POSTING4 (Summarizing on 'Bridging the digital divide)

As the Government publishes its action plan for consultation on digital inclusion, ALAN CLARKE, HELEN MILNER, TERRY KILLER and GENNY DIXON consider some of the challenges and opportunities for the delivery of digital inclusion.

Alan Clarke

Alan Clarke argues that, Digital inclusion requires more than access to technology or the skills to use it effectively, it demands information and media literacy. Technology nowadays play the main role of society and daily life. It has abroad information and knowledge. It has update recently producing new ideas and development. With that, ICT becomes one of the skils for life. The key of learning ICT is motivation. It is likely depend on the person either to keeping update or not. Government had launched many programmes. Do hope that the vary widely across the population can add knowledge through e-learning and can improve employment prospects.

Helen Milner

From previous research, 75 percent are counted as socially excluded by the government are also digitally excluded. The action of another front mightly effect movement on the other side. The argument is convincing that connecting people to technology can connect to new skills for work and life, information, services, friends and family, convenience, savings and opportunities.
Terry Killer
He believe that Microsoft has unlimited potential to improving lifelong learning between young people and adults by providing technology skills through community technology around the world. It includes in academic area. IT Academies run throughout the UK and provide opportunities for people to realize their IT potential, offering lifelong learning and career development opportunities. The unlimited potential programme can make a difference, helping to create a continuous cycle of sustained social and economic development.

Genny Dixon

IT skills provide a green light to open up routes to flexible and online learning by stepping-stones to success. IT skills are the key to unlocking the potential of business and individuals. They are fundamental to building active participation in digital society. The skills can be measured in many different way that has flexibility to be truly responsive to learner and employer needs, offering the right type of learning and assessment to allow each individual to journey broadly. The Information Technology Qualification (ITQ) is the glue which brings all the existing IT skills traning and qualifications programmes together.