Access
a) Infrastructure: Is there internet accessibility via cable, phone line, satellite.
b) Proximity: Access via local library, school or other portal.
c) Personal computer and integrated software.
Aust Bureau of Statistics (2000)
Literacy
a) Computer literacy / techno-phobia
b) Basic reading writing and literacy skills
c) ESL and Language of choice
Cultural & Religious considerations
a) Religious restrictions (The Brethren)
b) Gender issues: Patriarchal systems, women & education
c) Home/ workplace support
Affordances and Constraints of the Internet
for Learning and Instruction
Economic Considerations
a) Continued cost of participation
b) Initial cost of Hardware etc
c) Housing
The right
to communicate:
at what price?
Post IT Access
Diagrammatic representation of the Post-IT Access Phase.
Continued Access
a) Availability of hardware/software
b) Continuation of connection: cost, line interruption, reliability
c) Proximity: Continued access to libraries, schools, workplace, public facilities etc
Click here for a related Web Link: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2000)
Social Norms
a) IT Management: controlling time spent on the internet, monopolizing facilities, Workplace/Education facility IT policy
b) Acceptable behaviour: deviant & predatory behaviour, visual and actual
c) Communication & Language: ESL, abusive language
Technology and Norms of Publicity
Cultural Considerations
Cultural barriers, not technology, blamed for poor information sharing
a) Gender
More about Gender Considerations
b) Unlimited access to www: no boundaries, integrated culture and learning, breaches cultural barriers, open to extra-cultural thinking and concepts
More about Unlimited Access
c) Cross cultural integration: blended cultures
Literacy
Literacy Technology
a) Multi-linguality
b) Multi-media learning capacity: web cam, music, video, chat rooms etc
c) Emoti-cons: internet based language
d) Hearing Impaired: capacity for learning for disabled Hearing-Impaired
Online Culture
a) Online Persona
b) Relationships
c) MUDS
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