First of all, spreading the Internet in rural areas by teaching will be the most efficient and effective way to solve digital divide because after being taught, people who don't know how to use the Internet will be aware of how to use it immediately. For example, according to the TED ta...
It's not on you to solve the problem yourself, but you can help your community. There's no easy fix to the digital divide, but there are ways to lessen its impact on you and your community.Credit: IAN MOORE / MASHABLE The digital divide in education — a term that refers to the ga...
As Korean society is rapidly digitalizing and aging, 'the intergenerational digital divide' due to a large gap in digital skills between the younger and older generations is rising social issues. Lack of digital skills among older adults is likely to make them feel isolated with limited ...
First of all, spreading the Internet in rural areas by teaching will be the most efficient and effective way to solve Digital Divide because after being taught, people who don’t know how to use the Internet will be aware of how to use it immediately. For example, according to the TED ...
We are committed to helping solve the world’s toughest challenges. Bridging the digital divide is about figuring out how we and our partners can innovate and enable affordable communications technology to reach those who need it most. We are committed to the advancement of this goal, which ...
But let’s also keep a close eye on the digital divide – the gap between those with easy access to technologies, education, and skills, and those who don’t. Will this gap widen or close in the years ahead? How will those groups and minorities, already marginalized by ...
including those between rich and poor, men and women, and various communities and subcommunities. A growing digital divide widens the chasm between developed and developing -- and underdeveloped -- economies, making it harder for the latter group to solve socioeconomic problems and improve the stan...
The results showed that the digital divide must be seen as more than just a technological problem, said Jeffrey Cohen, lead author of the study and professor of anthropology atThe Ohio State University. “We can’t just give people access to the internet and say the problem is solved,” Co...
Of course, if the digital divide widens, ICT can also exacerbate inequalities and leave the weaker, poorer, less educated parts of society even further behind. The key is to ensure universal access to the skills and digital platforms needed across the society. ...
So far, the bulk of money allocated to fix the divide has gone toward improving rural access through federal and state programs such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the California Advanced Services Fund, and the Connect America Fund. Levine admitted more could be done in that are...