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The Distance Education Study Centre (DESC)
The Distance Education Study Centre of Riga Technical University is a unit of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications. It was founded within the framework of the PHARE “Multi-country Co-operation in Distance Education” Programme in 1997. The objective of the Centre is to develop distance education in Latvia using innovative applications of information and communications technologies. The Centre’s mandate is to organise the development and adaptation of distance learning courses as well as the delivery of courses - involving academic staff from RTU and other Latvian higher education establishments. The Centre is participating in several EU projects in development and delivery of distance courses using collaborative Virtual Environments, videoconferencing and computer conferencing using it’s expertise in CD-ROM production, methodology for distance course development including quality issues. There is a trained staff and appropriate technologies for organising workshops, conferences and delivery of distance courses as well as experience in recruitment of course participants and course administration.
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