From access to success: improving the higher education learning experience for incarcerated students
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Paper/Presentation Title | From access to success: improving the higher education learning experience for incarcerated students |
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Presentation Type | Other |
Authors | Wake, Malcolm (Author), Farley, Helen (Author), Bedford, Tas (Author) and Murphy, Angela (Author) |
Editors | Becker, Anthony |
Journal or Proceedings Title | 11th Biennial Australasian Corrections Education Association International Conference (ACEA 2013) |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.acea.org.au |
Conference/Event | 11th Biennial Australasian Corrections Education Association Conference : the Learning Prison, Correctional Education in the 21st Century (ACEA 2013) |
Event Details | 11th Biennial Australasian Corrections Education Association Conference : the Learning Prison, Correctional Education in the 21st Century (ACEA 2013) Event Date 29 Sep 2013 to end of 01 Oct 2013 Event Location Sydney, Australia |
Abstract | Higher education institutions are increasingly relying on digital technologies that require internet access to support learning and teaching, particularly from a distance. Disadvantaged student groups that do not have access to the internet, such as incarcerated students, are often excluded as a result. This paper reports on a project that will develop and trial a sustainable and innovative learning management system (LMS) called Stand-Alone Moodle (SAM) that is able to operate without internet access. SAM will enable institutions to provide these students with similar course materials, activities and support available to other students, thereby improving the quality of the student learning experience. SAM will be trialled within a Queensland correctional centre and evaluated using a design-based research methodology. The findings and recommendations from the project will be disseminated to learning institutions and correctional centres across Australia to encourage equitable access to education for disadvantaged students. The digital literacies of staff and students, the maintenance of the technology and sufficient access to computer labs all had to be accommodated within the design of the project. |
Keywords | digital literacies; incarcerated students; prison education; digital inclusion; digital divide; Moodle; elearning; blended learning; mobile learning |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390405. Educational technology and computing |
390303. Higher education | |
440202. Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation | |
Public Notes | No part of this publication may be reproduced in full or in part without the permission of the 11th Biennial ACEA Conference Committee. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland Corrective Services, Australia |
Australian Digital Futures Institute | |
Open Access College | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2579/from-access-to-success-improving-the-higher-education-learning-experience-for-incarcerated-students
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