{"title":"Using communications technology for cross cultural training and development: the participatory developmental education model","authors":"D. R. Boyd","doi":"10.1109/KTSC.1995.569182","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The increasing accessibility of basic video production and modem-linked computers creates new possibilities for exchanging information and ideas, yet it is still rare for communications technology to be used for a genuine dialogue in problem solving. The problems of the world seem to be compounding as increasing pressures of population growth, resource depletion and tension between the 'haves' and 'have-nots' become more apparent through the spread of information by the very media which is under-utilized to address these problems. This paper proposes that communications technology can be used to develop the capacity of the people in the world seeking empowerment and quality-of-life improvements. One means by which this can be approached is through participatory developmental education, a model designed for using communications technology to establish a dialogue for learning and development between people separated by geography or culture.","PeriodicalId":283614,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory","volume":"46 17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/KTSC.1995.569182","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The increasing accessibility of basic video production and modem-linked computers creates new possibilities for exchanging information and ideas, yet it is still rare for communications technology to be used for a genuine dialogue in problem solving. The problems of the world seem to be compounding as increasing pressures of population growth, resource depletion and tension between the 'haves' and 'have-nots' become more apparent through the spread of information by the very media which is under-utilized to address these problems. This paper proposes that communications technology can be used to develop the capacity of the people in the world seeking empowerment and quality-of-life improvements. One means by which this can be approached is through participatory developmental education, a model designed for using communications technology to establish a dialogue for learning and development between people separated by geography or culture.