The several uses of the Internet
One of the greatest advances, thanks to the digital tools, is long distance education. The possibility to get access to a computer, opens new possibilities for people with less opportunities to take on personal studies, no matter if it is caused by long distances or difficult schedules.
Another branch that has greatly developed is the one associated to online files. Nowadays, more libraries open their files to the public, researchers and professionals of all areas have the same opportunity to publish the results of their work so they can be consulted by other specialists. In other words, if it is usually necessary to differentiate between what is really useful, the truth is that nowadays online work is almost essential.
The United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is an organization that searches for alternatives of human development. It develops actions and activities in coordination with organizations like the United Nations Organization. In the same context, the UNDP has made an agreement with the University of Catalunya and the UOC with the objective of promoting virtual education in all the Latin-American zone.
Alternatives to this
The plan is to promote certain free software, and to impulse work and investigation on the Web. The main idea is to deliver developed technology from University of Catalunya to Latin-American and Caribbean countries, considering it has gotten good results in their original study centers.
The virtual school
Rebeca Grynspan, a distinguished member of the UNDP is also president of the council of government of the Virtual School. She has told the media that it is, from her point of view, a fundamental priority to make distances shorter, as well as the digital separation, among Latin-American countries. Nowadays, that virtual school develops study programs that directs its uses in democratic governments and human development.