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Understanding the Global Digital Divide for Educators: Challenges and Opportunities

Explore the impact of the digital divide on education globally and nationally, the reasons why it matters, and how educators can bridge the gap. Learn about Dr. Ferdinand B. Pitagan's insights on EdTech 101 and share your tech usage experiences. Delve into the disparities in access, skills, and knowledge, and discover ways to address the digital disparities in society.

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Understanding the Global Digital Divide for Educators: Challenges and Opportunities

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  1. Digital Divide • Pertinent Questions • * Facts (global, national, educational levels) • * Why important? • As educators, what can we do? • Ferdinand B. Pitagan, PhD • EdTech 101

  2. Sharing your experience • What kind of technology do you use? (mobile phone, iPod, Wiki, Blogs, social networking, Skype, YM, etc) • For what? • How often? • What are the individual differences?

  3. Digital haves - Info rich ICT Access Skills Knowledge Attitude The Gap Digital not haves - Info poor

  4. Nations Generations Genders Ethnic groups Education Economic levels Social status Languages Digital haves - Info rich A series of Gaps Digital not haves - Info poor

  5. Digital Technologies Changes in Society Digital Opportunities Digital Divide Education (Policies, Practices)

  6. Digital Divide a deepening of existing forms of exclusion Unemployed, poor, housebound, disabled, less educated, minorities Women/girls

  7. Internet World Statistics (2009) http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

  8. Digital Divide at A Glance (ITU figures) • less than 3 out of every 100 Africans • 1 out of every 2 inhabitants of the G8 countries • top 20 countries (Internet bandwidth) ---80% of all Internet users • 30 countries with an Internet penetration of less than 1% • 429 million Internet users in G8 • 444 million Internet users in non-G8 • Mobile = 34% of the world’s total mobile users from G8 countries – 14% world population G8- Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK and the US

  9. Cultural factors Social factors (gender, race, etc) Digital Divide Other factors Economic factors

  10. Internet Users by Income Level of country Asahi Statistics p.189 • High-income : 65.5% • Upper middle income : 7.8% • Lower middle income : 21.5% • Low-income : 5.6%

  11. UCLA World Internet Project (2004)Internet Users by Gender • Britain men 63.6; women 55.0 • Germany men 50.4; women 41.7 • Hungary men 20.3; women 15.1 • Italy men 41.7; women 21.5 • Japan men 54.7; women 46.2 • Korea men 67.8; women 53.8 • Macao men 37.8; women 28.8 • Singapore men 47.2; women 34.0 • Spain men 46.4; women 27.2 • Sweden men 67.7; women 64.4 • Taiwan men 25.1; women 23.5 • United States men 73.1; women 69.0

  12. Internet Users by Age Group “…86 percent of women ages 18 to 29 were online, compared with 80 percent of men in the same age group. “…among the older group, those age 65 and older, 34 percent of men are online, compared with 21 percent of women.” USA, Washingtonpost Thursday, December 29, 2005

  13. Not easy to stop/lessen gaps If we don’t do anything about it…. Need for awareness Need for strong policies Need for international collaboration Need for education

  14. World Summit on the • Information Society • http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/newsroom/stats/Building-digital-bridges_2005.pdf • International Collaboration • “UNDP etc – e Vietnamese Village” • “Japan – Asian Broadband Project” • 2. NGOs/Public sectors • “Brazil – Tele-centers” • 3. National Policies • “Egypt – E-readiness Plan” • “Korean Agency for Digital Opportunity” • 4. Business Involvement “Sudan – SUDATEL”

  15. World Summit on the Information Society • 8 Key Areas for Policy • Access for all to HW & SW • Changed roles of teachers/learners • Promoting lifelong learning • Quality assurance • Enhanced citizenship • Brokering services and agencies • Support, encourage & direct research • Change in role of policy-maker in education

  16. Digital Opportunities ICT, helping to overcome some forms of exclusion Distance learning to remote areas Village tele-centers with ICT ICT in Basic Education Lifelong Learning through ICT Others

  17. Digital Divide in Education • Digital divide in investment (input) • Digital divide in ICT use (process) • Digital divide in people (output)

  18. Digital Dividein Education • 1. Input Factors • Hardware, • Software • Materials and Resources • Connectivity • Integration of ICT in curriculum • Supports • Policies • Others

  19. Digital Dividein Education 2. Process Factors Different approaches to ICT use - Used for advanced applications and thinking? - Used for basic skill training? - Used for computer games? - Others

  20. Digital Dividein Education 3. Human (Outcome) Factors Digital literacy? - ICT skills / knowledge - confidence - competencies

  21. ICT Skills (University, Perception)Source: NIME (2003) “I do not have adequate ICT skills and knowledge” - More faculty than students - More older people than younger ones - More people in humanities and social sciencesthan those in natural sciences and engineering

  22. Digital divide in informal learning (more learning happens outside schools) Home differences Differences at work Differences in communities

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