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We are at a critical moment in the history of human learning, and in the history of humans. Learning is vitally important in our future. With six billion people on earth, our current educational systems everywhere at all levels have major problems, probably not curable with present approaches.
If we do not invest all our resources of energy and will in education, the race with catastrophe will be lost and the balance between man and nature will be reestablished by disasters that are not only unthinkable, but also avoidable. The choice is ours, and the time for action is now.
Frederico Mayor, Director General of UNESCO Education for All - Summit of Nine High-Population Countries New Delhi, 12–16 December 1993 UNESCO Paris France 1994
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Bork, A., Gunnarsdottir, S. (2001). Introduction. In: Tutorial Distance Learning. Innovations in Science Education and Technology, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0636-1_1
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