TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversity & Inclusion in Universal Access to Technology - A Perspective
AU - Aghdam, Amir
AU - Birungi, Criscent
AU - Duncan, Dominique
AU - Ghosh, Prasanta K.
AU - Kalra, Ramneek
AU - Mareels, Iven
AU - Marimuthu, Ramalatha
AU - Pasik-Duncan, Bozenna
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank all members of the IEEE Society for Social Implications of Technology, Technical Committee on Universal Access to Technology and IEEE Systems Council Committee on Diversity and Inclusion for many discussions on these important and challenging topics. The authors thank the organizers for their kind invitation to join their interesting timely sessions.
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PY - 2022/10/1
Y1 - 2022/10/1
N2 - Diversity and inclusion are important business priorities, as they link positively to productivity and better end-clientengagement. Digital technology has demonstrated that it can connect people into effective teams with significant advantages ineducation, e-commerce, medicine, and health. This observation supports the need to ensure universal access to digital technology,irrespective of economic, social, and cultural background. The ongoing pandemic underscores this. Nevertheless, access to technology is not universal. Barriers exist even in the most advanced economies. Also, the technology itself must be conceived to be inclusive and should not create new barriers nor enhance existing ones, such as language, age, or mobility. Literature showsthat digital technology brings new risks in terms of misinformation, cyber-fraud, and cyber-bullying. Universal access to technology (UAT) requires a collaborative effort to achieve the benefits and minimize the consequences of unethical use. This paper focuses on UAT through education. This paper discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in UAT as well as the challenges associated with achieving that goal.
AB - Diversity and inclusion are important business priorities, as they link positively to productivity and better end-clientengagement. Digital technology has demonstrated that it can connect people into effective teams with significant advantages ineducation, e-commerce, medicine, and health. This observation supports the need to ensure universal access to digital technology,irrespective of economic, social, and cultural background. The ongoing pandemic underscores this. Nevertheless, access to technology is not universal. Barriers exist even in the most advanced economies. Also, the technology itself must be conceived to be inclusive and should not create new barriers nor enhance existing ones, such as language, age, or mobility. Literature showsthat digital technology brings new risks in terms of misinformation, cyber-fraud, and cyber-bullying. Universal access to technology (UAT) requires a collaborative effort to achieve the benefits and minimize the consequences of unethical use. This paper focuses on UAT through education. This paper discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in UAT as well as the challenges associated with achieving that goal.
KW - Developed Countries
KW - Developing
KW - Digital Technology
KW - Diversity and Inclusion
KW - Education Technology
KW - Universal Access
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.12.022
DO - 10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.12.022
M3 - Conference Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147000111
SN - 2405-8963
VL - 55
SP - 123
EP - 128
JO - IFAC-PapersOnLine
JF - IFAC-PapersOnLine
IS - 39
T2 - 21st IFAC Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability, TECIS 2022
Y2 - 26 October 2022 through 28 October 2022
ER -