Empowering Latinx Families to Help Children with Mathematics

Globally, those who have traditionally been adversely impacted by the digital divide due to lack of access to computing technologies such as desktop computers, are also the ones who have been shown to have high adoption of mobile devices. If open educational resources (OER) are to have the envisaged wide impact, it is necessary to look at the role mobile applications and mobile app markets play in the OER movement. In this chapter, we link mobile applications and OER and discuss the role mobile app markets play in facilitating open-access learning initiatives. This is done by exploring OER and mobile learning definitions, benefits, and barriers; and comparing and contrasting mobile apps across a set of variables including purpose and resource format.

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Mobile Apps in Open Educational Resources

Empowering Learners With Mobile Open-Access Learning Initiatives - Advances in Mobile and Distance Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2122-8.ch008 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 120-143

Author(s):

Ying Xiu ◽

Jose L. Fulgencio ◽

Tutaleni I. Asino ◽

Alesha D. Baker

Keyword(s):

Open Access ◽

Digital Divide ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Mobile Learning ◽

Mobile Applications ◽

Mobile Apps ◽

Mobile App ◽

Open Educational Resources ◽

Educational Resources ◽

Desktop Computers

Globally, those who have traditionally been adversely impacted by the digital divide due to lack of access to computing technologies such as desktop computers, are also the ones who have been shown to have high adoption of mobile devices. If open educational resources (OER) are to have the envisaged wide impact, it is necessary to look at the role mobile applications and mobile app markets play in the OER movement. In this chapter, we link mobile applications and OER and discuss the role mobile app markets play in facilitating open-access learning initiatives. This is done by exploring OER and mobile learning definitions, benefits, and barriers; and comparing and contrasting mobile apps across a set of variables including purpose and resource format.

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Bridging the ‘digital divide’ in psychological therapies for paranoia in psychosis: The user experience of the SlowMo mobile app (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.29725 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Amy Hardy ◽

Thomas Ward ◽

Richard Emsley ◽

Kathryn Greenwood ◽

Daniel Freeman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

User Experience ◽

Technology Use ◽

Black People ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Mobile App ◽

Self Report ◽

Treatment As Usual ◽

Diverse Range ◽

Human Centred Design

BACKGROUND SlowMo is a digitally supported therapy for paranoia that was developed using inclusive, human-centred design to improve outcomes and address barriers to implementation. SlowMo significantly improved paranoia and wellbeing compared to treatment as usual in a recent randomised controlled trial of 362 people with psychosis. OBJECTIVE This study evaluates whether the design was effective in optimising the user experience of the SlowMo mobile app for a diverse range of people. METHODS Digital literacy, adherence (via system analytics and self-report) and user experience were assessed, and investigated in relation to demographics (i.e. gender, age, ethnicity, paranoia severity). RESULTS 81% of therapy completers met the a priori analytics adherence criteria. Technology use and confidence was lower in Black people and older people. However, analytics adherence did not differ by demographics. High rates of user experience were reported overall (75%, SD = 17.06), although self-reported app use, enjoyment and usefulness were higher in women than men. No differences were found for ethnicity, age or paranoia severity. CONCLUSIONS The SlowMo therapy design overcame the ‘digital divide’ in the user experience of psychosis therapies, validating the importance of employing human-centred design when developing therapeutics. SlowMo may address implementation barriers for minoritised groups of people with psychosis. It should be further developed and tested in the NHS. CLINICALTRIAL ISRCTN32448671

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Building a Digital Entrepreneurial Platform Through Local Community Activity and Digital Skills with Ngemba First Nation, Australia

International Indigenous Policy Journal ◽

10.18584/iipj.2020.11.1.10211 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Susan J. Beetson ◽

Sojen Pradhan ◽

Grace Gordon ◽

Jason Ford

Keyword(s):

First Nations ◽

Digital Divide ◽

Paradigm Shift ◽

Local Community ◽

Mobile App ◽

First Nation ◽

Skills Development ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Digital Skills ◽

Ways Of Being

In collaboration with Ngemba First Nation in Brewarrina, Australia, this research involves co-designing and co-developing an innovative community digital entrepreneurial platform that includes a mobile app and a website. The methodology is informed by theories of relatedness, Indigenist standpoint, and by the principles of Indigenist research and related ways of being, knowing, and doing research. It uses an Indigenist technology co-design and co-development method (ITCD2). The platform proposes several practical applications, including individual and community entrepreneurship promotion and skills development. This research is motivated by the Australian government’s First Nations priorities through the Close the Gap initiative, including the digital divide, employment and business, and economic development. This research project proposes a paradigm shift from a focus on welfare to a focus on entrepreneurial enterprise.

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Closing the Gap in Treatment of Severe Disabilities and Autism: Innovative Program at WCU Offers Training

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.ae.11172006.10 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 11 (17) ◽

pp. 10-11

Author(s):

Georgia Hambrecht ◽

David Shapiro

Keyword(s):

Severe Disabilities ◽

Innovative Program ◽

Closing The Gap

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Telemedizin für Ältere – Chancen mehren, kritische Punkte angehen!

Therapeutische Umschau ◽

10.1024/0040-5930/a000721 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 72 (9) ◽

pp. 577-579

Author(s):

Ulrich Otto ◽

Silvan Tarnutzer ◽

Marlene Brettenhofer

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide

Zusammenfassung. Der Nutzen von Telemedizinanwendungen für Ältere ist daran zu messen, inwieweit sie erhöhte Potenziale für eine selbstständige Lebensführung bei guter Lebensqualität ermöglichen können. Idealerweise ist dieser Nutzen am „Gesundheitsstandort Privathaushalt“ abrufbar, eingebettet in einem bedarfs- und bedürfnisgerechten Gesundheitssystem, in welchem sämtliche medizinischen und pflegerischen Prozesse integrativ miteinander vernetzt sind. Ergänzt werden muss dieses System durch verstärkte Koproduktion mit den PatientInnen selbst und deren Angehörigen. Um sich diesen Zielen zu nähern, braucht es ein Umdenken und die Bereitschaft aller AkteurInnen zu tiefgehenden Veränderungen. Medizinische Institutionen müssen sich als lernende Organisationen stärker an den PatientInnen und deren individuellen Bedarfen sowie an intersektoraler und interdisziplinärer Kooperation orientieren. In der Gesundheitspolitik ist es nötig, Verteilungs- und Gerechtigkeitsaspekte stärker zu gewichten. Dabei gilt es besonders, bildungsferneren Schichten und in ländlichen Regionen den Zugang zur Nutzung von Technologien zu erleichtern, um digital divide-Phänomene zu vermeiden. Der Einsatz neuer Gesundheitstechnologien muss deshalb durch flankierende Vorbereitungen und Begleitung durch schnell erreichbare AnsprechpartnerInnen beim Einsatz unterstützt werden. Hinzu kommen Anforderungen an Finanzierungsmodelle und erweiterte Krankenkassenleistungen.

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