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Topics Presented
1 The History of Online Learning
2 Drupal Open Source Application Framework
3 Technology Impacts on Media
4 Gamification within Education and Advanced Simulations
5 Motion Graphics and Conveying a Message
6 Web Development Future Career – Approaching the Semantic Web
7 Usability – A Case Study of a User Research Project
8 Web 2.0, Social Networking and Social Media in General
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The Digital Divide
Addressing the Challenges
In this current day and age we are
witnessing the advancement of
technology at a rate never seen before.
As a result, people are relying on
technology to a greater extent each
and every day. According to DiMaggio
et al, “The digital revolution is the first
major technological change that has
occurred after the emergence of
federal social science funding and the
expansion of research universities in
the 1960s (2004).
* http://forrestdoud.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/digital-divide-versus-digital-inequality/
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Pew Internet Research: Findings
While increased internet adoption and the rise of mobile connectivity have reduced many gaps in technology access over the
past decade, for some groups digital disparities still remain
One in five American Adults do not use the Internet
Senior citizens, those who prefer to take our interviews in Spanish
rather than English, adults with less than a high school
education, and those living in households earning less than $30,000
per year are the least likely adults to have internet access.
Among adults who do not use the internet, almost half don’t go online
is because they don’t think the internet is relevant to them.
Most have never used the internet before, and don’t have anyone in
their household who does.
The 27% of adults living with disability in the U.S are significantly
less likely than adults without a disability to go online (54% vs. 81%).
Though overall internet adoption rates have leveled off, significant
differences in use remain, generally related to age, household
income, and educational attainment.
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* http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Digital-differences/Overview.aspx
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Curriculum Mapping – Targeting all User Groups
School Administrators Teachers Parents and Relatives
Management of Building lesson plans. Review the subject topics and
curriculum, core standards Working collaboratively units their children are
and reporting for all grade across disciplines and grade covering across grade levels.
levels. levels. Provides a means of
Tracking of educational Developing and sharing expectations in terms of the
objectives, goals and instructional content and child’s progress.
strategies. material.
* Proposed Curriculum Mapping Application
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