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Crossing the Digital Divide-Can Teachers Bridge it?


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1 Department of Commerce, Modern College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune - 411016, India
 

The digital divide refers to the space between people with efficient access to digital and information technology and those with inadequate or no access at all. It includes the imbalance both in physical access to technology and the resources and skills needed to effectively participate as digital citizen. This gap arises due to the fact that some sections of the society due to advantages in income or social standing can make better use of the internet and computers to further their interests in work and education. The digital divide may be also seen as an asymmetry in information access and awareness.
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  • Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants by M Prensky 2001

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  • Crossing the Digital Divide-Can Teachers Bridge it?

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Shubhangi Joshi
Department of Commerce, Modern College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune - 411016, India

Abstract


The digital divide refers to the space between people with efficient access to digital and information technology and those with inadequate or no access at all. It includes the imbalance both in physical access to technology and the resources and skills needed to effectively participate as digital citizen. This gap arises due to the fact that some sections of the society due to advantages in income or social standing can make better use of the internet and computers to further their interests in work and education. The digital divide may be also seen as an asymmetry in information access and awareness.

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