M. Ed.), and teaches several subjects such as Lifelong Learning, Feminist Pedagogy, and Development and Education, and Social Movement and Lifelong Learning. She has joined the National Research Foundation of Korea, the Korean Society for Lifelong Education, the Korean Society for the study of Anthropology of Education, National Institute for Lifelong Education as an executive member. She has published articles centered on the critical approaches of adult learning and cyber-culture, and books including Internet as a space of learning, and Researching Adult Education. She is presently researching the characteristics of adult students with Dr. Kasworm of North Carolina State University, and Korean immigrants intercultural learning process in University of North Carolina Asia Center as a visiting scholar.
Younghee Woo has been working as a researcher at the Institute of Distance Education, Korea National Open University and the e-ASEM research network administrator since 2010. Dr. Woo completed her Ph.D degree in 2006 in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology at The University of Georgia in U.S. She has published articles centered on Meaningful online learning, Authentic task and Learning Management system. Currently, she is doing research on Web 2.0 and Competencies of Instructional Designer, and U-learning. And she has taught several subjects such as Instructional Design, Theory and Practices of e-learning and Need Analysis for e-learning.
Rita Birzina works in the Faculty of Biology (FB) of the University of Latvia (UL) as study Methodist and assistant director of the Module of Biology of Professional Bachelor Programme for Teachers of Informatics and Natural Sciences. She is also a researcher in the Institute of Pedagogical Sciences, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, UL and the scientific secretary of its doctoral school Human Capacity and Life-wide Learning in inclusive contexts of diversity. Her scientific interests encompass researches on ICT, pedagogy and Natural Sciences with focus on Biology. The theme of her Dissertation is Humanistic approach within the study of adults computer literacy. She delivers study courses on Biology in FB UL and on Informatics as a host reader in Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music. She also has certain experience of lecturing in continuing education; in organizing conferences and leading international and local projects, which are connected with teachers' continuing education in ICT and Biology, as well as with the protection and management of nature.
Latifah Abdol Latif is the Director of Center for Student Management, Open University Malaysia (OUM), since it was first established in 2003. She joined OUM in 2003 after taking a break from her 22 years service at the University of Malaya as an Associate Professor in the field of Organometallic Chemistry. She is currently a Professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology, OUM. Her main responsibility is to collaborate, coordinate, and monitor all retention related programmes with the faculties, learning centers, departments and units, to ensure that students are given the appropriate support in their studies. Her core interest is in student retention. The design, planning and implementation of retention initiatives are mainly to help students go through their challenging times at OUM, and to enable them to complete their programmes and graduate within the allowable period.
Dr. Mansor Fadzil currently serves as the Senior Vice President at Open University Malaysia (OUM). He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Science (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Birmingham in 1981 as well as his Master's Degree and Ph.D. in Control Systems Engineering from University of Sheffield in 1982 and 1985, respectively. Dr. Mansor formerly worked as a full-time lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya (UM). During his tenure at UM, he held various administrative posts and was responsible for introducing online learning to the UM lecturers in 1998. Dr. Mansor was also instrumental in the establishment of OUM, Malaysia's first open and distance learning (ODL) institution in 2000. Some of his most recent projects include the introduction of mobile learning, a new assessment instrument, an institutional question bank and a Mathematics resource centre at OUM.
Norazah Nordin is an Associate Professor in the area of e-learning and instructional design at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). She is the Coordinator of the Resource and Information Technology Graduate Programme and a member of the UKM e-Learning Committee, which is in-charge of the implementation of the UKM e-learning policy. At the national level, she is a member of the Malaysia Higher Learning Institution e-Learning Council. Her research interests include e-learning, ICT-Pedagogy Integration, Instructional Design and Mobile Learning. She leads many researches, whose grants were awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, the Ministry of Education, Malaysia and UNESCO. Her involvement in ASEM includes a contribution of a chapter in the ASEM book (2010), entitled 'Frameworks for Supporting Lifelong Learning', published by Tongxin Publishing House, Beijing. As a member of the e-ASEM Research Network, she is determined to continue contributing and collaborating with other member researchers in lifelong learning and e-Learning activities.
Alena Ilavska has been teaching at the Technical University in Zvolen since 1989. She started her teaching activities as a teacher of Philosophy and taught graduate and postgraduate students; she was also responsible for lectures and seminars. Later on when the Faculty of Ecology was founded she started to teach Ecophilosophy, History of Arts and Esthetical Aspects of Relation Man and Nature. She completed her PhD at the Department of Sociology at Comenius University. This enabled her to include the new subject Sociology and Business Psychology into her syllabus. She has also been teaching abroad within the framework Erasmus Socrates Program and within the framework Telematic Management which is a Master study Program of Donnau Universität Krems. Her subject is Social Impact of ICT on Social Sphere. After the successful competition of tenders she won the position of director for Local Center of Distance Education in 1994. She was a member of a working group responsible for creation of methodology of distance and flexible learning. She has been teaching Sociology and Business Psychology at the Center for the students of Distance Education. She is responsible for the methodology and for preparation of study materials and for the implementation of new ICT tools into the education system. Her career includes various prestigious posts in the field of distance education and ICT, as well as international education and training in various countries. For almost ten years, Dr Ilavska served as Director of the Local Center for Distance Education, as well as a distance education expert and co-ordinator e-learning projects at the Technical University Zvolen.
Jaroslava Kovacova received her degree in Public Economy at the Masaryk Univeristy in Brno, Czech Republic. The title of her graduate thesis is "Utilization of structural funds for implementation of eLearning within the terciary education area in Slovakia". Currently, Jaroslava is working on her PhD at the department of Social Development and Social Policy, Faculty of National Economy at the University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia. Her PhD thesis is linked to the fulfillment of the Lisboa Strategy objectives in the field of education, research and development. Apart from her studies she is empolyed at the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic. Her areas of expertise are participatory adult learning, eLearning and lifelong learning, training, coaching and personal development.
Anuchai Theeraroungchaisri is Deputy Director of Thailand Cyber University Project under The Commission on Higher Education, Thailand Ministry of Education. He is also a committee member in Chulalongkorn University faculty development board and also assistant to the Dean (educational technology), faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University. His responsibilities in the past include Director of Learning resource center for self study, Director of Pharmacy Computer Network Center, Head of Pharmacy administration department. He got Ph.D in Educational Communications and Technology with the background of M.Sc. in Computer and B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research interests include Constructive Learning Environment, Learning design, Faculty development, Innovative technology for learning.
Supannee Sombuntham is currently an adviser of Thailand Cyber University Project (TCU), Commission on Higher Education. She served as the director of TCU during 2005- September 2009. TCU is an ongoing project being carried out according to the National Education Act B.E, 1999 which put emphasis on expanding educational opportunities for people. The TCU acts as a learning resource sharing center and aims to assist all the higher education institutes to deliver distance learning via the Internet. It also works to ensure that all online courses are of a high quality and meet government standards. Prior to working at TCU, Assistant Professor Supannee was a lecturer in Physiology at Department of Physiology, Faculty of Phamaceutical Science, Chulalongkorn University during 1974-2005. She was also the Deputy Director at the Continuing Education Center, Chulalongkorn University during 1998-2004.
Dr. Thapanee Thammetar is the Director of Thailand Cyber University Project (TCU), Office of the Higher Education Commission. TCU is an ongoing project being carried out according to the National Education Act B.E, 1999 which put emphasis on expanding educational opportunities for people. The TCU acts as a learning resource sharing center and aims to assist all the higher education institutes to deliver distance learning via the Internet. It also works to ensure that all online courses are of a high quality and meet government standards. Thapanee Thammetar received her PhD in Educational Communication and technology from Chualalongkorn University. She is currently working as a lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Silpakorn University, where she used to be vice director of Computer Centre during 2002-2008.
Sarah is a distance learning specialist in the area of student support and retention. Educated through the University of Southampton, Sarah has been working in the field of Responsible Admissions and Enrolment for over ten years within international departments, both at the University of London and American Intercontinental University - London. Her research includes ’Improving Student Retention in Distance Education at the University of London’ sponsored by the Centre for Distance Education. Within her own department, this research increased progression by 30% within two years. Sarah is currently researching retention and student support in Social Networks. Sarah also works as part of the University of London lead college advisory group, supporting education for 48,000 students in 180 countries. She advises on retention and development of sustainable, scalable student support systems to ensure academic and individual personal success.
