Tag Archives: equity

Fibre to the gate is only half the story. How about affordable high-speed Internet?

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

Access to the Internet appears to be one of the key sticking points for those students who are based in the lowest socio-economic communities. While this factor seems to be pretty logical, maybe it is less obvious that low decile … Continue reading →

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The Digital Divide: Agree or disagree?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

I found this video quite thought provoking, although I’m not sure I agree with all of the major points made (especially the broad brush ‘false’ statements, as I think much of what was being stated is way more sophisticated than … Continue reading →

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Inequality in society the biggest obstacle to education reform?

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

Through a rather circuitous route of recommendations (podcast) and links, I located the post below. The points that Susan Ohanian (Jan 3rd 2012) highlights were pretty much I was hoping to also mention, so I have posted her comments (National education policy centre), … Continue reading →

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Learners’ Participation, Retention and Success in e-learning: Some findings

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Rachel Roberts shared the following post in another community, and I felt it was too valuable a resource not to pass on…and thanks, Rachel 🙂 “By way of Michael; DEANZ – this elearning report out on Education Counts. Though this is tertiary research there is much … Continue reading →

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