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Awareness, Assessment, and Access: Improving Adult Digital Literacy

Digital Promise

” To help increase digital literacy awareness in underserved communities, Broadband Rhode Island , a partner with RIFLI, created a curriculum in 2011 for adult education teachers to promote digital literacy among adult learners. At the end of each course, RIFLI staff award digital badges to the students.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

And we put it on YouTube to make it as easy as possible to access.” . includes reading challenges, craft projects, and games where students can earn digital badges online. . And during tumultuous times, the need for information, access to literacy, and digital access have become even greater. .

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Open Learning Opportunities for All Young People

Educator Innovator

I’ve seen this dynamic again and again in my research on ed tech, where well-meaning tech folks are creating goodies theoretically accessible to everyone, but they end up giving more advantages to kids who are already well on their way to being digital elites.