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    Using digital technologies to implement distance education for incarcerated students: a case study from an Australian regional university (2014)

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    https://hdl.handle.net/10092/104663
    
    Publisher's DOI/URI
    http://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.6.4.134
    
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    International Council for Open and Distance Education
    ISSN
    1369-9997
    2304-070X
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    Authors
    Doyle J
    Farley, Helen cc
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    Abstract

    As universities become increasingly reliant on the online delivery of courses for distance education, those students without access to the Internet are increasingly marginalised. Among those most marginalised are incarcerated students who are often from low socio-economic status backgrounds and have limited access to resources. This article reports on four projects that incrementally build on each other, three of which are completed, at the University of Southern Queensland that seek to provide access to higher education for incarcerated students. These projects developed a modified version of Moodle, called Stand Alone Moodle (SAM), which doesn’t require Internet access, but provides the same level of access and interactivity as regular Moodle. EBook readers were also used in two of the projects. A description of the projects, a summary of the results and issues is provided. The projects will be extended to deploy Stand Alone Moodle and tablet computers to correctional centres across Australia with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

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    Farley HS, Doyle J Using digital technologies to implement distance education for incarcerated students: a case study from an Australian regional university. Open Praxis. 6(4). 357-357.
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    Keywords
    access to education; digital divide; distance education; higher education; incarcerated students
    ANZSRC Fields of Research
    39 - Education::3903 - Education systems::390399 - Education systems not elsewhere classified
    46 - Information and computing sciences::4608 - Human-centred computing::460801 - Accessible computing
    44 - Human society::4402 - Criminology::440202 - Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
    45 - Indigenous studies::4502 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education::450205 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher education
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651

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