Bringing Digital Literacies to Incarcerated Students Challenges and Opportunities Helen Farley and Susan Hopkins Australian Digital Futures Institute University of Southern Queensland Anne Pike Institute for Educational Technology Open University, UK Catherine Byrne Dublin Institute of Technology
We’d like to know about you and where you work … http://bit.ly/EPEA_Digital_Literacies
What is digital literacy? http://epea-digital-literacies.wikispaces.com/
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-digital-literacies
It is a continuum …
Beetham and Sharpe ‘pyramid model’ of digital literacy development model (2010)
Where are your students?
4 EPEA Conferences: What’s changed?
Cyprus 2009 England 2011 Iceland 2013 Belgium 2015
3 countries – 3 stories
Australia …
USQ Offline StudyDesk
Personal devices
Courses and programs • Tertiary Preparation Program • Indigenous Higher Education Pathways Program • Diplomas • Other short courses (Open University, UK)
England and Wales …
Open University: Walled Garden Internet sites
OU’s Prison VLE 3 Access Courses and …
Prison Direct access to material Email tutors E-submit assignments Interactive activities
Links to other sites
Internet sites
Student data & forums
Ireland …
Courses and programs Education shall be provided in each prison to meet the needs of prisoners, through helping them: (a) cope with their imprisonment (b) achieve personal development (c) prepare for life after their release from prison (d) establish the appetite and capacity for lifelong learning
Irish Prison Education Facts • •
Available in all prisons Partnership • Educational Training Boards (ETBs) • Public Library Services • Open University • Arts Council
Allocation: 220 teacher equivalents Qualifications: Teaching Council (2nd level or Further Education)
• Courses: •
Basic Education • Literacy • Numeracy • English as a second language • Communications
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General and Health Education
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Creative Arts
Technology in Irish Prison Education In classrooms: Computers in classrooms Calculators Pilot Internet • Prisoners register • Individual login
Interactive whiteboards in classrooms • Geogebra
Publications: • ‘Interactive Literacy’ (2011) • ‘Interactive Numeracy’ (2015)
Teachers: Individual prison education email Internet in staffrooms Dublin prisons website •
http://www.penandclink.com
• Information and news • Samples of prisoners’ work
Subject network meetings: • Emails • Moodle
Technology in maths classroom National Teacher Development Online Resources: 1. Project Maths 2. Professional Development Service for Teachers Resources: 1. Geogebra 2. Census at school 3. TED Talks
Research: Literacy and Numeracy assessment Focus: • What the learner can do, not what the learner cannot do. • Primary needs and interests of the learner will be the key
• Level is assigned to the task not the learner. • Level may vary from task to task and from skill to skill. (Reading, writing, spelling and numeracy) • Levels are benchmarked against standards in the community
Sample Numeracy Assessment
Total Correct
Number of students per total score
And back to England!
Research: Integration into society Belong to a Community Responsibilities Information & support Digital technologies Progression to L3+ Individual pathways
Latest Research www.open.ac.uk/blogs/target/ • Milton Keynes – Smart City • Digital champions • Virtual v Physical Hub • Community, Continuity, Confidence • Next steps …
We’d like to know about you and where you work … http://bit.ly/EPEA_Digital_Literacies
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