Bridging the Digital Divide

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Bridging the Digital Divide

• Oct. 14th 2005
• NEIU

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Dramatic Change

• Web from 377 million users to 1 billion users by
  2005
• Internet traffic doubles every 100 days
• 2 in 5 households to be hi-speed by 2005
• Over 1.2 Billion Web pages (doubles each year
  38 pages a second)
• Over 25 of stock trades take place online
• 760 Million messages daily (2x the USPS)
• 24 of US. Organizations use e-learning to train
  employees

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Dramatic Change

• Over 70 of adults use a computer
• 91 of adults projected online by 2005
• Over a third of wired adults shop online
• More than ½ of Americans send an e-mail each day
• Average E-mail received per year Grow from 1,800
  to 5,600 by 2005
• Consumer E-Commerce 300 Billion by 2002
• B-to-B E-Commerce 2.7 Trillion by 2004

Newsweek U.S. Department of Commerce Forrester
Dertouzos
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Dramatic Change Characteristics of the New
Economy

• Technology is a given
• Globalism is here to stay
• Knowledge builds wealth
• People are the most important raw material
• Theres no such thing as a smooth ride
• Competition is relentless
• Alliances are the way to get things done
• Place still mattersbut for different
  reasons --Morrison Institute for Public
  Policy The New Economy A Guide for AZ
  1999

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Dramatic Change

• Change in Education

Peter Drucker
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Dramatic Change

• Change in Higher Education
• More than 50 of colleges have a wireless LAN
• Almost 75 of students own a computer
• More than 60 of college courses use e-mail
• More than 2 of 5 college courses use Web
  resources
• Approximately 60-80 of students and faculty
  access the Internet each day
• 90 of US colleges will offer e-learning by 2005

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Dramatic Change

• The DotCommies are coming!
• Baby Boom Echo 88 million strong
• 77 could not live w/o their PC
• 92 think technology will improve their
  educational options
• Video games to surpass movies
• Use for entertainment, learning, communication,
  shopping
• View tech as an appliance a different level of
  savvy, expectation
• Faculty, Administration, Staff

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How Do We Define the Digital Divide?
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Digital Divide

• Americas Digital Divide is fast becoming a
  racial ravine. It is now one of Americas
  leading economic and civil rights issues and we
  have to take concrete steps to redress the gap
  between thehaves and have nots.
• --Department of Commerce for
  Telecommunications August 1999

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Percent of U.S. Households with a Computer By
Race/Origin

• Overall, the s of computers in households have
  increased, yet a gap exists between racial/ethnic
  groups
• In 2000, 33 of Black and Hispanic households had
  a computer compared to 55 of white households
  and 66 of Asian-American/Pacific Islanders

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Percent of U.S. Households with a Computer By
Income

• The lower the family income, the less likely to
  have a computer, particularly Blacks and
  Hispanics
• In 2000, 27 of both Black and Hispanic
  households w/ incomes of 15-35K had a computer
  at home, compared to 40 in white and 50 in
  Asian Amer./Pac. Islander households

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Percent of U.S. Households Using the Internet

• Overall, the s of households with Internet
  access have increased, yet a gap exists among
  racial/ethnic groups
• In 2000, 23 of Black and Hispanic households had
  Internet access, compared to 46 of white and 57
  of Asian Amer./Pac. Islander households

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Percent of U.S. Households with Access to the
Internet By Income

• The lower the family income, the less likely to
  have access to the Internet, particularly Blacks
  and Hispanics
• In 2000, 17 of Black and Hispanic households
  with incomes between 15-35K had Internet access,
  compared to 31 of white and 43 of
  Asian-Amer./Pac. Islander households

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Digital Divide

• Significant access challenges for minorities and
  rural areas
• Whites are 2x as likely to have Internet access
  as Blacks and Hispanics
• Household Income of 75,000 are 20 times more
  likely to have access to the Internet

Federal Computer Week, July 1999
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Digital Divide

• Low-income schools lag almost 35 behind more
  affluent schools
• Fewer than 40 of low-income schools have a
  classroom with an Internet connection
• 17 of 17-year olds are functionally illiterate

NCES
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Digital Divide

• The lack of technology access and skills puts
  disadvantaged members of our society increasingly
  at risk of becoming disenfranchised spectators of
  a digital world that is passing them by, bit by
  bit.
• --Milliron and Miles, CEO VP League for
  Innovation November/December 2000

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A Connected, Wired, Intranet Community
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Knocking On the Open Door

• Current and Future Demographic Shifts Indicate a
  Significant Increase in College Enrollments

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High School Graduate Growth 1995-96--2011-12

• 1995-96 2011-12
• African American 298,957 370,393
• Native American 20,673 36,214
• Asian Pacific Islander 100,358 194,984
• Hispanic 218,358 517,746
• White Non-Hispanic 1,653,122 1,649,491
• TOTAL 2,292,031 2,768,828

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Percent Growth of High School Graduates between
1996-2012

• African Americans 23.9
• Native American 75.2
• Asian Pacific Islander 93.2
• Hispanic 137
• White Non Hispanic (.22)

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Digging In

• Colleges should review the curriculum and
  pedagogies used in the classroom to ensure that
  all students develop technology literacy and the
  ability to adapt quickly to change

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Digging In

• 2. Colleges should develop strategic plans to
  enhance and continuously improve the issue of
  technology in learning and teaching processes

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Digging In

• Colleges should provide opportunities for all
  members of the faculty and staff to use
  computers, the Internet, and other emerging
  technologies

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Digging In

• 4. Colleges should seek relationships with
  technology partners in their local business
  communities who will directly and indirectly
  benefit from technologically literate employee
  prospects

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Digging In

• 5. Colleges should facilitate explorations of how
  the issues of growing minority enrollments,
  limited access to technology, and increasing
  requirements for technology and change savvy will
  likely impact them in the future

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Digging In

• 6. Colleges should strengthen their occupational
  and other short-cycle offerings to continue to
  prepare their growing number of information
  technology workers needed in the new economy

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Digging In

• 7. Colleges should create venues, on their own or
  with partners, where all students can access
  computers and the Internet on and off campus.

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Digging In

• 8. Colleges should work with K-12 school systems
  to facilitate the professional development of
  teachers in the use of technology in learning and
  teaching processes

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Dedication to Education Learning Beyond
Technology

• The current and future health of Americas 21st
  Century economy depends directly on how broadly
  and deeply Americans reach a new level of
  literacy21st Century Literacythat includes
  strong academic skills, thinking, reasoning,
  teamwork skills, and proficiency in using
  technology. --21st Century
  Workforce Commission, 2000

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Learning Beyond Technology 21st Century
Learning Outcomes

• Technology Skills
• Communications Skills
• Computation Skills
• Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills

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21st Century Outcomes

• Information Management Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Personal Skills
• Community Skills