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PCF4 Program

Sunday 29 October
10.00 am - 5.00 pm	PCF4 Registration
Monday 30 October
9.00 am - 6.30 pm	PCF4 Registration
6.30 pm - 7.30pm	PCF4 Meet 'n' Greet (come and meet the other delegates)
Tuesday 31 October
8.00 - 8.45 am	Registration & Refreshments
9.00 - 11.00 am	Conference Opening Ceremony (delegates need to be seated by 8:45 a.m.) Keynote Speech: Sir John Daniel Opening Address: Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller
11.00 - 11.45 am	Morning Tea
11.45 - 12.45 pm	Ice Breaker
12.45 - 2.15 pm	Lunch
2.15 - 3.30 pm Parallel Sessions	Hanover (workshop)	Written assignment feedback workshop Part 1
	Manchester	Public/private partnerships for TVET
	Trelawny	Libraries without walls
	Portland Suite A	Gender and ODL
	Portland Suite B	Learning and technology
	Windsor Ballroom A	Blended learning
	Windsor Ballroom B	ODL in SIDS
	Middlesex (computer room)	Instructional design and course design
	Ortanique Lounge	Professional development in agriculture
3.30 - 4.00 pm	Afternoon Tea
4.00 - 5.15 pm Parallel Sessions	Hanover (workshop)	Written assignment feedback workshop Part 2
	Manchester	Copyright
	Trelawny	Rural and community development
	Portland Suite A	Cross border education
	Portland Suite B	Learning and technology
	Windsor Ballroom A	Blended learning
	Windsor Ballroom B	ODL in SIDS
	Middlesex (computer room)	Writing for publication workshop
	Ortanique Lounge	Instructional design and course design
5.15 - 7.00 pm	Portland Suite B	Policy and ODL
5.15 - 7.00 pm	Ad hoc meetings/free time
7.00 pm	Dinner (own arrangements)
Wednesday 1 November
8.45 - 9.35 am	Keynote Speech: Mr Winston Cox
9.35 - 10.00 am	Move to chosen session
10.00 - 11.15 am Parallel Sessions	Hanover (workshop)	Health education workshop Part 1
	Manchester	Copyright
	Trelawny	ODL for governance workshop Part 1
	Portland Suite A	Gender and ODL
	Portland Suite B	Literacy, livelihoods and TVET
	Windsor Ballroom A	E learning
	Windsor Ballroom B	Teaching and teacher education
	Middlesex (computer room)	Open source
	Ginger Lilly Room	Civil society and Gender Part 1
	Ortanique Lounge	Libraries and knowledge management
11.15 - 11.45 am	Morning Tea
11.45 - 1.00 pm Parallel Sessions	Hanover (workshop)	Health education workshop Part 2
	Manchester	Copyright workshop
	Trelawny	ODL for governance workshop Part 2
	Portland Suite A	Learning and technology
	Portland Suite B	Rural and community development
	Windsor Ballroom A	E learning
	Windsor Ballroom B	Teaching and teacher education
	Middlesex (computer room)	E-learning with Office workshop
	Ginger Lilly Room	Civil society and Gender Part 2
	Ortanique Lounge	Reearch
1.00 - 2.30 pm	Lunch
2:30 - 3:45 pm	Portland Suite B	Gender and ODL
	Manchester	Rural and community development
	Hanover	Learning and technology
	Trelawny	M learning
	Windsor Ballroom B	Quality assurance workshop/dialogue
2:30 - 5:00 pm	Portland Suite A	Open resources
	Middlesex (computer room)	Creating e-portfolios workshop
5.00 - 7.00 pm	Ad hoc meetings/free time
7.00 pm	Dinner (own arrangements)
Thursday 2 November
8.45 - 9.35 am	Keynote Speech: Professor Penina Mlama
9.35 - 10.00 am	Move to chosen session
10.00 - 11.15 am Parallel Sessions	Hanover (workshop)	E-learning for workplace training workshop Part 1
	Manchester	Research
	Trelawny	Cross border education
	Portland Suite A	Management and systems
	Portland Suite B	Open resources
	Windsor Ballroom A	Open Schooling & EFA/MDGs panel
	Windsor Ballroom B	Open source
	Middlesex (computer room)	Learning objects workshop
	Ginger Lilly Room	Policy and ODL
	Ortanique Lounge	Teaching and teacher education
11.15 - 11.45 am	Morning Tea
11.45 - 1.00 pm Parallel Sessions	Hanover (workshop)	E-learning for workplace training workshop Part 2
	Manchester	Copyright workshop
	Trelawny	Cross border education
	Portland Suite A	Open resources
	Portland Suite B	Rural and community development
	Windsor Ballroom A	Open schooling and technology panel
	Windsor Ballroom B	Quality assurance
	Middlesex (computer room)	Learning and technology
	Ginger Lilly Room	Management and systems
	Ortanique Lounge	Teaching and teacher education
1.00 - 2.30 pm	Lunch
2.30 - 3.45 pm Parallel Sessions	Hanover (workshop)	Digital divide workshop Part 1
	Manchester	Copyright
	Trelawny	Rural and community development
	Portland Suite A	Policy and ODL
	Portland Suite B	HIV/AIDS and Health MDGs panel
	Windsor Ballroom A	Open schooling
	Windsor Ballroom B	Communities and ODL
	Middlesex (computer room)	Instructional design and course design
	Ortanique Lounge	Research
3.45 - 4.15 pm	Afternoon Tea
4.15 - 5.30 pm Parallel Sessions	Hanover (workshop)	Digital divide workshop Part 2
	Manchester	Learning and technology
	Trelawny	Literacy, livelihoods and TVET
	Portland Suite A	Policy and ODL
	Portland Suite B	Health Services and Research in ODL
	Windsor Ballroom A	Learner support and tutoring
	Windsor Ballroom B	Communities and ODL
	Middlesex (computer room)
	Ortanique Lounge	Teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa
5.30 -6.30 pm	Ad hoc meetings/free time
6.30 pm	Conference Dinner COL's Excellence in Distance Education Awards will be presented during the Dinner.
Friday 3 November
8.45 - 9.35 am	Keynote Speech: Dr Sugata Mitra
9.35 - 10.00 am	Move to chosen session
10.00 - 11.15 am Parallel Sessions	Hanover (workshop)	I CONSENT Consortium Model
	Manchester	Theory and practice of ODL for agriculture
	Trelawny	Open resources workshop
	Portland Suite A	Dual mode institutions in Africa
	Portland Suite B	Research
	Ginger Lilly Room	Management and systems
	Ortanique Lounge	Learning experiences
11.15 - 11.45 am	Morning Tea
11.45 - 1.00 pm	Closing Ceremony
1.00 - 2.30 pm	Lunch
2.30 - 7.00 pm	Tours, visits,ad hoc group meetings
Version correct at October 23, 2006

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