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Contents of Digital Inclusion

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Digital Inclusion

• Emergent concept of a continuum rather than a dichotomy
• The outcome of digital inclusion is viewed as:
• productivity and contribution to society (in terms of getting work, being economically self-sufficient and being a good citizen)
• Equity
• Autonomy, independence
• Practitioners are encouraged to focus on the characteristics of the digitally excluded in order to identify barriers that they can seek to explore and reduce
• Access to or ownership of technology-give it to them
• Skills, confidence, capability- educate them
• Attitude- motivate them
• Differential use- Show them