DUSHANBE, August 12, 2009, Asia-Plus — A session of the expert group for discussion and coordination of draft resolutions on the plan of interaction on extending usage of distant learning technologies for the period till 2012 as well as changes making to the regulations on the CIS basic organization for usage of dataware in the education system will be held in the Belarus capital Minsk from August 13-14, according to the CIS Executive Council.
The draft documents were prepared by the CIS council for educational cooperation.
The plan of interaction on extending usage of distant learning technologies is aimed at promoting distant learning within the CIS area. This document provides for improvement of legal foundation, means and methods of distant learning technologies, as well as creation of compatible informational and technological infrastructures, conducting researches in the field of distant learning technologies.
Changes to the regulations on the CIS basic organization for usage of dataware in the education system are made following reorganization and liquidation of the Center for Educational Policy within the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, which was the basic organization for the CIS states on researches in the field of educational policy. In the future, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia will be engaged in conducting these researches.
