Cassidy: MacArthur Foundation researchers find a new digital divide that's hard to cross
Cassidy: MacArthur Foundation researchers find a new digital divide that's hard to cross
- February 8, 2013
- Mizuko “Mimi” Ito, anthropology and informatics professor and current John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning, is featured in the San Jose Mercury News and Willits News February 8, 2013
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From the San Jose Mercury News:
We've already invented the Internet; built a network of digital pipes; developed
all manner of mobile devices; created online courses; published digital textbooks.
Now comes the real challenge: Just what do we do with this stuff? "There is this huge
opportunity with new technology," says UC Irvine professor Mimi Ito, a lead researcher
on the project, "but unless we take it up in ways that are informed by values of social
equity and by a learning philosophy that really empowers young people to make the
most of what is out there, it's just going to make things worse in terms of equity
and the stress that young people are experiencing."
For the full story, please visit http://www.mercurynews.com/mike-cassidy/ci_22549113/cassidy-macarthur-fo....
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