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
social divides’ (Steyaert 2005)
Digital Data
Advantages 24/7 availabilityMobile TransferableFlexibleCustomisable
Potential for equity of access
Assistive Technology
Giesbert Nijhuis (Designer)
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)
Watling, S. (2011) Digital Exclusion: coming out from behind closed doors. Disability and Society 26 (4) 491:495
Watling, S. (2011) Digital Exclusion: potential implications for social work education & practice. Journal of Social Work Education. 30 (1)
Watling, S. & Crawford, K.(2011) Digital Exclusion: implications for human services practitioners. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 28: 205:216
Contact: [email protected]://suewatling.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk
References
Bijker, W. & Law, J. (eds.) (1992) Shaping Technology/Building Society: studies in socio-technical change London: MIT Press.
Deal, M. (2007) Aversive disablism: subtle prejudice toward disabled people Disability & Society 22 (1) 93:107
Steyaert J. (2005) Web based higher education, the inclusion/exclusion paradox. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 23 (1/2) 67:78.
Van Dijk, J. & Hacker, K. (2003) The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon. The Information Society 19, (4), 315:326