Distance Education in Information Society---China International Distance Education Conference 2007 2007-09-28 On Sep 20 and 21st, “China International Distance Education Conference 2007” was held in Beijing. The focus of the conference is “New Development, New Trend and New Topic” in the field of distance education in an information society. Except the general sessions, there are 8 concurrent forums on: Development of Continuing Education and Online Education, Development of Radio and TV University, Educational Service and Public Service System, Management and Development of Out-School Learning Centers in Online Education, Development of E-Learning, Development of Online Career Education, Informationization Construction and Community Education. The conference touched several new developments in distance education, such as the development of educational service system, the life-long education system, the construction of learning society, distance education in Primary and Secondary Education, etc. As invited, CORE Chairman Dr. Fun-Den Wang attended the conference and delivered a presentation focused on Open Education on the “Forum on Educational Service and Public Service System”.   close