Prof. Rozhan M. Idrus

Countries visited ..

AUSTRALIA -

1986 - Attended a Module writing training programme at the University of Murdoch in Perth, Western Australia from 1st August - 27th September.
1996 - Presented paper at the Research in Distance Education (RIDE'96) - Conference for Researchers in Open and Distance Education. The conference was held in Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria from 10 - 12 December

BAHRAIN -

2001 - First Keynote Speaker at The International Conference on Millennium Dawn in Training and Continuing Education (MDTCE 2001) that was held at the Holiday Inn Bahrain. The conference was held from 24 - 26 April.

BANGLADESH -

2011 - Key speaker at the eAsia2011: Realizing Digital Bangladesh reinforcing technology and knowledge-centric growth and needs of Asia vis-à-vis Bangladesh. The conference was held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre from 1-3 December

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM -

2009 - Country representative at The 2nd AUN Rector's Conference: A Strategic Management and the New Challenges Ahead for University Collaboration, University Brunei Darussalam. The conference was held from 29 - 31 January.

CANADA -

1987 - Attended an Instructional Design training programme at the Open Learning Institute (OLI) in Vancouver from 3rd July - 29th August .
1989 - Presented a paper at the Sixth World Conference on Cooperative Education in Hamilton, Ontario from 28th August - 1st September

CHINA -

1993 - Distinguished Reactor Paner and Paper Presenter at the International Symposium on Adult Education in Shenyang from 7 - 11 June.

GREECE -

2008 -The 5th WSEAS/IASME International Conference on Engineering Education that was held in Heraklion from 22- 24 July

INDIA -

2002 - Presented paper at the XV Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) in New Delhithat was held from 21-23 February.Took the opportunity to go to Agra, home of the Taj Mahal.

INDONESIA -

2002 - Paper presenter at the International 7th Symposium on Open and Distance Learning in Yogyakarta. The conference was held from 12-14 November.
XXXX - Plenary speaker at the 3rd International/Regional Seminar on the Global Information Network and the Utilisation of Geographical System (GIS) for Promoting Distance Learning/Education. The seminar was held in Brawijaya University, Malang, East Java from 25-26 February.

IRELAND -

2011 - Visited Dublin for daughter Lina Arina's graduation in Accountancy at the Dublin Business School (DBS).

ITALY -

2002 - Invited to present at The Fourth International Conference on Advances in Infrastructure for e-Business, e-Education, & e-Medicine on the Internet - SSGRR 2002. The conference was held in L'Aquila from 29th July - 4th August.

JAPAN -

1995 - Was sponsored to attend the Workshop on Telecommunications in Science at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo on the 17th of September.
2003 - Sponsored to attend the APAN/PRAGMA Conference (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network) that was held in the SRP Center Building in Fukuoka from 21-24 January.

KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA -

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MAURITIUS -

2003 - Keynote at the International Conference on Open and Online Learning (ICOOL2003): Community Development & Networking for Capacity Building at the University of Mauritius in Reduit from 7-13 December.

NEW ZEALAND -

2004 - Sponsored to attend The Third Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF3), held in Dunedin from 4-8 July.

PHILLIPINES -

2005 - Invited

SINGAPORE -

1996 - Paper presenter at the Educational Technology 2000 Conference: Creating a Global Vision for Open and Distance Learning. The conference was held from 15-17 August
1996 - Paper presenter at the ASPBAE-SACE Conference '96 (Asian-South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education), Traders Hotel, SINGAPORE, 27–29 November

SOUTH AFRICA -

2005 - Invited

SULTANATE OF OMAN -

2006 - Keynote at the International Conference on Distance Education (ICODE2006) that was held in the Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat from 27-29 March.
2008 - Visiting Professor in the Educational Technology Department, Sultan Qaboos University hosted by Dr. Ali Musawi (HOD) from 18-22 October.
2010 - Keynote at the The Seventh Summer Forum for Educators, Salalah, 31 Julai – 4 August 2010
2010 - Keynote at the 1st International Conference of the Omani Society for Educational Technology 2010, Muscat, 6 – 8 December 2010

SPAIN -

2009 - Plenary speaker at the 5th International Conferencceon Educational Technologies (EDUTE'09), La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands from 1-3 July.

TANZANIA -

2011 - Keynote speaker at the 3rd ACDE Conference in Dar Es Salaam. The Conference was hosted by the Open University Tanzania (OUT) and was held at the Mlimani City Convention Centre from the 12-15 July.

THAILAND -

2001 - Presented paper at the 1st SEAMEO Education Congress at the Sofitel Central Plaza Bangkok & Bangkok Convention Centre in Bangkok from 26 - 29 March.
2006 - Keynote at The Third International Conference on eLearning for Knowledge-Based Society held at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre in Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok from 3-4 August.
2008 - Country representative at the ASAIHL International Conference 2008: Borderless Education held at the Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi from 7-10 April.
2010 - Keynote at The Seventh International Conference on eLearning for Knowledge-Based Society held at the Assumption University, Bangkok from 16-17 December.

TURKEY -

2002 - Presented paper at The First International Education Conference held in Famagusta in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from 8-10 May.
2005 - Keynote at the 5th International Educational Technology Conference (IETC2005) that was held in Sakarya University in Sakarya from 21-23 September. This was where I first introduced the concept of Technogogy.
2010 - Invited speker at the
2011 - Keynote at the 11th International Educational Technology Conference (IETC2011) that was held in the University of Istanbul in Istanbul form 25-27 May.

UNITED KINGDOM -

1977 - First arrived in the United Kingdom and was in the Grimsby College of Technology in Humberside for my A levels.
1979 - Moved to the University of Salford in Manchester, reading Pure Physics.
1982 - Continued Postgraduate studies in Thin Film Physics in the University of Salford under the supervision of Prof. P.J.Grundy. Returned to the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in May 1986.
1994 - Presented paper at The Eleventh International Conference on Technology and Education at the Institute of Education, University of London in London, United Kingdom. The conference wad held from 27-30 March
1995 - Attended a Short Course on the Planning & Management in Distance Education at the University of London in London, United Kingdom from the 10th of June - 10th of July.
2009 - Presented (by invitation) at the Learning Futures Festival '09 held at the Walkers Stadium (LCFC), Leicester City from 6-8 January. I remember this very well as I arrived to a temperature of -10 centigrade.
2011 -

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -

1991-92 - Spent my first sabatical leave at the Continuing Education Department in Auburn University, Alabama.
1995 - It was the fasting month, I remember this very well. Presented paper at The Twelfth International Conference on Technology and Education (ICTE'95) held in Florida from 26 February - 6 March.

VIETNAM -

2005 - Invited to present at the Korean-ASEAN Academic Conference on Information Revolution and Cultural Integration in East Asia that was held in the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City from 25-26 January.
2009 - Sponsored to present at the World Information Technology Forum 2009 (WITFOR) that was held in Hanoi from 26-28 August.

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