Distance Education (DE), a novel trend in the realm of higher education emerged almost half a century ago with a focus to facilitate learning for those who were geographically distant. Over the years, rapid changes have taken place in the practice of DE, mainly driven by advancements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Incorporation of ICT led to the advanced form of DE known as e-Learning which not only covers content and instructional methods delivered via CD-ROM, the Internet or an Intranet, audio and videotape, satellite broadcast on TV but also interactive online learning using web 2.0 tools.   Read more . . .

Keynote speakers

	Prof. Dr. John Arul Phillips Dean School of Education & Cognitive Science, Asia e University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Prof. Dr. Tian Belawati Former Rector Indonesia Open University, Indonesia
	Uwe Wieckenberg Director Institut für Bildungstransfer, Landau, Germany
	Prof. Dr. Shahid Siddiqui Vice Chancellor Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan