Making the connection: elearning and mobile learning for prisoners
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Paper/Presentation Title | Making the connection: elearning and mobile learning for prisoners |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Farley, Helen |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the Computers and Learning Research Group Annual Conference (CALRG) |
Number of Pages | 1 |
Year | 2015 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.open.ac.uk/research-groups/calrg/conferences/annual-conference |
Conference/Event | Computers and Learning Research Group Annual Conference (CALRG) (2015) |
Event Details | Computers and Learning Research Group Annual Conference (CALRG) (2015) Event Date 15 to end of 17 Jun 2015 Event Location Milton Keynes, United Kingdom |
Abstract | This paper reports on an Australian-government-funded project, Making the Connection, which facilitates participation in digital higher education in prisons with a view to reducing recidivism. Participation in education can help those incarcerated to develop critical thinking skills, digital literacies and the capacity for self-reflection. In addition, it promotes the prospects for employment on release and promotes positive connection to community and families. This helps reduce the risk of reoffending, by equipping people with the cognitive tools to engage constructively with families, communities and an increasingly digital society. Most correctional jurisdictions prohibit the use of the internet by prisoners, yet most universities are increasingly reliant on the online provision of programs. This often results in the further marginalisation of those who are already marginalised, including prisoners. The Making the Connection project is developing an internet-independent version of the University of Southern Queensland learning management system which can be accessed by incarcerated students in the correctional centre education lab. Course materials will also be available on netbook computers which students can take back to their cells, to allow them to continue working after lockdown. A suite of higher education programs, including enabling and undergraduate programs, are being adapted for use with these technologies. |
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 | |
Public Notes | Abstract only. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Digital Futures Institute |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3563/making-the-connection-elearning-and-mobile-learning-for-prisoners
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