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Professor Jim Taylor AM

Name :	Professor Jim Taylor AM
Position :	Professor (Australian Digital Futures Institute)
Section :	Division of Academic Information Services
Office :	Y308
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 2279
Extension :	2279
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BEd Birmingham MEd(Hons) Sydney PhD Qld

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/taylorj
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Professional Memberships

Honorary Professor, China Central Radio and TV University
Honorary Professor, Tianjin Radio TV University (China)
President International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) (2002-2005)
Member, Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee, DEST, Australian Government (2002-2004)
Member, International Advisory Board of CRIDAL (Centre for Research in Distance and Adult Learning), Hong Kong Open University (1998-present)
Member, Editorial Board of the "Indian Journal of Open Learning", Indira Gandhi National Open University (1997-Present)

Research Interests

e-Learning, the future of learning, flexible delivery, distance education technologies

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Taylor, JC (2007). "Open Courseware Futures: Creating a Parallel Universe" in e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology (e-JIST), Vol 10, No. 1.
Taylor(2006) USQOnline Australia. In S. D'Antoni (ed) The Virtual University: Models & Messages | Lessons from case studies, p235 - 280, UNESCO, France
Murphy, D, Carr, R, Taylor J and Wong, T (eds) 2004, 'Distance Education and Technology: Issues and Practice', Open University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong