Making the connection: allowing access to digital higher education in a correctional environment
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Paper/Presentation Title | Making the connection: allowing access to digital higher education in a correctional environment |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Farley, Helen (Author), Macdonald, John (Author), Hopkins, Susan (Author), Dove, Sharron (Author), Abraham, Catherine (Author), Cox, Jacinta (Author), Seymour, Stephen (Author), Lee, Chris (Author) and Patching, Louise (Author) |
Editors | Reiners, Torsten, Von Konsky, B. R., Gibson, D., Chang, V., Irving, L. and Clarke, K. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2015) |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | Perth, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.2015conference.ascilite.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ascilite-2015-proceedings.pdf |
Conference/Event | 32nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2015) |
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Event Details | 32nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2015) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Delivery In person Event Date 29 Nov 2015 to end of 02 Dec 2015 Event Location Perth, Australia |
Abstract | In most Australian correctional jurisdictions, prisoners are not allowed access to the internet precluding them from participating in higher education online. This paper reports on an Australian government-funded project, Making the Connection, which is taking digital technologies, that don’t require internet access, into correctional centres to enable prisoners to enroll in a suite of pre-tertiary and undergraduate programs. A version of the University of Southern Queensland’s learning management system has been installed onto the education server of participating correctional centres. The second stage of the project will see notebook computers preloaded with course materials, allocated to participating prisoners. At the time of writing, the project has been deployed at eight correctional centres in Queensland and Western Australia, with negotiations underway for further rollout to Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. It is expected that the technologies and processes developed for this project will enable the delivery of higher education to other cohorts without access to reliable internet access. |
Keywords | correctional education; digital inclusion; digital divide; higher education; digital equity |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390405. Educational technology and computing |
440202. Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation | |
450299. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education not elsewhere classified | |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Digital Futures Institute |
Open Access College | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q355x/making-the-connection-allowing-access-to-digital-higher-education-in-a-correctional-environment
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