Trusting and trusted: developing and deploying mobile devices to support in-prison learning

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dc.contributor.authorFarley, Helen
dc.contributor.authorDoyle J
dc.contributor.authorRees S
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-09T04:27:54Z
dc.date.available2023-11-09T04:27:54Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2023-07-02T04:45:51Z
dc.description.abstractA post-secondary qualification earned in prison has been noted as a factor in reducing rates of recidivism and contributing to improved prisoner behaviour. However, delivering higher education into prisons is a challenging process. In Australia, many higher education institutions prioritise online modes of delivery, and most jurisdictions prohibit prisoner access to the Internet. The lack of Internet access means that incarcerated students do not have the opportunity to experience learning in the same way as students who are not in prison. Digital technologies, including mobile devices, offer affordances in terms of providing the incarcerated student with a digital learning experience. From 2012 to 2017, a university research team in Australia has been trialling digital learning initiatives in 28 prisons across the country. The Making the Connection project aims to enhance the student learning experience using an offline learning management system and personal devices. Even so, introducing digital technology into prisons is a challenging process. Prisons have low levels of trust and strict security requirements. Digital technology must comply with jurisdictional constraints and correctional centre policies. Personal devices must be ‘prison-suitable’ yet at the same time ‘user-friendly’ for incarcerated students who traditionally do not have high levels of literacy, including digital literacy. Providing prisoners with mobile devices requires trust in two dimensions: researchers trust the prisoners to use and maintain the devices for learning purposes, and prisoners trust the researchers to provide a pedagogically-appropriate learning tool. This paper reports on the complex process of preparing and deploying mobile technologies in Australian correctional centres.
dc.identifier.citationFarley H, Doyle J, Rees S (2017). TRUSTING AND TRUSTED: DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING MOBILE DEVICES TO SUPPORT IN-PRISON LEARNING. International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. 03/07/2017-05/07/2017. EDULEARN proceedings.
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2017.2347
dc.identifier.issn2340-1117
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/106470
dc.publisherIATED
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stated
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subjectmobile learning
dc.subjectresearch impact
dc.subjecthigher education
dc.subjectresearch
dc.subjecttrust
dc.subject.anzsrc39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390405 - Educational technology and computing
dc.subject.anzsrc44 - Human society::4402 - Criminology::440202 - Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
dc.subject.anzsrc39 - Education::3903 - Education systems::390303 - Higher education
dc.titleTrusting and trusted: developing and deploying mobile devices to support in-prison learning
dc.typeConference Contributions - Published
uc.collegeFaculty of Law
uc.departmentFaculty of Law
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