Information Culture

Information Culture

From Online Education to Social Media to Curriculum Mapping

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Topics Presented

The History of Online Learning

Drupal Open Source Application Framework

Technology Impacts on Media

Gamification within Education and Advanced Simulations

Motion Graphics and Conveying a Message

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5Web Development Future Career – Approaching the Semantic Web

Usability – A Case Study of a User Research Project

Web 2.0, Social Networking and Social Media in General

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The Digital Divide

Addressing the Challenges

In this current day and age we are witnessing the advancement of technology at a rate never seen before.

As a result, people are relying on technology to a greater extent each and every day. According to DiMaggio et al, “The digital revolution is the first major technological change that has occurred after the emergence of federal social science funding and the expansion of research universities in the 1960s (2004).

* http://forrestdoud.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/digital-divide-versus-digital-inequality/

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One in five American Adults do not use the Internet Senior citizens, those who prefer to take our interviews in Spanish

rather than English, adults with less than a high school education, and those living in households earning less than $30,000 per year are the least likely adults to have internet access.

Among adults who do not use the internet, almost half don’t go online is because they don’t think the internet is relevant to them.

Most have never used the internet before, and don’t have anyone in their household who does.

The 27% of adults living with disability in the U.S are significantly less likely than adults without a disability to go online (54% vs. 81%).

Though overall internet adoption rates have leveled off, significant differences in use remain, generally related to age, household income, and educational attainment.

Pew Internet Research: FindingsWhile increased internet adoption and the rise of mobile connectivity have reduced many gaps in technology access over the past decade, for some groups digital disparities still remain

* http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Digital-differences/Overview.aspx

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School Administrators

Management of curriculum, core standards and reporting for all grade levels.

Tracking of educational objectives, goals and strategies.

Teachers

Building lesson plans.

Working collaboratively across disciplines and grade levels.

Developing and sharing instructional content and material.

Parents and Relatives

Review the subject topics and units their children are covering across grade levels.

Provides a means of expectations in terms of the child’s progress.

Curriculum Mapping – Targeting all User Groups

* Proposed Curriculum Mapping Application

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