Evaluation of inDigiMOB Years 4 to 6 ...

InDigiMOB was started in 2016 on the premise that First Nations people in the Northern Territory were not able to access the benefits of technologies that people elsewhere in Australia were taking advantage of. inDigiMOB set about improving digital inclusion for people in communities with a strategy...

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Main Author: Guenther, John
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: DMPTool 2024
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48321/d1m60m
https://dmphub.uc3prd.cdlib.net/dmps/10.48321/D1M60M
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Summary:InDigiMOB was started in 2016 on the premise that First Nations people in the Northern Territory were not able to access the benefits of technologies that people elsewhere in Australia were taking advantage of. inDigiMOB set about improving digital inclusion for people in communities with a strategy to increase digital literacies using Digital Mentors and Digital Access Workers to address barriers of affordability, availability, awareness and appropriateness (Guenther 2020; Guenther et al., 2020). Further, it could be argued that what inDigiMOB was doing was about ameliorating digital inequalities (Guenther et al., 2022). inDigiMOB’s impact in the communities it worked was considerable, though from a sustainability perspective, the ability to financially support the level of activities was a challenge. The aim of the evaluation is to determine how inDigiMOB (in its current form) achieves its intended outcomes. Alongside this aim, the evaluation intends to consider the enablers and limitations that influence ...