Digital Equity Education

Wednesday, May 15 at 12PM CT

Presented by Dora Kourkoulou, Ph.D., Illini Science Policy Scholar, Illinois Office of Broadband, University of Illinois Extension

This webinar will explore the concept of educating for digital equity, investigate how education can enhance and guide digital equity initiatives, and consider actionable methods for organizations to implement educational and skill-building programs that promote inclusivity in the digital realm.

During the session, we’ll seek to answer the following questions:

·         What does it mean to educate for digital equity? 

·         What role can education play in building and informing digital equity initiatives? 

·         How can your organization engage educational and skill-building efforts for digital equity? 

This webinar is designed for educators, policymakers, and organizational leaders who are committed to making digital access and education equitable for all. Join us to be part of this critical conversation on bridging the digital divide.

About the presenter:

Dora Kourkoulou has a PhD in Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She works as an Illini Science Policy Scholar with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity on digital equity initiatives and outreach and is developing a module on AI literacies for Illinois Extension. She holds an MA in Classical Literature from the University of Athens, Greece, and an EdM in Human Resource Education from the University of Illinois.  She has conducted ethnographic and interpretive research in, and about, the design of virtual worlds. Her dissertation, titled Cyber-Ludic Pedagogies: An Interpretive Framework on Playful Conflict in Video Games and Learning examined narratives of resistance in and defection from video games, and their public pedagogical implications. Her interests lie in critical code and technology studies, and the intersections between AI computing, playfulness, and inclusive epistemologies in online spaces of action. She has edited a Special Issue for the Journal on Communications and Linguistics Studies titled ‘Data, Media, Knowledge.’