Education in Yap
http://www.yapseed.fm

Microstate NETWORK
http://www.microstate.net
Microstate Network, Inc. provides strategic consulting and project administration/support services to governments, companies, organizations, and individuals, which desire to more effectively utilize information technologies to assist public and private sector development.

PEACESAT — Pan Pacific Education and Communication Experiments by Satellite
http://www.peacesat.hawaii.edu- The missions of PEACESAT are to: (1) facilitate "development" or "public service" telecommunications and information technology; (2) undertake telecommunications applications and technical experiments using satellites in the Pacific Island region; and (3) operate a public service satellite network in the Pacific Island region.

Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund (SPINF)
http://www.spf.org/spinf/distedu.html - For the purpose of building cooperative relationships between the Pacific Island Nations and Japan and also other countries in the international community, the Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund (SPINF) awards grants in support of projects in three categories: 1) people exchanges, 2) human resource development, 3) info-communications networking.

Sasakawa Peace Foundation
http://www.spf.org/ - The SPF carries out a range of programs aimed at promoting international understanding, exchange and cooperation. By pursuing work in these areas, SPF attempts to do its part in enhancing the welfare of humankind and fostering a healthy international society, while ultimately contributing to world peace.

iCON Corporation
http://www.iconpacific.com
iCON Corporation has been supporting the various Distance Education projects through the University of Guam. Visit their Web site to get a better idea of how this company sets the pace for innovative Internet solutions in the Pacific region ...

University of Guam
http://www.uog.edu
Visit the University of Guam On-Line ...

University of Guam/CCE-OP Site
Center for Continuing Education & Outreach Programs
RITA EDWARDS Professional Development Coordinator CCE-OP, UOG (T) 735-2604 (F) 734-1233 redwards@uog9.uog.edu

Daily Pacific Islands News Reports
http://boomer.anu.edu.au/spin/wwwboard/messages/480.html - News from and about the Pacific Islands region now is available worldwide on the Internet. The new Monday-Friday news service is a collaborative project of the East-West Center’s Pacific Islands Development Program in Honolulu and the University of Hawaii’s Center for Pacific Island Studies.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ - The NTIA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch’s principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues. NTIA works to spur innovation, encourage competition, help create jobs and provide consumers with more choices and better quality telecommunications products and services at lower prices.

Pacific Basin Development Council (PBDC)
http://www.pixi.com/~pbdc/index.html - The Pacific Basin Development Council (PBDC) is a non-profit, public organization. Established in early 1980 by the governors of the three American Territories of America Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the State of Hawaii, PBDC is, in effect, an extension of territorial and state governments in the Pacific. Incorporated under State of Hawaii laws, PBDC is headquartered in Honolulu. PBDC addresses and articulates, through its Board of Directors, the economic and social development concers of the Pacific Islands. The ultimate goals are job creation and maximum positive impact of the local island economies.

Pacific Basin Medical Association
http://128.171.103.16/pbma/pbmahome.htm - The Pacific Basin Medical Association (PBMA) was formed in 1995 to support and strengthen the redevelopment of the indigenous physician workforce among the U.S. Associated Pacific Islands.

Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC)
http://planet-Hawaii.com/pacificislander - Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) is a national nonprofit media organization established primarily for the purpose of increasing national public broadcast programming by and about indigenous Pacific Islanders. PIC promotes programming which fosters a deeper understanding of the values inherent in Pacific Island cultures and which enhance public recognition of and appreciation for Pacific Islanders; that is, the descendants of the first peoples of Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and other Pacific Islands.

Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP)
http://166.122.161.83/intro.htm - The Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) of the East-West Center is organized to assist in providing professional services and research information to the Pacific Island leaders in their collective efforts to achieve the desired social and economic development goals for the people in the Pacific Islands region. PIDP conducts specific research and training activities based on the issues and problems identified and prioritized by the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders and its Standing Committee.

Pacific Islands Internet Resources
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ogdeen/piir/index.html - As a service to the Pacific Islands community, this site attempts to bring together in one location a catalog of the resources available via the World Wide Web focusing on the Pacific Islands. Maintained by Prof. Ogden.

Pacific Resource for Education and Learning
http://w3.prel.hawaii.edu - PREL is a non-profit corporation that serves the U.S. in the Pacific region. PREL helps Pacific schools improve educational outcomes for children, youth and adults by providing research, development opportunities training, technical assistance, group facilitation, information resource activities, dissemination and evaluation services.

Pacific Science Association
http://psa.bishopmuseum.org/ - The objectives of the association are to promote cooperation and communication in science and technology among the communities of the Pacific region; to review common scientific concerns and priorities in the Pacific Basin and to provide a multidisciplinary forum for discussion of these concerns through Congresses and Inter-Congresses and other scientific meetings; to stimulate study of scientific problems of the Pacific region directly affecting the prosperity and welfare of its people; and to strengthen the bonds among Pacific peoples by promoting a feeling of cooperation among the scientists of all the Pacific countries.

Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC)
http://www.ptc.org - The PTC website is the online presence of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), an international, non-profit, non-governmental membership organization for providers and users of communication services, policy-makers, technologists, lawyers, scientists and academics.

Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
http://www.spc.org.nc/ - The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) provides technical advice, assistance and training, and applied research to its Island member countries and territories throughout the Pacific region.

South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)
http://www.sopac.org.fj/ - The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) is an independent, inter-governmental, regional organization established by a few South Pacific nations in 1972. Its Secretariat is located in Suva, Fiji, and has about 40 professional and support staff.

South Pacific Forum (SPF)
http://www.forumsec.org.fj/ - To work in support of Forum member governments to enhance the economic and social well-being of the people of the South Pacific by fostering cooperation between governments and between international agencies, and by representing the interests of Forum members in ways agreed by the Forum.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
http://www.fji-gov.apdip - UNDP Resident Representative & Resident Coordinator’s Office for Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

University of Electro-Communications
http://tremaine.cc.uec.ac.jp/index.html - The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) http server maintained by voluntary staff. This server will be replaced with the university-authorized Web server.

University of South Pacific
http://www.tcol.co.uk/comorg/usp.htm - The USP is a regional university serving twelve Pacific Island countries, with facilities in and students from all the member countries. Its aims are to maintain, advance and disseminate knowledge through teaching, consultancy, research and other methods; to provide education and training responsive to the needs of the communities of the South Pacific.

http://www.usp.ac.fj/
Official USP Web site which contains a listing of useful Web sites in Fiji.

GWTV - GW Television - The George Washington University
http://www.gwu.edu/~gwtv
GW Television is a professional production house and distance learning facility located on the campus of The George Washington University in the Foggy Bottom district of Washington, DC, four blocks from the White House. We offer a full range of services at reasonable prices, including video production, videoconferencing via compressed digital video or satellite, and distance learning.

Special Thanks to GW Television for providing the following links for your convenience ...

AAHE - American Association for Higher Education
http://www.aahe.org
AAHE promotes the changes needed in higher education to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world.

ACE - American Council on Education
http://www.acenet.edu
ACE is a forum for the discussion of major issues related to higher education and its potential to contribute to the quality of American life.

AECT - Association for Educational Communications and Technology
http://www.aect.org
AECT provides leadership in educational communications and technology by linking professionals holding a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process.

ADEC - American Distance Education Consortium, AgSat
http://www.adec.edu
ADEC is an international consortium of state and landgrant institutions providing economic distance education programs and services via the latest and most appropriate information technologies.

AIM - Association for Interactive Media
http://www.interactivehq.org
AIM provides the protection and promotion essential to Internet projects.

BEA - Broadcast Education Association
http://www.beaweb.org
The BEA prepares students in all aspects of telecommunications and electronic media.

ITC - Instructional Telecommunications Council
http://www.itcnetwork.org
ITC provides leadership, information, and resources to expand and enhance distance learning through the effective use of technology.

International Center for Distance Learning
http://www-icdl.open.ac.uk
The Center is a clearinghouse for disseminating information on distance learning opportunities worldwide.

IICS - International Interactive Communications Society
http://www.iics.org
IICS is dedicated to the advancement of interactive systems and the people who produce them.

Internet News
http://www.netnewstoday.com
This is a companion website for the radio series "Internet News," heard on radio stations worldwide, and reporting on interesting and useful sites on the web.

JEC College Connection
http://www.jec.edu
JEC College Connection provides courses and degree programs from recognized universities delivered directly to the home or office, as well as other education-related services.

NATAS - National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
http://www.emmyonline.org
NATAS is the largest single television professional association in the world, supplying many services and programs to its members, and encouraging excellence in television as signaled by the Emmy Award.

National ITFS Association (NIA)
http://www.itfs.org
The NIA website is dedicated to serving the needs of the ITFS community, including information on applying for ITFS licenses.

National Technological University (NTU)
http://www.ntu.edu
NTU is a degree-granting entity providing a wide range of distance learning courses taught by the top faculty of many of the nation's leading engineering schools and organizations.

National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN)
http://www.odu.edu/~nutn
NUTN is a consortium of colleges and universities focusing on new and emerging technologies in videoconferening and distance learning.

NETO/EDSAT
http://www.netoedsat.org
NETO/EDSAT is a not-for-profit nongovernmental organization whose primary purpose includes equitable, low-cost satellite and land-based services for education, training, information, and health care.

PBS Adult Learning Service
http://www.pbs.org/adultlearning
ALS provides professional development and courseware for higher education delivered via satellite and the Web.

PTC - Pacific Telecommunications Council
http://www.ptc.org
PTC is an international nonprofit non-governmental membership organization bringing together people with an interest in telecommunications and information systems and services in the Pacific Hemisphere.

SALT - Society for Applied Learning Technology
http://www.salt.org
The Society's purpose is to enable instructional technology professionals to enhance their knowledge and job performance in the field.

SCOLA - Satellite Communications for Learning
http://www.scola.org
SCOLA is a non-profit educational organization broadcasting international television programming, via satellite, for educational uses. All programs are broadcast unedited and in the original language.

TEC - The Education Coalition
http://www.tecweb.org
TEC is a not-for-profit organization promoting systemic education reform through the use of multiple technologies, and includes elementary, secondary, and post secondary schools, educational agencies, broadcast agencies, and high-tech industry corporations.

TeleFusion
http://www.telefusion.com
TeleFusion is a cutting edge division of SAIC (Science Applications International Corp.) dealing with emerging communication, information, and multimedia technologies.

USDLA - United States Distance Learning Association
http://www.usdla.org
USDLA is a non-profit association whose purpose is to promote the development and application of distance learning for education and training.

UCEA - University Continuing Education Association
http://www.nucea.edu
UCEA is an international association of universities and colleges working to expand higher education opportunities for part-time and non-traditional students.

Washington Metropolitan Distance Learning Association (WMDLA)
http://www.wmdla.org
WMDLA is the local chapter of the U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA). It is a non-profit association formed to promote the development and application of distance learning in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

WBLN - World Bank Learning Network
http://www.worldbank.org/distancelearning
WBLN is the Bank's umbrella distance learning service, dedicated to developing the highest quality learning products for Bank clients using communications technologies.

 

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