Access Enabled, Access Denied: Supporting Inclusive Practice with Digital Data Sue Watling - University of Lincoln, UK 11 th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations University of the Western Cape Capetown, South Africa 20 th -22 nd June 2011
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Access Enabled, Access Denied: Supporting Inclusive Practice with Digital Data
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Access Enabled, Access Denied: Supporting Inclusive Practice with Digital Data
Sue Watling - University of Lincoln, UK
11th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
University of the Western Cape
Capetown, South Africa
20th-22nd June 2011
Digital Landscapes
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) Promise of ‘transformative change’ Widening opportunities Potential for inclusive education but equal
potential for exclusion Digital divides ‘complex and dynamic
phenomena’ (van Dijk 2003) Digital divides ‘replicated and reinforced by
Web 1.0 to Web 2.0Read-only to interactivityConsumer to ProducerChanging digital toolbox User generated contentWe can all be digital authors…
Changing digital landscapes
MEE-Model
Retinitis PigmentosaorGlaucoma
Macular Degeneration
Diabetic Retinopathy
Cataracts
Vision impairment
Conclusion
Digital literacies
Three layers to digital exclusion Cost of access Training and support Inclusive digital practices
Promotion of digital literacies as both technical and social practices
The ‘social shaping’ of technology (Bjiker and Law 1992)
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Watling, S. & Crawford, K.(2011) Digital Exclusion: implications for human services practitioners. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 28: 205:216