Being Prepared

We would not climb a mountain,

We would not climb a mountain…

…without being prepared..

Therefore we should not go online…

…without being prepared.

The project?

Adopting a values-based approach

to ‘digital inclusion’.

The artefact?An open educational

resource

http://www.i-m.mx/samsantics/Being-Prepared/

Education is ‘a life-long process which enables the continuous development of a person’s capacities

both as an individual and as a member of society’ (World Scout Bureau, 1998)

We learn through our

interaction with others and the world around

us.(Palinscar, 1998; Vygotsky, 1978)

Social technology has created a new emphasis on participation.(Jenkins et al, 2005)

What are the

barriers that

stop

volunteers

participating

online?

Government Digital Inclusion Strategy 2014

Acces

s

Skills

Motivation

Trust

Being

prepared is

physical

and

psychologic

al.

Volunteers have amazing adventures with young people

every day.

By

reminding

them of the

values and

methods of

Scouting…

…can we can help them overcome the barriers?

So they can

become

‘digital’

citizens and

be ‘digitally

included’.

The online world is just another undiscovered world of opportunity.

“Being prepared”

Samantha Marks

February 2015H818 The Networked Practitioner Online Conference

ReferencesCabinet Office (2014) Government Digital Inclusion Strategy, 13 April 2014 [online] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-inclusion-strategy (last accessed 14th November 2014).

Jenkins, H., et al. (2005) Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century, MacArthur Foundation. [online] Available at: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/free_download/9780262513623_Confronting_the_Challenges.pdf (last accessed 14th November 2014).

Palincsar, A.S. (1998). Social constructivist perspectives on teaching and learning. Annual Review of Psychology, 49, pp.345–375.

Vygotsky, L. (1978). Mind in Society. London: Harvard University Press.