TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring how parents in economically depressed communities access learning resources
AU - Roshan, Parisa Khanipour
AU - Jacobs, Maia
AU - Dye, Michaelanne
AU - DiSalvo, Betsy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 ACM.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/11/9
Y1 - 2014/11/9
N2 - This qualitative study of parents in financially depressed communities in westside Atlanta examines parents' access to information technology and out-of-school learning resources through five dimensions of digital divide: technical apparatus, autonomy, social support, skill, and purpose. The context of this study is a broader research agenda to explore how technology impacts parents' knowledge and use of out-of-school learning resources for their children in low socioeconomic status neighborhoods. The findings contribute to a growing body of research on marginalized groups and provide a rich description of parents' digital access and technology practices in the context of education. Finally, we identify design implications that are specific to this community and can be extended to similar populations to support parents in finding more learning opportunities.
AB - This qualitative study of parents in financially depressed communities in westside Atlanta examines parents' access to information technology and out-of-school learning resources through five dimensions of digital divide: technical apparatus, autonomy, social support, skill, and purpose. The context of this study is a broader research agenda to explore how technology impacts parents' knowledge and use of out-of-school learning resources for their children in low socioeconomic status neighborhoods. The findings contribute to a growing body of research on marginalized groups and provide a rich description of parents' digital access and technology practices in the context of education. Finally, we identify design implications that are specific to this community and can be extended to similar populations to support parents in finding more learning opportunities.
KW - Access
KW - African American
KW - Digital divide
KW - Digital inequalities
KW - Education
KW - ICTD
KW - Informal learning
KW - Marginalized communities
KW - Social capital
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U2 - 10.1145/2660398.2660415
DO - 10.1145/2660398.2660415
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84911919025
T3 - Proceedings of the International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work
SP - 131
EP - 141
BT - GROUP 2014 - Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 18th ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, GROUP 2014
Y2 - 9 November 2014 through 12 November 2014
ER -