Delegation from National Development Planning Agency, Indonesia, visits intERLab
On 20 April, 2007 Dr. Ir. Dedy S. Priatna, Deputy of BAPPENAS (National Development Planning Agency), Indonesia, accompanied by Dr. Avip Syaefullah, Mr. Dida Heryadi Salya, Mr. Yusuf Arby, Mr. Purwa Malaysianto, Ms. Meily Djohar, Dr. Intan Ahmad, Mr. Hari Nasiri Mochtar, Mr. Hariman Prakoso (Indonesian local consultant), Dr. Eichi Kawai from Asia SEED, and Ms. Sayaka Fukuda and Ms. Patcharee Basu from SOI Asia Project visited Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab), AIT. During their visit to Thailand from 21 - 24 April 2007, the delegation had also visited advanced universities and government projects which are involved in e-learning/distance education field.
The delegation was warmly welcomed by Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut (above right), Director of intERLab, and Dr. Yasuo Tsuchimoto, Visiting Assistant Professor and intERLab staff members.
During the visit of intERLab, the delegation from BAPPENAS gave a brief presentation on their mission and visit, followed by the presentation of Dr. Yasuo of intERLab to introduce intERLab activities, DVTS and research, and intERLab's on-going development. Later on, there were presentations on 'Digital Ubiquitous Mobile Broadband OLSR (DUMBO)' by Mr. Dwijendra Kumar Das, 'VClass e-learning platform' by Ms. Charity Lourdes, and 'Mobile VClass and Demonstrations' by Mr. Andrey Kuprianov to the visitors. The visit concluded with the discussion between Prof. Kanchana and the delegation regarding e-learning and VClass platform.