Urban libraries and the digital divide in Michigan I work at an urban library in Michigan so I see the digital divide at work daily. There are discrepancies between those who can/not afford internet connectivity (computers, hotspots, WIFI or broadband), those who have/not digital literacy (the skills to use the connectivity), and oftentimes these groups […]
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This week I found a number of great articles about the Digital Divide, what it means, and its impact on libraries and education. As I work in an urban library, this material directly relates to me. I found it very interesting and something I can directly apply to my future dissertation. For summary I chose
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This week I read about OMMI: Offline MultiModal Instruction, as written about by CMU’s Dr. Dirkin (my advisor). Overall, at the start of the COVID pandemic, not every home access to devices let alone wifi. Schools did their best to deliver hot spots to students but it wasn’t always feasible. This article presents the idea
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