scholarly journals Closing Canada's digital divide: a review of policies in Canada and abroad

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlie Crabb
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Telecommunications Policy ◽  
Literacy Training

This paper explores Canada’s telecommunications policy landscape, with an aim of evaluating its effect on Canada’s digital divide. It looks into decisions made by the CRTC and ISED (and its predecessors), which have influenced the development of broadband infrastructure in Canada. This paper also evaluates the efficacy of digital literacy training programs, aimed at allowing Canadians to leverage connectivity. Finally, it concludes with a discussion about how the Innovation Agenda can be used as a mechanism to narrow Canada’s digital divide.

scholarly journals Closing Canada's digital divide: a review of policies in Canada and abroad

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlie Crabb
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Telecommunications Policy ◽  
Literacy Training

This paper explores Canada’s telecommunications policy landscape, with an aim of evaluating its effect on Canada’s digital divide. It looks into decisions made by the CRTC and ISED (and its predecessors), which have influenced the development of broadband infrastructure in Canada. This paper also evaluates the efficacy of digital literacy training programs, aimed at allowing Canadians to leverage connectivity. Finally, it concludes with a discussion about how the Innovation Agenda can be used as a mechanism to narrow Canada’s digital divide.

Tracing the Global Trend on the Study of Digital Literacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Manash Esh ◽  
Saptarshi Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
Prolific Author ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Internet Skills ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Scopus Database ◽  
Number Of Citations

Using the SCOPUS database, this paper aims to quantify global research output on digital literacy (DL) from 2011 to 2020. In addition, there were 7388 documents and 42504 citations. The average number of citations received per publication was 5.63. The result of the study `depicts that the growth of publication on digital literacy has an incremental trend, and year-wise citation is also found to increase from 64 to 13163 during the study period. Furthermore, the research found that Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Doubling Time (DT) had a fluctuating pattern throughout the study. "Internet skills and the digital divide" were learned to be the leading article among the most important source titles used for the publication of DL studies, with 368 citations. However, the "Journal of Medical Internet Research" received the highest mean citation per document (24.26), and G. Merchant was identified as the most prolific author with a mean citation per document of 24.38.

Digital Literacy Training in Canada, Part 2: Defining and Measuring Success

2022 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
Heidi Julien ◽  
David Gerstle ◽  
Brian Detlor ◽  
Tara La Rose ◽  
Alexander Serenko
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Literacy Training

Users' Digital Competences Study to Design MOOCs for Digital Literacy in Mexico

2017 ◽  
pp. 337-351
Author(s):  
Ricardo Mendoza-Gonzalez ◽  
Laura C. Rodríguez-Maríinez ◽  
Mario A. Rodríguez-Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
State Government ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Nuevo Leon ◽  
Government Program ◽  
Current Program

Several government programs oriented to contribute in reducing digital divide gaps have emerge in Mexico, particularly in States like Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Veracruz, and Aguascalientes. However, current alternatives have certain weaknesses and issues that should be solved in order to provide appropriate literacy. To contribute in achievement of this goal, here is proposed an alternative to conform a strategy based on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). First, a study was performed to establish the actual level of digital competences of current program users, and then obtained feedback was considered to structure the contents to offer through the MOOCs. This study was performed in the Aguascalientes state government program Vagones de Ciencia.

Policies and Strategies for Digital Inclusion

2017 ◽  
pp. 256-284
Author(s):  
Laura Alcaide Muñoz ◽  
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar ◽  
Francisco José Alcaraz Quiles
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Access To Services ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Efficient Delivery ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
The Eu

E-government has enhanced the availability of government information, and expanding access to services, offering greater transparency and accountability for public administrations. However, previous research indicates that there are significant barriers for citizens, assuming major obstacles. In this sense, the EU and, in particular, the Spanish government has formulated policies and legal frameworks to introduce in the field of the provision of public sector services, in order to customize and to access these services. These initiatives seek to promote the development of networks and services, to improve the e-administration and the adoption of digital solutions for efficient delivery of public services, and to promote the inclusion and digital literacy. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to obtain a vision of government strategies adopted by Spanish regional governments to reduce the digital divide.

New Faces of Digital Divide and How to Bridge It

2018 ◽  
pp. 7248-7258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Freiman ◽  
Dragana Martinovic ◽  
Xavier Robichaud
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Cognitive Content ◽  
Special Groups ◽  
Political Access ◽  
Intellectual Limitations

The chapter aims to explore, through the lenses of digital divide, what are challenges to alleviating socio-economic and intellectual limitations for prosperity of each individual. Cutting-edge research is reviewed to discuss in what way new technologies and access to them really help to develop citizens who are able to contribute in creative and democratic ways to society. While much effort has been done, in the past decade, to bridge the digital divide, by resolving access issues and usage issues, the recent studies seem to indicate that the gap at all levels, nation-wide, community-wide, special groups-wide still exists and even deepens, especially regarding digital inclusion and meeting needs of at-risk population. More systematic research and innovative practical solutions are needed to address all the aspects of digital divide: physical, financial cognitive, content and political access; also, we have to consider the technological and social resonances of digital technologies in terms of digital literacy and development of critical thinking.

New Faces of Digital Divide and How to Bridge It

2019 ◽  
pp. 431-443
Author(s):  
Viktor Freiman ◽  
Dragana Martinovic ◽  
Xavier Robichaud
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Cognitive Content ◽  
Special Groups ◽  
Political Access ◽  
Intellectual Limitations

The chapter aims to explore, through the lens of digital divide, the challenges to alleviating socio-economic and intellectual limitations for prosperity of each individual. Cutting-edge research is reviewed to discuss in what way new technologies and access to them really help to develop citizens who are able to contribute in creative and democratic ways to society. While much effort has been done in the past decade to bridge the digital divide by resolving access issues and usage issues, the recent studies seem to indicate that the gap at all levels, nation-wide, community-wide, special groups-wide still exists and even deepens, especially regarding digital inclusion and meeting needs of at-risk population. More systematic research and innovative practical solutions are needed to address all the aspects of digital divide: physical, financial cognitive, content, and political access; also, we have to consider the technological and social resonances of digital technologies in terms of digital literacy and development of critical thinking.

An Interactive Ecosystem of Digital Literacy Services

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-31
Author(s):  
José Eder Guzmán-Mendoza ◽  
Jaime Muñoz-Arteaga ◽  
Ángel Eduardo Muñoz-Zavala ◽  
René Santaolaya-Salgado
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Educational Paradigm

Knowledge Society (KS) is influenced by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), economic changes, political, cultural and social concepts allowing access to other levels of welfare and progress. However, the differences in terms of access and ICT skills between different groups in society have created a problem of digital divide. To overcome this problem, models and strategies are required to achieve a greater impact on the population and that population can develop skills that enhance inclusion in the society knowledge. This work proposes an Interactive Ecosystem of digital literacy that aims to set a new educational paradigm approach to encourage different learning communities to uses new technologies of information and communication that allows them to be more competitive in today's world and thus shorten the digital divide. Finally, a case study is shown as an implementation of the ecosystem throughout an architectural model in the state of Aguascalientes, México.

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