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TY - JOUR
T1 - Inclusive technologies and learning
T2 - research, practice and policy
AU - Passey, Donald
PY - 2015/12/28
Y1 - 2015/12/28
N2 - This special issue focuses on an important contemporary concern—inclusive technologies and learning. Since the 1960s there has been a continued development and diversification of digital technologies used across societal sectors (Bijker, Hughes, Pinch, & Douglas, 2012), enabling applications not solely within business and commerce, but significantly within educational and social settings (such as the technology rangesthose discussed by The Metiri Group, 2006, for example), supporting communication and learning (shown, for example, shown by Richardson, 2012), providing opportunities to widen and deepen reach and interactions (as indicated, for example, by Kim, Hagashi, Carillo, Gonzales, Makany, Lee, & Gàrate, 2011). It can be argued that such developments have created many divisions and challenges too (Resta, & Laferrière, 2008); individuals as well as nations may not have the same access or facilities as others (ITU, 2015); and issues such as exploitation and exclusion are regularly highlighted (Dutta, Geiger, & Lanvin, 2015).
AB - This special issue focuses on an important contemporary concern—inclusive technologies and learning. Since the 1960s there has been a continued development and diversification of digital technologies used across societal sectors (Bijker, Hughes, Pinch, & Douglas, 2012), enabling applications not solely within business and commerce, but significantly within educational and social settings (such as the technology rangesthose discussed by The Metiri Group, 2006, for example), supporting communication and learning (shown, for example, shown by Richardson, 2012), providing opportunities to widen and deepen reach and interactions (as indicated, for example, by Kim, Hagashi, Carillo, Gonzales, Makany, Lee, & Gàrate, 2011). It can be argued that such developments have created many divisions and challenges too (Resta, & Laferrière, 2008); individuals as well as nations may not have the same access or facilities as others (ITU, 2015); and issues such as exploitation and exclusion are regularly highlighted (Dutta, Geiger, & Lanvin, 2015).
KW - social inclusion
KW - technology
KW - learning
KW - digital technologies
KW - disability
KW - education
U2 - 10.17645/si.v3i6.543
DO - 10.17645/si.v3i6.543
M3 - Editorial
VL - 3
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Social Inclusion
JF - Social Inclusion
SN - 2183-2803
IS - 6
ER -