CONSULTING and OTHER SERVICES OVERVIEW, prior to early retirement from the university (1985 - 2005) Prof. Dr. Betty Collis

(Last update, 04 June 2010)

Consultancies and Other Professional Services, up to end of 2005:

(2001-2005) Consulting and professional services as Shell Professor of Networked Learning, Shell Learning Centre and Shell Open University (SOU), Shell International Exploration and Production (SIEP), Noordwijkerhout & Rijswijk, NL.

(2005-2005) Honorary professor, University of Dundee, Scotland

(2005-ongoing). Member of the Scientific Commission of IN3, the research institute of the Open University of Catalonya, Spain.

(2002- ongoing) Member, International Academic Committee, ICUS Pte. Ltd. (e-learning company), Singapore.

(1998- ongoing) External Assessor, University Grants Committee, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong.

(2005) Reviewer for Promotion committee, The University of Hong Kong.

(2004). Evaluator, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Basic Research Grants Programme, Dubin. 

(2003) Member, Site Visit Team, NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Research Networks Program, Montreal.

(2001) Member, Innovation Advisory Committee, BVENet (National programme for ICT in vocational education in The Netherlands)

(2000-2003) Member, International Advisory Board, AUTC (Australian Universities Teaching Committee) Information Technologies and their role in flexible learning initiative

(2001-2002). Member, SURF Studiereis Adviesgroep  (four-person group to plan and participate in a a study trip to Australia in March 2002 to look for opportunities for collaborations with Dutch and UK universities with respect to ICT in education. SURF is the national technology infrastructure and support agency for universities in The Netherlands).

(2001) Member, Expert Review Panel, Tele-Learning Network of Centres of Excellence, (Vancouver, British Columbia, February 2001)

(2000-2001)  Adviser to the project The Development of a Social Sciences Teaching Community with the intergration of Information Technology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.

(2000) Member, Advisory Committee, Research professorship, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Learning, Aalborg, University, Denmark.

(1999-2001) Member, International Advisory Board, national (UK) Department of Education research project Networked Learning in Higher Education, CSALT, University of Lancaster, UK.

(1999) Advisor, CINOP, (criteria for the evaluation of tele-learning platforms), Den Bosch,NL 

(1998) Awarded, IFIP Lifetime Service Award, Vienna, 3 September 1998

(1998). Member, Search Committee, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Learning, Aalborg, University, Denmark.

(1998- 1999). Member, Advisory Committee, Kidlink Institute for Research, Brazil.

(1998-1999). Member, Steering Committee (begeleidingscommissie), BEDON (Bedrijfsopleidingonderzoek) . Research project involved with making an inventory of training needs throughout The Netherlands. Faculty of Educational Science and Technology, University of Twente.

(1998). Member, Advisory Board, Nova Southeast University Masters and Doctoral Programs in Information Technology and Distance Education, (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 1998)

(1998). Invited contribution, Research directions for telematics applications in education. PROO Project (Programmaraad Onderwijsonderzoek), (Den Haag, NL)

(1998-2001) Evaluator and advisor, RDISAT Project (Rural Development Information in the Republic of South Africa through Telematics: Capacity building for the development of flexible and electronically accessible learning packages on rural development. (An international cooperation programme between institutions for higher agricultural learning in the Republic of South Africa, Wageningen Agricultural University (NL) and the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (NL))

(1997)  Member, Advisory Board, MICTO Project (national project for monitoring the use of information and communication technology in Dutch education. Project funded by the Ministry of Education)

(1997) Invited, Founding Member of the Global Virtual University

(1997): Expert, The World Bank Education and Technology Learning Network, (Human Development Department) 

( 1997): Member, Project Group, Onderwijs en Telematica , Stichting TpT, (for stimulation of telematics use in education in the region Twente), Enschede, NL

(1997): Member, Steering Group, Didactiek BVE-net (sponsored by the Ministry of Education in The Netherlands)

(1997)  Guest lecturer (via the Internet) for the course Developing, Designing and Delivering Technology-Based Distributed Learning (UBC EDST 565f). This course was jointly offered by the University of British Columbia (in Canada) and ITESM (Mexico) and enrolled 68 students. My book, Tele-learning in a digital world: The future of distance learning (1996) was the textbook for the course.

(1997) Member, Advisory Board, NSF International Study on Exemplary Practice in ICT in Education, (National Science Foundation), (Washington, DC)

(1997): Member, International Review Board, Schools CyberFair '97 . (Funded by Cisco Systems, Education MCI, Network Solutions, and the Global SchoolNet Foundation, USA)

(1997): Member, Boyer Award Committee, The Ernest L. Boyer International Award for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology (Eighth National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, 19 April 1997)

(1996 - 1997) Advisor, SITES, (Second Information Technology in Education Study. IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement)

(1996) Review Board Member, Medialab, (IWI, Vlaams Instituut voor de bevordering van het wetenschappelijk-technologisch onderzoek in de industrie), (Brussels. April 1996)

(1996) Peer Reviewer, BIC Project,  Review of Deliverable BIC/D3.2, Internal Quality Manual for the Interactive Classroom, Deliverable of project sponsored by the Commission of the European Community.

(1993-1995) Member, Advisory Board for Technical Innovation, Abstede Scutos College (NL)

(1994) Reviewer and Evaluator, proposals for European Science and Technology Week, Commission of the European Community, DG XII, Brussels.

(1994). Consultant, Advisory Committee with respect to Telecommunications Policy, Ministry of Highways and Waterways, NL (Raad voor Verkeer en Waterstaat)

(1994) Evaluator, StudieNet: A support environment for distance education, Open University, Heerlen, NL

(1987-1994) Educational technology specialist, The World Bank, Economic Development Institute, Washington, DC (assignments in Washington, DC, Turkey (two times), and Brazil)

(1990-1994). Scientific Advisor, ILO (International Labour Organization), (assignments in Cyprus, and two times to International Training Centre, Turino, Italy)

(1990-1993) Scientific Advisor, COMPED Project (Computers in Education), IEA

(1990) Scientific advisor, VISIONS Project, (IBM and the International Society for Technology in Education), New York.

(1988-1989). Member, Advisory Board, MATHTEQ, (Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA) 

(1988-1989). Educational advisor, ECC, Enschede, NL

(1988-1989). Educational specialist, IBM Educational Centre, LaHulpe, Belgium

(1989). Advisor, Computer policy in schools, Ministry of Education, Hungary

(1988-1989). Scientific Advisor, Working Group 7 (New Technologies), Institut Europeen pour le Developpement des Potentialites de Tous les Enfants, Paris.

(1987-1988), Member, Board of Directors, Pacific Region Association for Telematics (PRAT)

(1985-1987) Member, Educational Research Institute of British Columbia, (Vancouver) 

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