TY - JOUR
T1 - The increasing significance of digital equity in higher education
T2 - An introduction to the Digital Equity Special Issue
AU - Willems, Julie
AU - Farley, Helen
AU - Campbell, Chris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE).
PY - 2019/12/29
Y1 - 2019/12/29
N2 - Digital equity is a complex and multifaceted concept. It includes not only access to hardware, software, and connectivity to the Internet but also meaningful, high-quality, and culturally relevant content in local languages, and the ability to create, share, and exchange knowledge. Participatory citizenship in the digital era involves the right to access and participate in higher education. Indeed, it is a key civil rights issue of the modern world. This editorial provides the context in which the articles in this special issue are located.
AB - Digital equity is a complex and multifaceted concept. It includes not only access to hardware, software, and connectivity to the Internet but also meaningful, high-quality, and culturally relevant content in local languages, and the ability to create, share, and exchange knowledge. Participatory citizenship in the digital era involves the right to access and participate in higher education. Indeed, it is a key civil rights issue of the modern world. This editorial provides the context in which the articles in this special issue are located.
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U2 - 10.14742/ajet.5996
DO - 10.14742/ajet.5996
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85078953760
SN - 1449-5554
VL - 35
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
JF - Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
IS - 6
ER -
