Digital Inclusion Conference - - an online space to share conference information and ideas

- an online space to share conference information and ideas

This network is for sharing ideas after the NIACE conference - for those who attended and anyone interested in the issues

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Event: - Developing the Microsoft Digital Skills for Citizens Programme - 30th September

A free one-day workshop which will allow you to be in at the beginning of an exciting national initiative which is making recycled computers available to people on low-incomes.

You will also hear about "Britain Works", Microsoft's £45 million programme which aims to get 500,000 people back to work.

The event will take place:

10am to 3:30pm

Wednesday 30th September 2009

at Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 8BH.

Details of the venue can be found here:… Continue

Posted by John Popham on September 23, 2009 at 10:32pm

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Welcome - we have created this space to share information and ideas following the conference last Thursday. We had a few problems with technology and compatible files on the day; unfortunately this meant we weren't able to show everything on the programme - so this is a good opportunity for us to share them with you now.

First there's the 8 minute Think About It video from the Digital Inclusion team, DCLG which you can see in the videos section here, or download from… Continue

Posted by Mary on December 2, 2008 at 9:00am

Conference - November 27th

In October 2008, the Department for Communities and Local Government published Delivering Digital Inclusion: An Action Plan for Consultation. NIACE's conference aimed to provide information about the digital inclusion strategy and bring people together to discuss some of the issues. It was attended by 109 people and feedback shows that most of them found the event useful and interesting. The day opened with an address from Wayne David MP, recently appointed Minster for Digital Inclusion. He outlined the importance of overcoming exclusion for adults and young people alike. He took several questions from the floor relating to publicising the consultation on the action plan, identifying which groups of people are most excluded, funding for adult education and how to ensure that staff have skills and time to improve their technology skills. He urged us all to work together to bring about change.

We had two further keynote addresses – from Chris Batt OBE, Consultant (retired) Chief Executive, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and Dr Rebecca Eynon, Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and Lecturer, Department of Education at University of Oxford. See their presentations here:
chris batt.pdf rebecca eynon.pdf

Workshops

There were six workshops:
1) Community Reporters Scheme
Gary Copitch, Director, Manchester Community Information Network (MCIN) gary copitch.pdf
2) The work of a small learning centre in an area of social deprivation
Kathy Degerdon, ICT Manager, Swarthmore Education Centre, Leeds
3) Through Assistive Technology To Employment – The TATE Project
Sal McKeown, Project Partner sal mckeown.pdf
4) Reflecting on the first year of the functional skills pilot
Terry Smith, Advisor, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
terry smith.pdf
5) An approach to digital inclusion
Mike Attwell, Regional Director, East Midlands, Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) michael rogers.pdf
6) Homeshoring Call Centre Pilot and DC10plus Network
Peter Goodwin, Director, Accelerate Nottingham
peter goodwin.pdf