"This contribution surveys learning approaches in the field of agricultural extension, agricultural advisory services, and rural communication and explores their relationships with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). It makes a distinction between theory-based approaches to learning a
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nd design-based approaches to learning. The reviewed theory-based approaches are social learning, experiential learning, collaborative learning, and transformative learning and the design-based approaches are visual learning, intercultural learning, and distance learning. The choice for surveying these specific approaches is based on the relevance that these approaches have for the field of agricultural extension, agricultural advisory services, and rural communication. It is concluded that learning itself is to be seen as social and behavioral change and that the group is much valued in existing learning processes. Furthermore, experiences and reflections are central elements in all reviewed learning processes, and the visual and the cultural play crucial roles." (Abstract)
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"Revolutionary information and communication technologies are contributing to dramatic changes in the competitiveness of global and local markets and in the way people conduct their business and everyday lives. The potential benefits and risks these changes present for developing countries and trans
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itional economies are enormous. This comprehensive, authoritative reference book examines the ways in which these powerful technologies are being harnessed to development goals, thus helping to reduce the risk of exclusion and create new opportunities for developing countries. The report emphasizes the urgency of developing new social and technological infrastructures so as to ensure that new technologies are used effectively. It also offers outlines and practical steps intended to guide stake-holders interested in shaping their future innovative knowledge societies." (Publisher description)
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El enfoque de este estudio se centra en considerar al telespectador como parte integrante de una organización - en este caso la familiar - con sus respectivos roles, jerarquías, posiciones y relaciones con el entorno social. La idea central consiste en "analizar los procesos de mediación de la te
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levisión por la familia", con la finalidad de elaborar metodologías que respondan a la consecución y estudio de procesos educativos desarrollados en el seno de la organización familiar. El autor es Licenciado en Psicología y Doctor en Educación, además de Profesor en las escuelas de Comunicación Social y Psicología de la Universidad Central de Venezuela. Este trabajo constituye su Tesis Doctoral, que fue presentada en la Universidad de Columbia en 1989, y luego galardonada con el Premio Monseñor Pellín 1990.
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