Having finished chapter 7 it was an interesting read as it relates to my work at the United Nations. Not that at this moment I am directly involved in the issues with regards to Natural Disaster or War but they could be an assignment away. Today we are now faced with an Ebola Virus Crisis and we are working to communicate information to staff on how best to prepare or deal with this traveling to or returning from these areas. As staff we were quick to post our concerns to management who responded reasonably quickly with a Global Town Hall Meeting.
Staff from around the world were able to listen in and ask questions as we had a Video Tele Conference with duty stations around the world. So with the new digital age we are presented with so much information how can we sort through it quickly? We can use a tool like Diigo that organizes our bookmarks on the web and highlights important content that we can tag and share with others. People looking for similar information can benefit from our bookmarks. I believe this would be an example of Connectivism. As society is able to connect and share ideas to find solutions we can shorten the time it takes due to numbers. This could number of people coming together with ideas to find solutions or perhaps funding. Video, E-books, documents all shared via the web with people connecting in real time are the transformations we find in the New Digital Age.
Links:
- Global Town Hall on the Ebola Virus Disease - Friday, 24 October 2014 Video on WebTV
- Guidelines for NY-based UN System Staff Members travelling to EVD-affected Countries
- Ebola Response - Psychosocial Self-Care
- FAQs
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