Farley, Helen and Dove, Sharron and Seymour, Stephen and Lee, Christopher and Macdonald, John and Abraham, Catherine and Hopkins, Susan and Patching, Louise and Cox, Jacinta and Bedford, Tasman (2015) Providing interactive higher education using digital technologies in Australian correctional centres. In: 12th Biennial Australasian Corrections Education Association Conference (ACEA) and the Correctional Industries Association of Australasia (CIAA) 2015: The Pen, the Hammer or the Mouse? What Works for Correctional Education and Training in the 21st Century, 22-24 Nov 2015, Hobart, Australia.
Abstract
Prisoners in most Australian jurisdictions are not permitted access to online learning technologies due to procedural restrictions prohibiting prisoner access to the internet. Formal education and training delivery to prisoners is usually provided in non-digital forms, generally in the form of blocks of printed text. Although this method enables access to course materials, it does not foster digital literacies in incarcerated students, and these skills are becoming more essential to pursue formal learning upon release from custody. Currently, there are few programs offered to incarcerated students that adequately prepare them for entry into higher education especially providing them with the opportunity to use modern ICTs.
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