Bridging the Digital Divide through Online Conferencing: Lessons from the CybErg Conference Series

Bridging Communications Across the Digital Divide

Connecting people across the Digital Divide is as much a social effort as a technological one. We are developing a community-centered approach to learn how interaction techniques can compensate for poor communication across the Digital Divide. We have incorporated the lessons learnt regarding Social Intelligence Design in an (abstract) device called the SoftBridge. The device allows information...

Establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series

Initiated in 1996, the CybErg international conference series is the only online conference series in the field of ergonomics. Using virtual settlement theory and a model of online community evolution, this article reports on a 12-year longitudinal investigation of the five conferences in the conference series and whether they have been effective in establishing an online academic community and...

The Digital Gap in Patients' Use of Health Information Technology and Effective Factors and Strategies; a Systematic Review

Introduction: The digital divide means economic and social inequality for access to and use of ICT. Information and communication technology, despite the spatial and temporal barriers, can provide a valuable opportunity for patients to access health information. The aim of this study was to identify factors affecting the digital divide in patients and ways to reduce it. Materials and Methods: ...

Bridging the Racial Divide Through Cross- Racial Dialogue: Lessons and Reflections from My Experience as a Facilitator

The Digital Divide – Barriers to e-learning FINAL REPORT

1 Contextual issues 4 1.1 Defining the Digital Divide 1.1.1 Project framework 5 1.1.2 Definitions 6 1.1.3 E-learning – a supply or demand driven process? 7 1.1.4 Digital literacy 7 1.2 Quantifying the Digital Divide 9 1.2.1 Connectivity in the wider Australian community 1.2.2 Online delivery in the VTE system 10 1.3 Benefits from bridging the Divide 10 2 Barriers sustaining the Divide 12 2.1 Co...