Gerardo E. de los Santos League for Innovation in the Community College

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Gerardo E. de los SantosLeague for Innovation
in the Community College
Access in the Information Age Community Colleges
Bridgingthe Digital Divide
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Overview

• Dramatic Change
• Digital Divide
• Digging In
• Dedication to Education

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Dramatic Change

• Web from 377 million users to 1 billion users by
  2005
• Internet traffic doubles every 100 days
• 2 in 5 households to be hi-speed by 2005
• Over 1.2 Billion Web pages (doubles each year
  38 pages a second)
• Over 25 of stock trades take place online
• 760 Million messages daily (2x the USPS)
• 24 of US. Organizations use e-learning to train
  employees

Nielsen/Net Ratings Newsweek NUA
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Dramatic Change

• Over 70 of adults use a computer
• 91 of adults projected online by 2005
• Over a third of wired adults shop online
• More than ½ of Americans send an e-mail each day
• Average E-mail received per year Grow from 1,800
  to 5,600 by 2005
• Consumer E-Commerce 300 Billion by 2002
• B-to-B E-Commerce 2.7 Trillion by 2004

Newsweek U.S. Department of Commerce Forrester
Dertouzos
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Dramatic Change Characteristics of the New
Economy

• Technology is a given
• Globalism is here to stay
• Knowledge builds wealth
• People are the most important raw material
• Theres no such thing as a smooth ride
• Competition is relentless
• Alliances are the way to get things done
• Place still mattersbut for different
  reasons --Morrison Institute for Public
  Policy The New Economy A Guide for AZ
  1999

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Dramatic Change

• Change in Education

Peter Drucker
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Dramatic Change

• Change in Higher Education
• More than 50 of colleges have a wireless LAN
• Almost 75 of students own a computer
• More than 60 of college courses use e-mail
• More than 2 of 5 college courses use Web
  resources
• Approximately 60-80 of students and faculty
  access the Internet each day
• 90 of US colleges will offer e-learning by 2005

K.C. Green, 2001 NUA
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Dramatic Change
Newsweek
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Putting the Net Generation in Context (Recent
High School Graduates)

• MTV started before they were born
• Ronald Reagan is a vague memory
• Theyve always had cable TV
• The Cold War ended while they were in grade
  school
• Theyve never owned a vinyl record
• Oprah always has been a household word
• The Simpsons had it premiere when they were
  6--USA Today, October 4, 2001

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Dramatic Change

• The DotCommies are coming!
• Baby Boom Echo 88 million strong
• 77 could not live w/o their PC
• 92 think technology will improve their
  educational options
• Video games to surpass movies
• Use for entertainment, learning, communication,
  shopping
• View tech as an appliance a different level of
  savvy, expectation
• Faculty, Administration, Staff

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. . . You May Be a DotCommie

• If you have two or more e-mail addresses
• If you get a nervous tick after not checking your
  e-mail for more than 12 hours
• If you wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom
  and on the way back to bed you check your e-mail
  
• If you cant sit through an entire movie without
  having at least one device on your body beep or
  buzz
• If your minister uses PowerPoint
• If your first thought after seeing this list is
  that youd like to get a copy so you can e-mail
  it to a friend

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How Do We Define the Digital Divide?
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Digital Divide

• Americas Digital Divide is fast becoming a
  racial ravine. It is now one of Americas
  leading economic and civil rights issues and we
  have to take concrete steps to redress the gap
  between thehaves and have nots.
• --Department of Commerce for
  Telecommunications August 1999

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Falling Through the Net Toward Digital Inclusion
(Oct. 2000)
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Key Federal Measures

• Households with Computers
• Households with Internet Access
• (NTIA, 1999)

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Percent of U.S. Households with a Computer By
Race/Origin

• Overall, the s of computers in households have
  increased, yet a gap exists between racial/ethnic
  groups
• In 2000, 33 of Black and Hispanic households had
  a computer compared to 55 of white households
  and 66 of Asian-American/Pacific Islanders

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Percent of U.S. Households with a Computer By
Income

• The lower the family income, the less likely to
  have a computer, particularly Blacks and
  Hispanics
• In 2000, 27 of both Black and Hispanic
  households w/ incomes of 15-35K had a computer
  at home, compared to 40 in white and 50 in
  Asian Amer./Pac. Islander households

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Percent of U.S. Households Using the Internet

• Overall, the s of households with Internet
  access have increased, yet a gap exists among
  racial/ethnic groups
• In 2000, 23 of Black and Hispanic households had
  Internet access, compared to 46 of white and 57
  of Asian Amer./Pac. Islander households

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Percent of U.S. Households with Access to the
Internet By Income

• The lower the family income, the less likely to
  have access to the Internet, particularly Blacks
  and Hispanics
• In 2000, 17 of Black and Hispanic households
  with incomes between 15-35K had Internet access,
  compared to 31 of white and 43 of
  Asian-Amer./Pac. Islander households

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Digital Divide

• Significant access challenges for minorities and
  rural areas
• Whites are 2x as likely to have Internet access
  as Blacks and Hispanics
• Household Income of 75,000 are 20 times more
  likely to have access to the Internet

Federal Computer Week, July 1999
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Digital Divide

• Low-income schools lag almost 35 behind more
  affluent schools
• Fewer than 40 of low-income schools have a
  classroom with an Internet connection
• 17 of 17-year olds are functionally illiterate

NCES
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Digital Divide

• The lack of technology access and skills puts
  disadvantaged members of our society increasingly
  at risk of becoming disenfranchised spectators of
  a digital world that is passing them by, bit by
  bit.
• --Milliron and Miles, CEO VP League for
  Innovation November/December 2000

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Typical Home In Santa Ana, California
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Typical Mission Viejo, CACommunity
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A Connected, Wired, Intranet Community
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Knocking On the Open Door

• Current and Future Demographic Shifts Indicate a
  Significant Increase in Community College
  Enrollments

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High School Graduate Growth 1995-96--2011-12

• 1995-96 2011-12
• African American 298,957 370,393
• Native American 20,673 36,214
• Asian Pacific Islander 100,358 194,984
• Hispanic 218,358 517,746
• White Non-Hispanic 1,653,122 1,649,491
• TOTAL 2,292,031 2,768,828

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Percent Growth of High School Graduates between
1996-2012

• African Americans 23.9
• Native American 75.2
• Asian Pacific Islander 93.2
• Hispanic 137
• White Non Hispanic (.22)

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Digging In Recommendations
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Digging In

• Community colleges should review the curriculum
  and pedagogies used in the classroom to ensure
  that all students develop technology literacy and
  the ability to adapt quickly to change

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Digging In

• 2. Community colleges should develop strategic
  plans to enhance and continuously improve the
  issue of technology in learning and teaching
  processes

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Digging In

• Community colleges should provide opportunities
  for all members of the faculty and staff to use
  computers, the Internet, and other emerging
  technologies

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Digging In

• 4. Community Colleges should seek relationships
  with technology partners in their local business
  communities who will directly and indirectly
  benefit from technologically literate employee
  prospects

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Digging In

• 5. Community Colleges should facilitate
  explorations of how the issues of growing
  minority enrollments, limited access to
  technology, and increasing requirements for
  technology and change savvy will likely impact
  them in the future

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Digging In

• 6. Community Colleges should strengthen their
  occupational and other short-cycle offerings to
  continue to prepare their growing number of
  information technology workers needed in the new
  economy

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Digging In

• 7. Community Colleges should create venues, on
  their own or with partners, where all students
  can access computers and the Internet on and off
  campus.

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Digging In

• 8. Community Colleges should work with K-12
  school systems to facilitate the professional
  development of teachers in the use of technology
  in learning and teaching processes

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Dedication to Education Learning Beyond
Technology

• The current and future health of Americas 21st
  Century economy depends directly on how broadly
  and deeply Americans reach a new level of
  literacy21st Century Literacythat includes
  strong academic skills, thinking, reasoning,
  teamwork skills, and proficiency in using
  technology. --21st Century
  Workforce Commission, 2000

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Learning Beyond Technology 21st Century
Learning Outcomes

• Technology Skills
• Communications Skills
• Computation Skills
• Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills

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21st Century Outcomes

• Information Management Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Personal Skills
• Community Skills

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2nd Digital Divide Book

• Extends the definition of Digital Divide and
  focuses on its impact by racial/ethnic group,
  gender, and geography
• Provides examples of community colleges that are
  addressing divides of specific constituents

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Wrap Up

• Dramatic Change
• Digital Divide
• Digging In
• Dedication to Education

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2002, March 17-20