2012
DOI: 10.7553/78-1-46
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Impact of the digital divide on information literacy training in a higher education context

Abstract: This paper reports on a master’s study undertaken to investigate the impact of the digital divide on information literacy
(IL) training of Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) students at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). Since
1994 the demographics of higher education institutions in South Africa have changed. Today these institutions comprise
heterogeneous groups of students, by race, economic background, digital background, etc. and consequently with different
levels of literacy,…
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“…Nevertheless, the information needs of these students are even more critical than for more competent users. One librarian emphasised that the idea of mixing users of different levels of understanding in a single training session also disrupts continuity of the sessions and frustrates others, since trainers have to adopt a slow pace to cater for those facing communication barriers and other challenges, confirming the findings of Naidoo and Raju (2012). This diversity of challenges supports the argument by one librarian that the digital divide cannot be entirely eradicated.…”
Section: Challenges Associated With E-servicesmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…Nevertheless, the information needs of these students are even more critical than for more competent users. One librarian emphasised that the idea of mixing users of different levels of understanding in a single training session also disrupts continuity of the sessions and frustrates others, since trainers have to adopt a slow pace to cater for those facing communication barriers and other challenges, confirming the findings of Naidoo and Raju (2012). This diversity of challenges supports the argument by one librarian that the digital divide cannot be entirely eradicated.…”
Section: Challenges Associated With E-servicesmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…Could partnering with public libraries be another way of extending our connection with CES staff in the counties that they serve? Many CES staff members provide public programming in local libraries, but there are more opportunities for coordinated CES, academic, and public library partnerships-not to overlook the costs of operating in rural environments and the digital divide that ex-ists, which takes resolve to bridge (Modarres, 2011;Naidoo & Raju, 2012). However, as mentioned in the NMC Horizon Report for 2015, the two aspects of long-term impact are increasing accessibility of research content and rethinking library spaces (Johnson, Adams Becker, Estrada, & Freeman, 2015).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The cause of digital divide is the inability to afford the technology, lack of infrastructure (Mbatia, 2008), limited access to resources on the web and lack of access to networks (Camacho, 2005). Digital divide has been reported to negatively affect educational performance (Naidoo and Raju, 2012).…”
Section: Icts and The Digital Dividementioning
confidence: 99%