Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Completed my second, thoughtful reading of Technology and Social Inclusion by Mark Warschauer. This section stood out in the final chapter:

The starting point for a progressive consideration of ICT in any institution should not be the digital divide and how to overcome it but rather the broader social structures and functions of the institutions and how ICT might be used to help make them more democratic, equitable, and socially inclusive.

I was also able to give thought to expanded research areas beyond access and use. I am thinking about the possibilities beyond issues of access such as questions of outcome. I am giving some thought to investigating variations in rates of return to technology use for different subgroups with the population.

-Kai

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