Overcoming challenges faced by differences in time zone, available technology, and culture. Using technology educators can create a culture of inclusion in online course environments no matter how wide spread the student population may be. Creative use of existing technology can help. Another key element to success is communication with learners. Online learners are resourceful and creative. They will reach toward the instructor and the institution if a multicultural environment is on the other side of the digital divide to in their course rooms. Educators can help learners achieve incredibly positive outcomes in the face of challenging circumstances by incorporating international perspectives.
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How to tame the digital divide dragon with tools you can find laying around the web
1. How to tame the digital divide
dragon
with tools you can find laying around
the web
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2. Agenda
Introductions
Digital Divide
Strategies
Collaboration
Resources
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3. Who are we?
A. Educator
B. Learner
C. Administrator
D. Researcher
E. Advocate
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5. My Dragons
Access to care
Access to information
Access to resources
Ability to communicate and advocate
Haves and Have Nots
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7. Advocate
Education is the only non-violent
solution I have found to escape
poverty, pathology, and violence.
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8. How do we give access to all?
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10. Digital Divide
Discussed in the 1990s
Haves and Have Nots
May be shrinking
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11. Dragon Theme Revisited
Access to information
Access to resources
Ability to communicate
Haves and Have Nots
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12. Internet to the Hogan
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13. Digital Divide
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14. How do we help those with
limited access?
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15. Empathy
Are we culturally sensitive?
Can it be as simple as scheduling?
Do we look for reasons learners are producing
unexpected results?
Do we incorporate international perspectives
within the curricula?
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16. Wisdom
Are we using existing technology in the most
effective manner?
Why or Why not?
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17. Creativity
Are we creating opportunities for learners to
engage with their peers around the globe?
Do we encourage learners who are reaching
out on an international scale?
Are we willing to be ambassadors of change if
we work in closed cultures that are resistant
to change?
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18. What can one person do?
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19. Connect
Collaborate
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20. Organizations
Global Education Collaborative
http://globaleducation.ning.com/
International Society for Technology in
Education http://www.iste.org/welcome.aspx
Association for Computing Machinery
http://www.acm.org/
iearn http://media.iearn.org/
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21. Learn
Be Teachable
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22. Resources
Skype in the Classroom
http://education.skype.com/
The Global Film Initiative
http://www.globalfilm.org/education.htm?gcli
d=COSblqG3t6wCFQJ8hwodDjMtIg
UNESCO Institute for Information
Technologies in Education
http://iite.unesco.org/knowledge_services/op
en_educational_resources/
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23. Resources Continued
OER Commons http://www.oercommons.org/
Archivehttp://www.archive.org/details/educat
ion
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
http://www.hewlett.org/programs/education-
program/open-educational-resources
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24. Resources Continued
Microsoft Corporate Citizenship
http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporateci
tizenship/en-us/community-tools/
50 X 15 http://50x15.org/resource-links
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25. Thank You
Remember that you are creative, powerful, and
resourceful agents for positive change.
Thank you for sharing your insights.
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26. Contact Information
Shelly D Gooden
MA, Information Technology Management
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sgooden1@capellauniversity.edu
Skype: Lifeisgooden
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27. References
Pyrillis, R. (2007, May). IT Across the Navajo Nation.
Retrieved November 11, 2011, from FEDTECH:
http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article.asp?item
_id=277
World Summit on the Information Society. (nd).
Whats the state of ICT access around the world?
Retrieved November 9, 2011, from World Summit
on the Information Society Geneva 2003 - Tunis
2005:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/newsroom/stats/
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Editor's Notes
#25: The 50x15 Foundation is a collaborative ecosystem of public and private entities organized to enable affordable Internet access and computing capability to 50 percent of the worlds population by 2015