This document reports on a seminar that included country presentations and selected materials on the training of distance educators by participants from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, and Sri Lanka, Part I provides an analysis of the current situation in the training of distance education personnel, including the experiences of the individual participating countries and forms and aspects of distance education. In Part II, new designs and methods of training in distance education are examined; distance education personnel and their training needs, research and evaluation in renewal systems in distance education, plans for organization of national level pilot training workshops, and suggested procedures for designing such workshops are examined. A seminar agenda and a list of participants are included. (LMM)