scholarly journals Digital Divide in Rural Tertiary Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 625-630
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
State University ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Diffusion Of Information ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
Entire Picture

Recent studies show that Digital Divide continue to exist persistently despite efforts in a global scale to address the same through diffusion of Information Communication Technology (ICT). Inequality of access to technology as the main driving force behind these efforts, suffered deficiencies to fully capture the entire picture of the gap. The focus now is on the ability to use the technology among those who have access to it where skill and education plays a pivotal role. This is supported by findings of certain studies where digital skill particularly strategic and operational skill dictates a new frontier for bridging the gap especially in rural areas of developing countries where it is prevalent. To investigate whether there exists a digital divide among students enrolled with computer related programs in Eastern Samar State University Borongan City, Eastern Samar Philippines, the researchers conducted a survey using a questionnaire employed by Krause (2014) primarily based on LoTi H.E.A.T. Digital Age Survey developed by Dr. Chris Moersch of the LoTi Institute Carlsbad, California with modification. Data regarding gadgets and access to internet were solicited from the respondents including their perception about their related skills and later analyze and described using descriptive statistics. Results revealed that there exists a digital divide among the four groups of students (BSIT, BSCS, BSCpE, ACT) in terms of availability/access to internet and related technologies including a substantial deficiency in skill/knowledge to use the same

DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) THROUGH THE RURAL INTERNET CENTRE: THE MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE

2010 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 129-143
Author(s):  
AININ SULAIMAN ◽  
NOOR ISMAWATI JAAFAR ◽  
ROHANA JANI
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Diffusion Of Information ◽  
E Mail ◽  
By Products

This paper focuses on examining the ICT diffusion by studying an initiative of the Malaysian government to bridge the digital divide that exists across the country's urban and rural communities. This is achieved through investigating the operation and the experience of a typical Rural Internet Centre. The findings of this study showed that there is keen interest among the community to learn and sharpen their ICT-related skills. The Internet Centre serves to provide an avenue for the realisation of this goal. The study showed that despite some operational snags, the Internet Centre performed well. One of the by-products of the centre was that its activities fostered closer relationships among users; it provided an avenue for disparate community members to interact and share their new skills. Bringing the ICT usage and appreciation to the rural areas was successful. About half of the centre users made weekly visits during which they searched for information on the internet, sent and received e-mail and attended the Internet Centre's regular IT classes. They also saw it as a valuable communication channel and a potential leveller of the technological capability gap.

Digital Divide

2019 ◽  
pp. 737-748
Author(s):  
Patrick Flanagan
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Global Community ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Challenges

Since 1991, when the world wide web (WWW) was first made available to the public, it has revolutionized the way the global community engages each other economically, politically, and socially. Its impact has been historically unprecedented. While the availability of and access to the WWW appears to be ubiquitous, it is not. The expansion of this marvelous information communication technology (ICT) has not penetrated certain areas of the world resulting in a “digital divide.” This chapter discusses this digital divide. It first defines the term and then it moves to discuss the origins of the term. From there, the chapter moves to present concrete evidence of how the digital divide has negatively impacted the global community. Finally, it names and evaluates the efforts of different organizations and agencies to resolve the digital divide. It concludes with a prospectus on the future challenges of information communication technology vis-à-vis the digital divide.

Globalisation, Blended Learning, and Mathematics Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 25-46
Author(s):  
Adedeji Tella
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
And Mathematics

The issue about globalisation is now commonplace. However, there has not been enough literature concerning its link with ICT and mathematics education and how the three put together have impacted tertiary education pedagogy. In light of this, this chapter involves a local context of tertiary institutions operating in an environment exposed to the processes of globalisation. The chapter explores the meaning of globalisation, information communication technology, and mathematics education. It discusses how ICT and globalisation in relation to blended learning have influenced mathematics education, considers the relation between globalisation and mathematics education, and finally, draws the implications of globalisation and ICT on pedagogy in tertiary education.

scholarly journals From Digital Divide to Social Inclusion: A Tale of Mobile Platform Empowerment in Rural Areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisha Ye ◽  
Huiqin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Mobile Platform ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Practical Implications

The digital divide in rural areas is an important social issue, especially in developing countries. Although Internet and broadband penetration have increased in the world generally, there are many obstacles for rural China to get access to ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and its services. The mobile platform is regarded as a novel and effective tool to reduce the digital divide. Based on a case of one mobile platform, namely WeCountry in Chinese rural areas, this study illustrates how a mobile platform bridges the digital divide and helps rural areas achieve social inclusion. Results show that: (1) the mobile platform mainly acts on the digital capability divide elimination, and it has to guide and increase users’ usage capability; (2) the mobile platform can empower villagers in structural, psychological, and resource dimensions, achieving political inclusion, social participation inclusion, and economic inclusion; (3) platform providers and government are key organizations during the divide elimination process. This paper concludes with theoretical and practical implications.

Digital Divide of Shattered “Iron Rice Bowl”: Economic Insecurity and Digital Divide in China (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuo Li ◽  
Haijie Yin ◽  
Teng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Economic Insecurity ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Health Related ◽  
History Survey ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

BACKGROUND Although economic factors account for the digital divide, the effect of economic insecurity on digital access has not been determined. The market-oriented reform of the Chinese State-Owned Enterprises in the 1990s resulted in massive layoffs, encouraging us to investigate the relationship between economic insecurity and the digital divide. OBJECTIVE First, the study investigates the relationship between economic insecurity and the digital divide. Second, the study provides insight into m-health for policymakers in the context of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS We draw on data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS 2011) and CHARLS Life History Survey (2014). To handle endogenous problems related to economic insecurity, we introduced instrumental variables to our models. We also divided digital access into personal and infrastructure information communication technology (ICT). RESULTS We found a negative relationship between economic insecurity and the digital divide only in infrastructure ICT. Additionally, we found that only chronic disease contributes to the digital divide among older people. CONCLUSIONS Older people are confronted with a dual digital divide: health-related and economic insecurity-related.This study provides insight into mobile health policy involving underprivileged people under the context of economic insecurity triggered by COVID-19.

scholarly journals Information Communication Technology (ICT) based Business Correspondence Model: A Growing Avenue for Ensuring Financial Inclusion in Rural India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 2645-2652
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Successful Performance ◽  
Banking Activity ◽  
Business Correspondence

There is a genuine demand for finance requirement in the remote rural areas, absence of formal banking forced private lenders exploit the rural public. Government of India made several attempts towards financial inclusion of the poor, since independence, particularly in rural areas. Lack of financial literacy and no bank branch operation in their remote location restrains them to have access to formal banking. To overcome these constraints the RBI introduced ICT based Business Correspondences as agent to undertake banking activity in the year 2006.Though BC model was successfully performing well, but the growth and share of Business correspondence decreasing gradually. Further, penetration of the usage of mobile technology even in the remote rural areas opens positively for the successful performance of BCs in rural. Hence this research paper is a descriptive study which focuses on understanding BCs as a growing avenue for ensuring financial inclusion in Rural India.

scholarly journals Digital Divide of the Shattered “Iron Rice Bowl”: Economic Insecurity and ICT Access in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Zhuo Li ◽  
Haijie Yin ◽  
Teng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Instrumental Variables ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Economic Insecurity ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Management Position ◽  
Insight Into

Although economic factors account for the digital divide, the effect of economic insecurity on information communication technology (ICT) access has not been determined. The market-oriented reform of Chinese state-owned enterprises in the 1990s resulted in massive layoffs, encouraging us to investigate the relationship between economic insecurity and the digital divide. We draw on data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). To handle the endogeneity related to economic insecurity, we use experience in a management position and the number of siblings as instruments for economic insecurity. With the introduction of these two instrumental variables, we find a negative relationship between economic insecurity and ICT access. This study provides insight into ICT policies involving underprivileged people in developing countries.

scholarly journals Teachers’ perception and experience on outcomes-based education implementation in Isabela State University

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1213
Author(s):  
Krichelle A. Tungpalan ◽  
Mila F. Antalan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
State University ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Qualitative Part ◽  
Outcomes Based Education ◽  
Method Approach

<span>The existing typology established by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the introduction of outcomes-based education (OBE) has created numerous demands and challenges for higher education in the Philippines. Hence, this study analyzed the scope of expertise and experience of Isabela State University-College of Computing Studies, Information and Communication Technology faculty members in the 2nd semester of study year 2018-2019 to identify OBE implementation. In this study, a mixed-method approach was used for data and information collection. Weighted mean was used to interpret the extent of knowledge and actual practice of the faculty members and on the qualitative part, data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The results of this study indicate a great deal of expertise and experience on the implementation of OBE among the faculty members of the College of Computing and Information Communication Technology at Isabela State University Cauayan Campus. The faculty members are well versed in the application and practice of OBE and will continue to contribute to the realization of the goals of OBE by practice.</span>

scholarly journals Information Communication Technology (ICT): The New Frontier of Child and Youth Care (CYC) Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-385
Author(s):  
Gerard Bellefeuille
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
Descriptive Statistical Analysis

This exploratory course-based research investigates the use of information communication technologies (ICT) by child and youth care (CYC) students in their interactions with children, youth, and families. Data were collected through an online mixed closed- and open-ended survey. The data analysis consisted of a descriptive statistical analysis of the survey’s closed-ended questions and a thematic analysis of the survey’s open-ended questions. The findings revealed that CYC students are using ICT in their interactions with children, youth, and families and that the potential positive use of ICT should be addressed in a more significant way in the classroom.

Digital Equity

2022 ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
Patrick Flanagan
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Digital Equity ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Digital Gap ◽  
Complex Term

This chapter discusses digital equity through the lens of the digital divide. While the digital divide is as old as information communication technology itself (ICT), the COVID-19 health crisis renewed a strident interest in exposing the significant gap that still exists after close to 30 years. The digital divide then is first contextualized within the coronavirus pandemic to illustrate how inequities came further to the forefront of people's agenda. It then moves to discuss the digital divide defining the complex term and offering critical data to illustrate the areas of the world most impacted by this unfortunate reality. Different organizations and groups have made significant moves to narrow the digital gap. These strategies are discussed next. None of these groups will be fully successful if, as will be argued, they are not concerned with digital equity. Finally, the chapter makes some critical observations on future challenges facing ICT vis-à-vis the digital divide.

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