Three missions of AEN are as follows:

• Share information on the latest e-Learning trends and technologies
• Promote interoperability and resource sharing of e-Learning systems and contents
• Promote the spread of knowledge on the effective use of e-Learning

Activities

Objective of the fiscal year 2002

In the fiscal year 2002, the activities of AEN were aimed to form an alliance between Japanese organizations and their counterparts in Asian countries through contents and experiments.

Content of activities

To follow the trends of e-Learning in Asian countries, a survey research project was conducted. In July 2002, our first international conference, AEN Conference 2002, was held, where the AEN Tokyo Statement was adopted, an agreement to establish a cooperative framework for e-Learning among member countries. An experimental project was carried out with the cooperation of universities and industries of Japan and other Asian countries, accordingly to the agreement.

Objective of the fiscal year 2003

Based on the achievement of the previous fiscal year's activities, the next subject of attention will be as follows: research on e-Learning market, certification of e-Learning standards, formulation of evaluation and quality criteria, and enhancement of specialized skills. With these in mind, the objective for this year's activities will be to promote standardization and content distribution, and to assist the effective development of human resources.

Content of activities

To accomplish the goals mentioned above, AEN will perform the following four working group activities during 2003 fiscal year. Each working group works under the following themes respectively.

• WG1: Conformance & Standards
• WG2: Technique for Multilingual Correspondence Contents Development
• WG3: Corporate Education and Higher Education IDer
• WG4: E-learning content quality assurance

The second international conference, AEN Conference 2003, will be held to exchange information of e-learning in each participating country, and to strengthen cooperation with each other. The use of AEN portal site will facilitate the sharing of information among the countries.