AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE NEW VISTA EDUCATION SYSTEM OF OPEN, DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING

International Symposium on Open, Distance and E-Learning held at Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel at Bali, Indonesia by hosted by ICT Centre for Education, Ministry of National Education of the Republic Indonesia was a unique forum for scientific expositions on the progress of development and implementation on the fast-growing ICT global network, especially in the field of open, distance and e-learning. It was an excellent engagement of distinguished researchers, academicians, practitioners and policy makers from across the globe for the exchange of views and for sharing and acknowledging the contributions towards solving multinational problems with mutual synergy and collaboration.The theme of the symposium - The Emerging Technology for Teaching and Learning: A new paradigm of learning was followed by the sub themes 1. ICT in Education 2. New Technologies and New Learning 3. Quality Assurance in ODEL and 4. ODEL Sustainability-Implementation.