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Deirdre Williams <dwilliams@salcc.edu.lc>
Jingjing Zhao <jjze@zju.edu.cn>
Nelson Edmondson <edmondso@msu.edu>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Dear Deirdre:
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) with a very valuable information.
It has been sometime since we conversed during the DIGOPP discussion made by
Markle Foundation in the spring of 2001.
I am very delighted to know that you enjoy reading our list distributions.
Dear Tapio and E-Colleagues:
(2) I strongly suggest that you read through the excellent paper by Drs. Zhao
and Edmondson;
(a) Visit
<http://www.immi.se/intercultural/>,
(b) Click ÒPrevious issueÓ in the left column to find Issue 8,
(c) Find the following paper at the end of the list;
Jingjing Zhao and Nelson Edmondson
Conscius recognition of the limitations of human knowledge as the foundation
of effective intercultural communication
I think that this paper gives a very
solid academic justification to our Global University System (GUS) project.
Dear Drs. Zhao and Edmondson:
(3) My wholehearted congratulations to your outstanding paper. I
completely agree with your last sentence among others;
ÒOnly under
conditions of explicit, serious, and mutual recognition of the limitations of
human understanding will persons in international policy-making positions be
able to engage in intercultural communication in the most constructive and
fruitful way.Ó
Our
GUS is to foster youngsters with such capabilities in global scale —
Japanese legend says that, if you acquire knowledge enough, you would become
person of humility as rice plant bow its head when ripen in fall.
(4)
I am very glad to find that you mentioned about the book ÒSpaceship EarthÓ by
Barbara Ward, since I read it with my great enthusiasm almost 4 decades ago in
the mid 1960s.
Attached to this msg is a pdf file ÒHistorical Diagram: Depicted from ÒSpace
Ship EarthÓ by Barbara Ward.Ó
<Spaceship Earth_w-note.pdf>
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W4F9238BC
Millennium ago,
religious leaders appeared, and no one since then can supersede. After
Renaissance, various schools of music, arts, etc. appeared. After Galileo
Galilei, scientific and technological knowledge has been accumulating
exponentially, thus, any youngsters can jump start from the shoulders of
forebears before them.
(5) BTW, I took the liberty of admitting you into our list so that you will be
kept updated with our daily progress. Pls enjoy reading it.
ATTACHMENT II below
lists some of papers about our various projects for your reference —
though repetitious duplicate to other E-Colleagues.
Dear Deirdre:
(6) Lastly, pls let me have your full address (name of affiliation, snail mail
address, phone/fax, web, etc.). Thanks.
Keep in touch.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I
> From: Deirdre Williams
<deirdrewilliams2000@yahoo.co.uk>
> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:58:18 +0000 (GMT)
> To: Takeshi Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
> Subject: Universal Learning
>
> Dear Dr. Utsumi,
> I began to receive your messages some time ago "out of
> a clear blue sky" and have benefitted from several
> interesting papers, as well as many stimulating ideas.
> Thank you :-)
> I am currently working on a chapter for a book on
> intercultural communications and came upon this in the
> course of my research, which if you don't know it
> already you may find interesting.
>
> CONSCIOUS RECOGNITION OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HUMAN
> KNOWLEDGE AS THE FOUNDATION OF EFFECTIVE INTERCULTURAL
> COMMUNICATION
> Jingjing Zhao
> Zhejiang University, P.R.China
> Nelson Edmondson
> Michigan State University, U.S.A.
> Intercultural Communication, ISSN 1404-1634, 2005,
> issue 8.
> Editor: Prof. Jens Allwood
> URL: http://www.immi.se/intercultural/.
>
> Thank you again for including me
> Deirdre Williams
> St Lucia, West Indies.
ATTACHMENT II
I. Our Projects:
(1) We have been working on the following projects for the past three decades;
(a) Global University
System (GUS),
(b) Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG),
(! c) Globally Collaborative Innovation Network (GCIN).
The GUS is a worldwide initiative to create advanced telecom infrastructure for
accessing educational resources across national and cultural boundaries for
global peace. The aim is to achieve "education and healthcare for
all," anywhere, anytime and at any pace.
The GCEPG is to train would-be decision makers in crisis management, conflict
resolution, and negotiation techniques with a globally distributed computer
simulation system through a grid computer network.
The GCIN is an extension of GCEPG and will foster creativity of youngsters
around the world.
(2) You may be interested in our recent book at;
Global Peace
Through The Global University System
Tapio Varis - Takeshi! Utsumi
- William Klemm (Eds.)
University of Tampere, Finland 2003
ISBN 951-44-5695-5
The entire contents of this book can be retrieved at;
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2D252E09
In
the bottom line of this page, you can find the following;
ÒInterview with Takeshi UtsumiÓ by Parker Rossman
(3) In its Part I, you can find greetings and encouragements from
world-renowned dignitaries of international organizations.
(4) The opening chapter of the Part II is;
Takeshi Utsumi, P.
Tapio Varis, and W. R. Klemm
"Creating Global Un! iversity System"
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I2F231019
Incidentally,
this GUS project was initiated at the workshop held at the University of
Tampere in August of 1999, with generous fund from the InfoDev of the World
Bank, the US National Science Foundation, Soros Foundation, etc. <http://www.uta.fi/%7etitava/EGEDL/>.
(5) In Part IV, you can find my following paper;
Takeshi Utsumi,
GLOSAS/USA
"Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG)"
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E1D121E09
II. Historical Development
and Our Aim for Global Peace:
(6) In the first half of this paper, you can find my saga of extending the
predecessor of Internet to various Asian countries, particularly to Japan (*),
and my effort of de-regulating the Japanese telecom policies for the use of
email and the de-monopolization and privatization of Japanese telecom
industries, which have been emulated in most of other countries since then.
I made this effort more than a quarter century ago. By this effort,
there are more than one billion people using email around the world nowadays.
(*) which I started
right after I saw the demo of DARPANET (the first packet-switching data telecom
network, which is the basis of the current Internet) at Hilton Hotel in
Washington, DC in October, 1972
See also Chapter 1 of my book draft (with some Japanese newspaper articles);
ÒElectronic Global University System and ServicesÓ
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E62612919
I then had an honor to receive Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance
Education from Lord Perry himself personally in November of 1994. Lord
Perry established the U.K. Open University which has been emulated in more than
50 countries. One year senior of the award was Dr. Chavitz, former
Minister of Education and UN Ambassador from Colombia, and two year senior was
Arthur C. Clarke, the inventor of satellite.
(7) You may be interested in reading two episodes how important to foster
friendship during young age, at the end of this my paper; the uncle of my
schoolmate was the chief of resistance in Manila, the Philippines, during the
Japanese occupation. His life was saved by the chief of the Japanese Army
Police who happed to be his classmate at Yale University. You can also
find my wifeÕs fatherÕs episode whose life was also saved by his classmate
during his high school, who was happened to be the Commanding General of the
British Army, at the end of the last WWII.
(8) Our GUS and GCEPG projects are to create an environment for fostering
friendship among youngsters across national, oceanic and continental boundaries
with the use of Òdistributed experiential (or the so-called hands-on) learningÓ
with the use of now emerging GRID networking technology and distributed
computer simulation system (**) for the creation of new knowledge by them in
the Knowledge Age of the 21st Century. The principle of packet-switching
technology (the basis of Internet) is ÒSHARINGÓ -- we are extending this
principle for the sharing of knowledge and even wisdom with GUS project.
The principle of GRID networking technology is ÒCOLLABORATION.Ó
Those two principles are the key ingredients for attaining global peace
— Senator Fulbright once said ÒLearning together and working together are
the first steps toward global peace.Ó
(**) which concept I
initiated in 1972 — see;
McLeod, J., "Power (?) Grid!,"
Simulation in the Service of Society, Simulation, September 2000
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H241159B9
(9) Albeit rather technical, the following my paper is the direction how to
achieve this dream;
(a)
Global University System with Globally Collaborative Innovation Network
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W2F412E1B
(b)
"Global e-Learning for Global Peace," Paper for opening speech at the American Society for
Cybernetics in Washington, D.C., October 28, 2005, <http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/2005/index.htm>
(MS/WORD file, 224 KB)
! http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/List%20Distributions/2005/MTI1697_09-24-05/GEL+GP_v3%20copy.htm
Or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?F44621BDB
(c)
Oji, D. E., T. Utsumi and C. Uwaje, "International Centers of
Excellence for e-Health in Africa with Global University System in Nigeria," Paper published in the eHealth
International Journal, International eHealth Association (IeHA), University of
Michigan Health System, September 25, 2005 (MS/WORD file, ! 748 KB)
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/Africa/Nigeria/Abia%20Univ.%20Teaching%20Hospital/Paper/GUS+ICETA-v11-RR092405%20copy.htm
Or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V60C217EB
(d)
Utsumi, T. (2005); "Global E-Learning for Global Peace with Global
University System," Paper for
the forthcoming publication "Communicat! ion and Learning in the
Multicultural World,"
University of Tampere, Finland, (Edited by Pekka Ruohotie), to celebrate the
60th birthday of the GUS Acting President Tapio Varis in June 2006; December
29, 2005
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W29E26D9C
III. Financing:
(10) During the Okinawa Summit in July of 2000, Japanese government pledged
US$15 billion to close the digital divide in developing countries and for the
eradication of poverty and isolation. During the G8 Summit in Canada in
June of 2002, and at the Environment Summit in South Africa in September of
2002, they also pledged another US$2 billion to aid education and healthcare in
developing countries, respectively. I initiated those pledges in late
1990s. They are now available through the Japan Social Development Fund
at the! World Bank, Japan Special Fund at the Inter-American Development Bank,
Japan Fund at the Asian Development Bank, etc. The Japanese government is
now doubling their aid particularly to African countries, especially to help
their education and healthcare.
GUS projects will combine (1) the
Japanese government's Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds and (2)
Japanese electronic equipment with (a) the Internet technology and (b) content
development of North America and Europe, to help underserved people in rural and
remote areas of developing countries by closing the digital divide.
List of
Distributions
Deirdre Williams
St Lucia, West Indies.
dwilliams@salcc.edu.lc
Jingjing Zhao
1602 Liu Bo Building
Qiushi Village
Yuquan Campus
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, P.R China
jjze@zju.edu.cn
Nelson Edmondson
Michigan State University, U.S.A.
4092 Wharf Drive
Okemos, MI 48864-3472, U.S.A.
edmondso@msu.edu
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor
Acting President, Global University System
UNESCO Chair in Global e-Learning with applications to multiple domains
Professor and Chair of Media Education
Research Center for Vocational Education & Hypermedia Laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 229
FIN-13101 Hameenlinna
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-614-5608--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +3358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-614-5611
tapio.varis@uta.fi
tapio.varis@hamk.fi
tapio.varis@helsinki.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
www.ecml-eu.org -- about ECML project.
http://www.uta.fi/conference/mediaskills/
and
Principal Research Specialist
Unesco-Unevoc International Centre for Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
Bonn, Germany
t.varis@unevoc.unesco.org
www.unevoc.unesco.org
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
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* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
*
* Founder and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of
*
* Global University System (GUS)
*
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-5913, U.S.A.
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