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• Chinese education• Chinese teacher educatorsIt was, however, a structured reading of the ESCALATE website that pointed me to theconference and gave me the thought that to attend would put me in touch with the very peoplewith whom I needed to liaise.ReadingsI still retain the disks that were provided at the conference. All the papers were availableelectronically which gave rise to some amusing encounters. In their home countries, most of theparticipants had clearly ticked the same box as me on the conference registration page whichgave the choice of an electronic or paper-based version of the proceedings. On arrival they werekeen to follow each paper from a hard copy and were visibly irritated with the organisers whokept saying, 'No! Sorry! You ordered an electronic copy'.On that disk are some of the papers that have been formative in the development of this thesis,most notably Polsani, (2002, 1) and Lewis (2002). Periodically, I spin the disk and relive theexperience. Even now, at times when I need some inspiration, I also dig out the photographs asan aide-memoire.In this photograph, it is possible to see theentrance sign to the university at PalmerstonNorth where I met with Marion Court, BillAnderson and Mary Smith. Serendipitously, itwas Bill who was putting together a majorwork on e-learning published about six monthsafter my visit (see Moore & Anderson et. al., 2003).207Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thesis (October 2012)