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Data Banks - Potential Use for Women's Networking Moderator: Panelists: Susan D'Antoni, Director of Susan D'Antoni: An examination of information networks was presented, using distance education as an example. Distance education is particularly suited to adult learners who have many demands upon their time. It is one flexible way of responding to the growing needs of part-time learners. With the rapid evolution of the marketplace, distance education is a must. People working in distance education have found that one of the major barriers to access to education and training is the lack of information about available opportunities. With technologies such as Telidon, this problem will be erased, in so far as we ensure that the technology reduces, rather than widens the gap between the haves and the have-nots. Georgina Heselton: The Coalition of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped (COPOH) is a self-help advocacy organization, made up of persons with many different types and degrees of disabilities. In order that the organization operate effectively as a consumer advocacy group, it is essential that an effective and efficient communications system be established. COPOH experiences communication problems because member offices are located across Canada. Also, information must be communicated to disability groups such as the blind and deaf, and must be available in French. COPOH endorses the use of Telidon as a means of implementing a national information-sharing network between the national office and its provincial and territorial affiliates. By using Telidon, along with an appropriate national network, all offices will have more effective and prompt access to up-to-date, accurate and factual information from central and local data banks. The information will be available to the members, and content will be controlled by the disabled. |
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