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I coordinate a project for low-income senior citizens and provide them with a laptop and printer plus 28 weeks of training. This is from our Group #10 class at the Cantor Senior Center in Sunrise, Florida.
I took Jennifer and MK's photo and combined them to continue Jennifer's discussion of the digital divide--and in a broader perspective, the rich-poor gap--and expand on how these concepts apply to us as college students.
One of the things I've noticed about Los Angeles since being here is how quickly the scenery turns from pretty palm trees and million dollar houses to dirty, neglected shacks. There's clearly something wrong with this picture, yet very little is done about it. One reason for that is how sheltered being on a college campus can be. USC isn't the nicest campus in the world, but it's still pretty and has a lot to offer. As a freshman without a car, it is very easy to stay on campus for days without even noticing I haven't met anyone or gone anywhere not associated with USC in days. But where do the dining hall workers go when their shift is over? What is happening in the areas we are learning about in our textbooks? How do we lessen the displacement to the surrounding community that comes with such a large institution as USC? If something feels distant and irrelevant, it's hard to care about it, and this is definitely how everything past this campus can feel most of the time. Even the surrounding community can be avoided by simply ignoring its presence. But, as illustrated in the digital divide, those of us lucky enough to have access to a college education and the mobility our school encourages have a responsibility to help minimize the digital divide--as we learned with Craig Detrich in the last class. We are not being sent out into the "real world" after earning our degree to widen the problems already in existence today. As the recent Occupy movements have shown, people are ready for a change, a solution. And although there is no clear solution yet, as members of the digital culture and an educated body, we can use the tools available to us to their full extent to realize what is happening outside our windows and get out there and fix the problems we see.
The phrase “digital divide” represents an issue that is happening at both the international and national level, and in both cases it stands for the widening gap of knowledge between those who have access to the internet and those who don’t, as well as all those in between. (image source: spotlight-universityofbedfordshire.blogspot.com/2013/02/t...)
Evento Inaugural y Capacitación: Espacios de Inclusión Digital y Bibliotecas para el Desarrollo
Inaugural Event and Training: Digital Inclusion Spaces and Libraries for Development
Evento Inaugural y Capacitación: Espacios de Inclusión Digital y Bibliotecas para el Desarrollo
Inaugural Event and Training: Digital Inclusion Spaces and Libraries for Development
This week, Apryl interviewed mothers taking a 6-month Internet/computer training course; they remarked that the class is a financial burden, but they believe the potential job opportunities it will provide are well worth the sacrifice.
Texas A&M Sociology PhD student Apryl Williams spent over two months researching unequal access to the Internet and Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in North Kivu during the summer of 2015.
28 November 2023, Law Faculty of Dangara State University in Dangara, Tajikistan. Interview in Tajik with KIBRIYO ROZIQOVA, a 4th-year law student, at Dangara State University Law Faculty, who attended the first IT training held in September 2023. The UNDP Project “Supporting Women’s Legal Education (SWLE)” organized a two-day training on basic digital skills at the Law Faculty of Dangara State University—21 female first-year law students were invited to participate. It is the second out of three IT trainings scheduled for 2023.
During the two-day training, the students learn: Microsoft Office i.e. to create their CV; the internet and various search engines; create a Gmail account; how to use websites such as Youtube to learn new skills; how to save and archive their documents, photos, and scanned documents; PowerPoint Presentation; Zoom and Skype for online meetings; and how to handle misinformation, cyberbullying, and staying safe online.
The digital skills training for female law students at the Dangara State University was launched at the start of the academic year in September 2023 and is one of the project’s various activities. The IT training contributes to narrowing the digital gender gap by equipping female university students in Dangara with essential digital knowledge and skills, empowering them to be competitive candidates in the justice sector job market. Most female law students have never used a laptop, hence lack basic IT skills, and are attending this type of training for the first time. the IT training organized by the project to promote the digitalization of government services and the justice sector. The initiative highlights the need to address the digital divide among law students, particularly female students in Khatlon. This pressing issue was discovered during recent Project work. The training is designed to develop digital skills and will contribute to narrowing the digital gap and empowering law faculty students in Dangara. These new competencies will be useful during their university studies, prepare them for their professional careers, and increase their competitiveness when applying for positions in the justice sector.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SWLE: UNDP Tajikistan launched its new Supporting Women’s Legal Education (SWLE) project, which provides training on key legal skills using international practices for law professors and female law students. Fully funded by UNDP, the groundbreaking SWLE project aims to address the gender gap in the justice sector in Tajikistan by promoting women’s empowerment by providing access to high-quality legal education opportunities and exposure to digital skills and international best practices for young women in the country. The project's ultimate goal is to increase the number of women in the legal profession and boost their representation in leadership positions. Currently, four national universities are involved in the project.
©UNDP Tajikistan/Freya Morales November 2023, Law Faculty of Dangara State University in Dangara, Tajikistan. KIBRIYO ROZIQOVA, a 4th-year law student, at Dangara State University Law Faculty, poses for a portrait on the entrance steps to her faculty. The UNDP Project “Supporting Women’s Legal Education (SWLE)” organized a two-day training on basic digital skills at the Law Faculty of Dangara State University—21 female first-year law students were invited to participate. It is the second out of three IT trainings scheduled for 2023.
During the two-day training, the students learn: Microsoft Office i.e. to create their CV; the internet and various search engines; create a Gmail account; how to use websites such as Youtube to learn new skills; how to save and archive their documents, photos, and scanned documents; PowerPoint Presentation; Zoom and Skype for online meetings; and how to handle misinformation, cyberbullying, and staying safe online.
The digital skills training for female law students at the Dangara State University was launched at the start of the academic year in September 2023 and is one of the project’s various activities. The IT training contributes to narrowing the digital gender gap by equipping female university students in Dangara with essential digital knowledge and skills, empowering them to be competitive candidates in the justice sector job market. Most female law students have never used a laptop, hence lack basic IT skills, and are attending this type of training for the first time. the IT training organized by the project to promote the digitalization of government services and the justice sector. The initiative highlights the need to address the digital divide among law students, particularly female students in Khatlon. This pressing issue was discovered during recent Project work. The training is designed to develop digital skills and will contribute to narrowing the digital gap and empowering law faculty students in Dangara. These new competencies will be useful during their university studies, prepare them for their professional careers, and increase their competitiveness when applying for positions in the justice sector.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SWLE: UNDP Tajikistan launched its new Supporting Women’s Legal Education (SWLE) project, which provides training on key legal skills using international practices for law professors and female law students. Fully funded by UNDP, the groundbreaking SWLE project aims to address the gender gap in the justice sector in Tajikistan by promoting women’s empowerment by providing access to high-quality legal education opportunities and exposure to digital skills and international best practices for young women in the country. The project's ultimate goal is to increase the number of women in the legal profession and boost their representation in leadership positions. Currently, four national universities are involved in the project.
©UNDP Tajikistan/Freya Morales
A page from the Chile chapter of my new book "From the Ground Up: Evolution of the Telecentre Movement." (download pdf)
More than 70 policy-makers, educators, community leaders and stakeholders convened September 13 to address digital inequity in North Carolina, focusing on the homework gap: the difficulty or inability of students who lack high-speed internet connectivity at home to complete homework assignments, compared to their classmates with access.
The North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NC DIT) Broadband Infrastructure Office (BIO) and the William Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, at North Carolina State University, hosted the “2017 Homework Gap Convening.”
Without the benefits of the internet, which are becoming more and more crucial for learning about and involving yourself in our society, not being able to afford internet contributes to these lower-income people becoming outcasts. (image source: www.chicagonow.com/an-agnostic-in-wheaton/2013/11/shamefu...)
One more suggestion to help close the gap of the digital divide is for action to be taken to spread broadband internet into all homes. (image source: www.telecomspace.com/content/world-internet-speed-study-2...)
Students and staff gathered around one of the few working computers to upload field internship reports at L'Ecole d'Infirmiers de Gao. Photo by Danny de Vries in August 2007.
Modified with thoughts on "Knowing, Participating and Living" by Christopher Harris. For my thoughts on this, see my post "Beyond the digital native / immigrant dichotomy."
I took Jennifer and MK's photo and combined them to continue Jennifer's discussion of the digital divide--and in a broader perspective, the rich-poor gap--and expand on how these concepts apply to us as college students.
One of the things I've noticed about Los Angeles since being here is how quickly the scenery turns from pretty palm trees and million dollar houses to dirty, neglected shacks. There's clearly something wrong with this picture, yet very little is done about it. One reason for that is how sheltered being on a college campus can be. USC isn't the nicest campus in the world, but it's still pretty and has a lot to offer. As a freshman without a car, it is very easy to stay on campus for days without even noticing I haven't met anyone or gone anywhere not associated with USC in days. But where do the dining hall workers go when their shift is over? What is happening in the areas we are learning about in our textbooks? How do we lessen the displacement to the surrounding community that comes with such a large institution as USC? If something feels distant and irrelevant, it's hard to care about it, and this is definitely how everything past this campus can feel most of the time. Even the surrounding community can be avoided by simply ignoring its presence. But, as illustrated in the digital divide, those of us lucky enough to have access to a college education and the mobility our school encourages have a responsibility to help minimize the digital divide--as we learned with Craig Detrich in the last class. We are not being sent out into the "real world" after earning our degree to widen the problems already in existence today. As the recent Occupy movements have shown, people are ready for a change, a solution. And although there is no clear solution yet, as members of the digital culture and an educated body, we can use the tools available to us to their full extent to realize what is happening outside our windows and get out there and fix the problems we see.
E-publishing has allowed for all written works to be reached via a computer or tablet connected to the internet. This allows all educational material to be reachable and now lack of updated textbooks is a dwindling obstacle. Children in Africa and other third world areas of the world can now access information and advance knowledge for better lives. This is called a "Deluge of Information"
SOURCE: www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/closing-the-global-di...