Digital technologies for learning in prison: what one Australian university is doing
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Article Title | Digital technologies for learning in prison: what one Australian university is doing |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Farley, Helen |
Journal Title | Custodial Review |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2016 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.custodialreview.co.uk/Digital_technologies_for_learning_in_prison-a-3749.html |
Abstract | In most Australian correctional jurisdictions, prisoners are not allowed access to the internet precluding them from participating in higher education online. Making the Connection is an Australian government funded project which is taking digital technologies, that don’t require internet access, into prisons 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 prisons. The second stage of the project will see notebook computers preloaded with the learning management system and course materials, allocated to participating prisoners. At the time of writing, the project has been deployed at thirteen sites in Queensland and Western Australia, with a further three sites coming on board in time for semester I 2016 and negotiations underway for further rollout to Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and the Northern Territory. |
Keywords | digital divide; digital literacy; digital literacies; learning management system; prison education; prisoner education; offender education; elearning; mobile learning; higher education |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390405. Educational technology and computing |
Public Notes | © the Custodial Review. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Digital Futures Institute |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q368x/digital-technologies-for-learning-in-prison-what-one-australian-university-is-doing
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