Transitioning from the era of capacity building to an era of capacity augmentation: how human and computing capacity can partner for social impact

International Telecommunication Union

doi:http://handle.itu.int/11.1002/pub/813a8a18-4a940d06-en

Digital Skills Insights 2019

Providing new insights and enhancing knowledge among the ITU stakeholder community in the growing field of learning and skills development in the digital era, this third issue (previously called "Capacity Building in a Changing ICT Environment") features eight articles from international experts in this field, which take a critical and analytical approach towards the subject of capacity and skills development.

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http://handle.itu.int/11.1002/pub/813a8a18-en

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Transitioning from the era of capacity building to an era of capacity augmentation: how human and computing capacity can partner for social impact

An average human being can read a document at the rate of 200-230 words per minute, or about a page in two minutes. This means that in 30 minutes, a person constrained by his or her human capacity, can realistically expect to read about 15 pages, not accounting for the distractions that are all too familiar in life in the twenty-first century: WhatsApp chats, Facebook notifications, Twitter alerts, e-mails from the boss.

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