Bringing Digital Literacies to Incarcerated Students Challenges and Opportunities Helen Farley and...

Bringing Digital Literacies to Incarcerated StudentsChallenges and Opportunities

Helen Farley and Susan HopkinsAustralian Digital Futures InstituteUniversity of Southern QueenslandAnne Pike Institute for Educational TechnologyOpen University, UKCatherine ByrneDublin Institute of Technology

We’d like to know about you and where you work …http://bit.ly/EPEA_Digital_Literacies

How many?

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

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

Prison

OU’s Prison VLE3 Access Courses and …

Student data & forums

Internet sites

Links to other sites

Internet sites

Direct access to materialEmail tutors E-submit assignments Interactive activities

Ireland …

Courses and programsEducation 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 equivalentsQualifications:Teaching Council (2nd level or

Further Education)

• Courses:

• Basic Education• Literacy• Numeracy• English as a second

language• Communications

• General and Health Education

• Creative Arts

Technology in Irish Prison EducationIn classrooms:Computers in classroomsCalculatorsPilot Internet • Prisoners register• Individual login

Interactive whiteboards in classrooms• Geogebra

Publications:• ‘Interactive Literacy’ (2011)• ‘Interactive Numeracy’ (2015)

Teachers:Individual prison education emailInternet in staffroomsDublin 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!

Belong to a Community

Information & support

Digital technologies

Individual pathways

Progression to L3+

Responsibilities

Research: Integration into society

Latest Research

•Milton Keynes – Smart City• Digital champions• Virtual v Physical Hub • Community, Continuity, Confidence• Next steps …

www.open.ac.uk/blogs/target/

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Keeping in touch: Project newsletter

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Helen Farleyhelen.farley@usq.edu.au

Anne Pikeanne.pike@open.ac.uk

Catherine Byrnecatherine.byrne8@mydit.ie