The AAOU Staff Exchange Fellowship Programme was created by the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU). Member institutions of AAOU offer reciprocal short-term visiting fellowships to distance education professionals so they can carry out research projects connected with the promotion and development of distance education. The aim is to increase academic exchanges between Asian open universities and promote intercollegiate research cooperation.
The Hong Kong Croucher Foundation Scholar Exchange Project is funded by the Hong Kong Croucher Foundation and implemented by the Open University of China （OUC）and the Open University of Hongkong (OUHK).
Brief Introduction:
Founded in 1991, the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) is the most influential non-profit organisation in the field of distance and e-learning education in Europe. The organisation exists to share knowledge and improve understanding among professionals in distance and e-learning, and promote policy and practice across Europe and beyond. EDEN holds an annual meeting every year to provide a platform for academic exchanges and discussions between distance open education professionals from all over the world.
Brief Introduction:
The International Association for Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization.
About the OUUK:
Officially founded in 1971 with the grant of a UK royal charter, the Open University, UK (OUUK) is an independent, autonomous national institution of higher education. It is the largest university in the UK and is eligible to confer all kinds of degrees.
About MSU:
Michigan State University (MSU) is a public university located in East Lansing, Michigan State, USA. Founded in 1862, it was the first university established according to the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. MSU is not only famous for education, agriculture and communication theory, but also for its vanguard role in the research of packaging and musical therapy.
About UMUC:
The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is a distance learning university located in the unincorporated community of Adelphi in Prince George's County, Maryland in the United States. Serving over 90,000 students worldwide, UMUC is one of the largest distance learning institutions and is open to all applicants with a 100 percent acceptance rate for undergraduate programmes.
About SCOLA:
US SCOLA is a non-profit educational organization that receives and re-transmits TV programmes from over 140 countries around the world in more than 170 languages. Schools and professional institution users across North America, South America and the Caribbean can access programmes via the Internet, satellite and closed-circuit TV systems.