Welcome We invite you and your institution to join the International Center for Distance Learning. ICDL is an education and training solutions company with a focus on distance learning and customized education and training solutions. Through our franchise activity we are engaged in developing customized responses to education and training needs worldwide. Our library of courses serves as a resource to meet program and content needs. We are a member organization designed to provide you the support needed to respond to identified learning needs. As a member, you become a priority resource for international program initiatives. The ICDL helps you to become a global participant by: Notifying you of selected program needs. Developing a strategic partnership between you, ICDL and franchisees through a request for proposal process. Supporting you and your international program initiatives with a telecommunications infrastructure that includes internet and videoconferencing capabilities. Promoting offerings though our extensive marketing services and in-country linked Web site. Managing the front-end administration requirements though our e-commerce and e-management structures. Our activities also include consultation services for those institutions looking to enter into distance learning or who may need support in maximizing the benefits of distance learning within their institution. As a solutions oriented organization we focus on the best way to meet learner and institutional needs related to distance learning. Our quality videoconferencing equipment provides cost effective point to point and point to multi-point solutions for institutions trying to meet a variety of enrollment needs most notably the building of a viable learning community for courses that may have insufficient enrollment in a single location. Our purpose is to assist you in developing your capabilities to serve an expanded learner population regardless of where they are located. We are guided in our efforts by the ICDL Distance Learning Council represented by national leaders in the field of adult education, assessment and distance learning. Members of the Council are listed below. The ICDL Distance Learning Council Dr. Harriet Cabell, Sr. Associate & Dean Emeritus, Adult Education, University of Alabama Dr. Paul Edelson, Dean, State University of New York, Stony Brook Dr. Cindy Elliott, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS Dr. David Houle, Education Consultant, Los Angeles, CA Dr. Richard Novak, Executive Director, Continous Education & Distance Learning, Rutgers University, New Jersey Dr. Paul Stonely, President, National Commission for Cooperative Education, Boston, MA Dr. Leon Zaborowski, Vice Provost, University College Northeastern University, Boston, MA