What is Digital Equity?
Digital equity means ensuring students have equal access to technology, as well as digital literacy skills to navigate digital tools for success throughout their educational careers. Championing equitable access to technology is at the core of our mission, we are engaged in scholarly and technology initiatives that support the amelioration of digital disparities.
We are excited to share several rewarding developments in our quest toward digital equity.
2023 Doctoral Student Academic Technology Equity Fellow Announced!
CSUN's Office of Academic Technology in collaboration with the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, and the Research and Sponsored Programs office, are excited to announce Stephen Than, CC23 Educational Leadership Cohort, as the 2023 Doctoral Student Academic Technology Equity Fellow! To read more, visit the 2023 Doctoral Student Academic Technology Equity Fellowship site.
CSUN Digital Equity Day 2023
Join us for the second CSUN Digital Equity Day on Friday, April 28th. The event starts at 10:00 am is being held in HyFlex format (in-person and online) on Zoom and in-person in room SQ104.
This event features Guadalupe Cardona, 2022 - 2023 Doctoral Student AT Equity Fellow, as well as faculty presentations, and the App Jam Award Ceremony. To learn more about Guadalupe, visit the Doctoral Student AT Equity Fellow page.
It will also highlight efforts on digital equity at CSUN, scholarly projects, and pros and cons of AI in digital teaching. To learn more and register for the event, visit the CSUN Digital Equity Day 2023 page.
New 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Innovation Grant Awarded to Academic Technology
Academic Technology, in partnership with the Office of Student Success, is thrilled to announce that they have been awarded another Diversity, Equity and Innovation Grant for the project "Disseminating the keys to Digital Equity 2.0: Peer-to-Peer Technology Training for Early Start Students."
This initiative will fund training for student employees to develop computer and digital literacy skills and then present them to Early Start students in the summer.The project specifically targets "non-tech" students as trainers, so that they can benefit from the training in technology. Visit the New 2023 DEIG Grant Awarded to Academic Technology page to read more.
2022 Doctoral Student Academic Technology Equity Fellow Announced!
Office of Academic Technology in collaboration with the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, and the Research and Sponsored Programs office, are excited to announce Guadalupe Carrasco Cardona, CC21 Educational Leadership Cohort, as the 2022 Doctoral Student Academic Technology Equity Fellow! Visit the Doctoral Student Academic Technology Equity Fellowship page to learn more.
Chronicle of Higher Education Posts Article About Academic Technology Diversity & Equity Innovation Grant Project
The Chronicle of Higher Education has published an article titled "Colleges Can Overestimate Their Students’ Tech Savvy. This Campus Has a Plan to Improve Digital Literacy" about the Diversity & Equity Innovation Grant project "Disseminating the Keys to Digital Equity: The CSUN Digital Grapevine." The article also includes quotes from Dr. Helen Heinrich, Dr. Joyce Marie Brusasco, Autumn Fabricant, and Digital Equity Ambassador Madison Cabrera.
CSUCCESS Article Highlights DEI Grant
Our Spring 2022 DEIG Lead Student Ambassador, Zonique Foyle, and Dr. Helen Heinrich were interviewed as part of a March 2022 CSU article on CSUCCESS and digital literacy, titled "Student Surveys Show CSUCCESS iPads Enhance Educational Experience."
Doctoral Student Academic Technology Equity Fellowship
CSUN's Office of Academic Technology in collaboration with the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, and the Research and Sponsored Programs office, launched the Doctoral Student Academic Technology Equity Fellowship. This fellowship supports doctoral-level research and professional development in topics that include digital equity, identification and promotion of best practices in technology-based education, and solutions toward improved access to technology regardless of ability and socio-economic background.
For more information, visit our Doctoral Student Academic Technology Equity Fellowship page.
