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Equality?
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Who cares?
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Mission statement
Education is seen as a route to full participation in society.Widening participation in education and lifelong learning is seen as a way of including those who are currently excluded from many of the benefits of society (J. Sims et al. 2005)
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And we’re not alone:
Education for all is viewed as an imperative for world security, as an unconnected population suffering high unemployment leads to instability. Education, skills, ethics and values lead to responsible citizens, an educated and competent people are the essential foundation for democratic societies and market economies, (Daniel, 1999).
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Some take it very serious:
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Correlation?
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Barriers to learning
Financial
Time
Location
Cultural (Gender)
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Overcoming the barrier?
E-learning
Education technology
Distance learning
Right?
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Digital divide
Not only on a global scale
In developed countries:
Analfabetics, low-literates
Immigrants
Lower classes, poorer people
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Digital divide
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Language education
• There are 16 million low- literate
persons living in the U.S.
• 60% of Dutch people have
problems reading texts from the
government or companies
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Language education
• There are 16 million low- literate
persons living in the U.S.
• 60% of Dutch people have
problems reading texts from the
government or companies
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Even in Higher education
• 29% of students at the Vrije
Universiteit fails a language test
• Students of Professional
Universities have even bigger
problems with language
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Barriers to learning
“Although national governments and the EU
place a high importance on widening
participation in education, and universities, the
traditional seat of higher education, are key
players in implementing widening participation,
none of the universities [..] had programmes for
bridging the digital divide.” (Slim, 2005)
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Barriers to learning
Financial
Time
Location
Cultural (Gender)
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