ACT's Vlad Wielbut was one of four panelists in a session entitled "Crafting Virtual Collaboration: Cross-national (U.S. and Africa) Learning Teams" at the 41st Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention.  (This session was part of a roundtable on "Creating a Structure for International Studies Programs".) The panel's presentation described the research project that followed the 1999 Globalization and Information Society Seminar, an ACT-sponsored experiment in distance-independent education. Other members of the panel were:

• Dr. Nanette S. Levinson (American University)
• Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn (University of Michigan)
• Mary Mulvihill (American University)