Michael L. Thomas
The University of the West Indies
Formerly Research Officer at the UWI Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC), Michael Thomas is now Research Officer in the Institutional Research Unit, Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies-Open Campus based at the Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. A graduate of the Mausica Teachers’ College, he had 25 years experience as a teacher in Trinidad and Tobago before joining the UWI and has taught throughout the education system from primary to adult education. A recipient of a Trinidad and Tobago Government Scholarship, he graduated from the Cipriani Labour College in Trinidad with qualifications in Labour Relations. He was Trinidad and Tobago’s first Research and Development Officer in its then newly created Distance Learning Secretariat, Ministry of Information, Communication, Training and Distance Learning. He is also a Fellow of the COL/Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship Scheme and holds both a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDDE) and Master’s Degree in Distance Education from the Indira Gandhi National Open University. He is the editor, author, and co-author of a number of articles and book chapters and has presented papers at a variety of international conferences on distance education in Africa, Canada, Hawaii and New Zealand as well as in the Caribbean. His research interests are in the area of adaptive mobile learning technology and its potential for revolutionizing distance education, blended learning, and trade issues related to higher education.
Judith Soares
The University of the West Indies
Barbados
Judith Soares is Senior Lecturer and Head, Women and Development Unit, The
University of the West Indies. As Head of the UWI's Women's Outreach Unit,
her work centres on issues relating to women's social and economic
advancement through non-formal education and distance learning, community
income generating projects, research and documentation.
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