Digital Equity: Exploring a Modern Civil Right for Adult Learners and their Families

Event Type: Discussion Event Date: November 5-6, 2019   Join the Disabilities and Equitable Outcomes, Integrating Technology, and Correctional and Reentry Education Groups as a panel of experts and community members discuss the Upskill with Edtech podcast episode “Digital Equity: Exploring this Modern Civil Right” found in the LINCS Resource Collection. The activity discussion will highlight the importance of digital access, connect practitioners working on reducing barriers to access, and discuss national supports to increase digital access in underserved communities. The guest experts, moderators, and participants will engage in a deeper discussion around the issues and learner profiles highlighted in this podcast; all will be encouraged to ask questions and share experiences from their work around supporting digital access in their communities.   Be sure to check out the podcast before joining the discussion! Find it in the LINCS Resource Collection: https://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/profile-1132   Panelists include:
  • Norma Fernandez. As the Chief Programs Officer of EveryoneOn, a national nonprofit that creates social and economic opportunity by connecting everyone to the internet (https://www.everyoneon.org/), Norma sets the vision for and manages the organization's national and regional initiatives focused on creating digital equity through broadband adoption activities and digital and tech literacy trainings, focused on engaging and impacting low-income underrepresented communities.
  • Frank Martin. Frank leads World Possible's U.S. Justice Chapter, which supports installations of RACHEL for U.S. Justice at youth correctional facilities and adult prisons. Frank was an early advocate for bringing Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons-licensed technologies to correctional facilities during his work with the Oregon Youth Authority. RACHEL for U.S. Justice has a wealth of courses and research materials, mostly aimed at high school, college and vocational students. In addition, RACHEL  for U.S. Justice features FairShake Reentry Resources with information and support for incarcerated individuals, plus a curated version of Wikipedia that meets the requirements of U.S. prisons.
  • David J. Rosen. David is the moderator of the LINCS Integrating Technology Group. For over three decades, as Director of the Adult Literacy Resource Institute sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Boston and President of Newsome Associates, he has been an advocate and provider of training for adult digital literacy.
  How to participate?   Anyone can visit the LINCS Community, but only members can contribute. Please join the discussion by first joining the Disabilities and Equitable Outcomes Group, the Integrating Technology Group, or the Correctional and Reentry Education Group (or join all three!).   We hope you’ll share this event with your colleagues!   If you require special accommodations, please call 301-828-1526 or email scoleman@manhattanstrategy.com 7-10 days in advance, and we will do our best to assist you.   Thanks, The LINCS Team