Global Development Learning Network, World Bank

DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER

National Academy of Public Administration, the President of Ukraine

Exchange Program

Exchange Program on Distance Education and Innovation Education Methods between the School of Public Administration, Dalhousie University, Canada and the National Academy of Public Administration, the President of Ukraine, took place in August 8-15, 2004.

Objectives of the Program: exchange of experience in MPA program content, DL courses process organisation, innovation methods of Distance Learning, web-based MPA.

Participants:

National Academy of Public Administration: Volodymyr Luhovyi, Rector; Viktor Kutsenko, Vice-Rector on Education Programs; Svitlana Kalashnikova, DLC Director; Larysa Vlasova, DLC Deputy Director on Methodological Work.

World bank project “Global Development Learning Network Distance Learning Center – Ukraine”: Svitlana Shytikova, Training Manager; Andrij Zhuravlov, IT Manager.

Dalhousie University and School of Public Administration: Tom Travis, President; Herman Bakvis, Director, School of Public Administration; Paul Brown, Professor; Marguerite Cassin Professor; Keith Sullivan, Professor; Fazley Siddiq, Professor; Martine Durier-Copp, Adjunct Professor,; James McNiven, Academic Advisor, Office of External Graduate Programs (OEGS); Morven Fitzgerald, International Learning Coordinator, (OEGS); Phil O’Hara, Assistant Director (Teaching), Office of Integrated Learning; Dean Abol Jalivand, Dean, Faculty of Management (FM); Pat Rodee, Director, Lester Pearson International; Ray Klaptein, Director, School of Business Administration; Jan Kwak, Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS); Carolyn Watters, Associate Dean, FGS; Wiliam Greenlaw, Executive Director, Heritage Division, Canadian Government; Anne McGuiness, Master of Public Administration Program Alumni, Dalhousie University.

During the whole week the group had a very intensive program, which included meetings, seminars, roundtables, presentations and discussions. The experience of Dalhousie University, which is the one of Canada’s top universities, had been studied in terms of the MPA program development and delivery, Distance Learning organization and usage of the innovative technologies.

Key results of the exchange program: study of the experience of DL process organization at the Dalhousie University and the School of Public Administration discovers a number of positive aspects, which proves the perspectives of public servants education MPA Program in DL format; in the process of program realization there were discussions of key questions of the education process organization, content and methods of study in the direction “Public Administration”; the main directions of collaboration had been specified targeted to the innovation approaches and their implementation into the system of Public Servants education