a journal to review

C Elizabeth Thomas — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:46:58 +0000

http://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/itandsociety/v01i05.html

del.icio.us on structural inequality

C Elizabeth Thomas — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:16:32 +0000

Today… one entry matches the search.

Interesting

access to education… democracy… thomas jefferson

C Elizabeth Thomas — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:22:53 +0000

Okay, so if we really believe we live ina free country (which I usually don’t) and we believe in democracy (which this really isn’t) we would educate our children (and ourselves) to be informed and engaged citizens. We all know this isn’t the case… hegemony…

So, why does anyone really care about the dig div? Money?

Purpose

C Elizabeth Thomas — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:14:11 +0000

My approved KA in Structural Inequality and Diversity is not making sense to me. I think, because my thinking in other areas has changed, that for me to focus on diversity in recruitment and retention in higher education is not particularly interesting. So, I am going to propose that I focus on structural inequality, the digital divide and how Web 2.0, e-learning 2.0 and the growing collaborative movement extend the definition of the digital divide.

The narrow definition… of access to the technology… still is relevant… but once access is gained is equity achieved? I’m not sure I can do original research on that topic, but I can review the literature (for the overview), focus on the issues of digital/information literacy as they related to adult learners and not sure what to do as an applied. My first thought was to develop an information literacy teaching site for adult learners that defines the tools, engages in the quest of digital literacy in the era of web 2.0… not the same as a site for doctoral students… which might be the outcome of my work in TLT, but rather a site for achieving literacy in the terminology and the controversy.

I notice many of the people I’m interacting with are white men… a few white women (I know this only by the picture they choose to share…)… I presume that is because they’ve been doing this for awhile. I notice many like to focus on who has the coolest tools… while some of the women are just amazed at the connections they are able to make with others for their own growth and learning. I sense no animosity or one upmanship (most of the time) but do sense a different style.

I wonder what that means.

Structural Inequality and the Digital Divide

a journal to review

del.icio.us on structural inequality

access to education… democracy… thomas jefferson

Purpose