Dear ALT members

Dear colleagues 

 

I am writing to invite you to take part in the activities of the newly formed Digital Inclusion Forum set up by the Technology Enhanced Learning Programme, which is funded by the ESRC and EPSRC and directed by Richard Noss. See: http://www.tlrp.org/tel/digital_inclusion/

 

The purpose of the Digital Inclusion Forum is two fold:

 

•         To identify key inclusion-related questions and issues for research into digital inclusion issues in education

•         To discuss and evaluate the contribution that the TEL research programme can make to the digital inclusion research agenda.

 

There will be two main phases of activity:

 

•         The first phase (May-November 2009) will be the development of an online space for sharing digital inclusion related resources, discussing inclusion-related issues and scoping priorities for digital inclusion research. We hope the online space will be a platform for the collaborative writing of a web-based document that starts to draw together what the key issues are in relation to digital inclusion research

•         The second phase (December 2009-September 2010) will involve the setting up of a commentary group who, drawing on the web-based document will co-author a TEL branded publication which offers a commentary on digital inclusion research and highlights the contributions of the TEL projects to the field.

 

Your contribution to the Digital Inclusion Forum would be most welcome, and I would like to invite you to add to the content of the site by:

 

•         Adding to the Reference Library any digital inclusion references that you think are relevant and make a significant contribution to the field: http://www.tlrp.org/tel/tools/digital_inclusion_references.html

 

•         Adding a thread or post a response on the Discussion Forum: http://www.tlrp.org/tel/digital_inclusion/forum/digital-inclusion/

 

•         Tagging any digital inclusion related blogs that you write with the keyword “teldigitalinclusion” so that it can be picked up and referenced by the Forum website: http://www.tlrp.org/tel/digital_inclusion/community/

 

Kind regards

 

Jane Seale

Convenor of the TEL Digital Inclusion Forum