European Distance Education Network (EDEN), the Fourth Open Classroom Conference, will be in Barcelona, Spain in November, 2000, hosted by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. The conference is titled 'Open Classrooms in the Digital Age, Cyberschools, E- Learning and the Scope of (R-) Evolution.' To be kept informed, complete the Express of Interest Form, CLICK: http://www.eden.bme.hu.

The MASIE Center is pleased to announce the formation of a new collaboration, the e-Learning CONSORTIUM. This is a collaboration of 100 key companies, government agencies and e-Learning suppliers banding together for ongoing benchmarking, networking and research. The MASIE Center will provide active and dynamic support for this CONSORTIUM. Members include: Chase Manhattan Bank, Goldman Sachs, US Dept. of Defense, The Limited, McDonalds, Unilever, Ernst & Young, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft, IBM, click2learn, Dominos Pizza, Price Waterhouse Coopers, SABA, Dow Corning, Hillebrand and many other leading groups desiring to do active networking on e-Learning. The e-Learning CONSORTIUM kicks off on October 1, 2000. Details and application process is described at CLICK: http://www.masie.com/consortium/.