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ENTELIS Seminar - Dublin
by Siobhan Long

Entelis

The European Network for Technology Enhanced Learning in an Inclusive Society is hosting a seminar in Dublin Castle on November 12th 2015, with the following focus:

Reducing The Digital Divide: The Role of Education.




Entelis is an EU funded project whose aim is the promotion of digital skills for people with disabilities. New digital technologies are rapidly changing society, including the way people interact, the way they learn and work and the way they drive the economy. There are many reasons why persons with disabilities of all ages experience difficulties in using technology. A major barrier is related to the inaccessibility of products and services, including educational programs, basically because in their design phase universal design principles have not been taken fully into account.

When different user groups in society take differently benefit from the new opportunities offered by technology, we can speak of a digital divide.

The State of the Art report produced by the ENTELIS consortium clearly indicates that to bridge the digital divide barriers have to be removed and people have to be empowered. Change needs to occur solving some of the issues at the root and education is therefore key, whether this is the education of designers of products and services and their providers, as well as the education and training of persons with disabilities in using available solutions and services more effectively.

The ENTELIS annual symposium in Dublin on the 12th of November is dedicated to the role of education in bridging the digital divide, in close collaboration with the Conference on Universal Design in Education that will be held in the same venue. 

Keynote speakers include Siobhan Long who will speak on the topic of: Education for all: making the most of what technology has to offer. Where are we now and where do we need to go?

For further information see www.entelis.net



 

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