CALED ADVISING

The Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Quality in Distance Higher Education, CALED, offers national and international advising related to Higher Distance Education and the self-evaluation process for quality improvement.

So far this year, in January, February, March, and April, representatives of the Universidad Valle de Momboy de Venezuela, Universidad de Panamá and Universidad Escuela Administración de Negocios Colombia (EAN) visited the Distance Modality at the UTPL with the purpose of being academically advised about the organization and management of Distance Education.

The advising was given by María José Rubio, Assistant Director of CALED, and her collaborators. The representatives visited the CITTES of Via Communications and Knowledge Management in order to learn about the activities developed in these CITTES. They also learned about the activities that are being developed by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Quality in Distance Higher Education, or CALED.

Currently, CALED is organizing courses to be offered at an international level. For this reason, a technical team of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Quality in Distance Education is developing the “Didactic guide of evaluation for continuous training courses.” This didactic guide is being validated by a team of experts at the international level for its subsequent publication.

JOSÉ SILVIO, A MODEL IN THE SUPPORT TO QUALITY EDUCATION

Dr. José Silvio worked as Associate Professor and Coordinator of Doctoral Thesis Advisors at the Nova Southeastern University (USA). He also worked for UNESCO as a member of the International Professional Personnel. Silvio was the Coordinator of the UNESCO International Institute Program for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) which is headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela.

His professional interests lie in the use of information technology and telematics in education. He is the author of three books on this subject which have been published by UNESCO.

José Silvio also participated as a presenter in the 1st CREAD ANDES CONGRESS IN THE CREAD 15th ANNIVERSARY and 1st VIRTUAL EDUCA LATIN-AMERICAN SUMMIT. He was also the facilitator of the workshop “Leadership in Quality Management of Distance Education.”

Due to the death of our beloved friend, professor and colleague, we feel an overwhelming emptiness. CALED expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Dr. José Silvio in these difficult times.

News

	At the end of February, María José Rubio, Assistant Director at CALED, participated as “International Co-evaluator” in the external evaluation process with the goal of accrediting the Bachelors program of Educational Computing at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) in Costa Rica(Read more ..)
	From February 2 to 6, 2009 the second on-site meeting of the Implementation and Development Course IDEL (E-Learning) was carried out. The course was made possible thanks to the financing of a German NGO called INWENT. (Read more ..)
	The course of Expert in Direction of Educational Quality has been developing since November 2008. This course is sponsored by the Universidad de Sevilla and organized by the Distance Modality of UTPL in collaboration with CALED (Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Quality in Distance Higher Education)....(Read more..)
	On May 20-22, in Sao José Dos Campos, Brazil, the Sixth Virtual Educa Summit Brasil, to which the UTPL was invited for the official launching of the Virtual Educa Brazil IP Channel and for participating in the panel WEB TELEVISION AS A TOOL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL DIFFUSION, sharing the experience of the TV UTPL.....(Read more..)
UNESCO-IESALC, UNIVERSITY NETWORKS AND THE COUNCILS OF RECTORS FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN WILL MEET IN LIMA TO START ENLACES.	In order to discuss a proposal for collaborative participation and establish mechanisms of articulation among the organizations involved in the creation of the Latin American and the Caribbean Area for Higher Education (ENLACES), the city of Lima, Peru will host the Third Summit of University Networks and Councils of Rectors from America Latina and the Caribbean on June 1 and 2. ....(Read more..)

Next Events

This year, the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Quality in Distance Higher Education is developing activities for the 10th Virtual Educa International Summit, which will be held in Argentina on November 9-13. At the summit, CALED will hold the 6th Seminar on Quality in Distance Higher Education and a workshop called “Standards for the Evaluation of Continuing Education of Virtual Courses.” These events will rely on the participation of international presenters.... (Read more ..)