Bridging the digital divide: Open learning, sharing & collaborating thru tech & science communities
Channel: ESCALATOR
Date: 2021-08-31

Presenter: Laura Mugeha (Kenya Regional Ambassador, YouthMappers)

Presentation title: Bridging the digital divide: Open learning, sharing and collaborating through tech and science communities

Event: ESCALATOR EMPOWER Track - 26 August 2021 (https://escalator.sadilar.org/champions/empower)

Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LgoW-QbbMQTvMfBFs7c5FCTwz5-1xAtv/view?usp=sharing

This presentation was part of the launch of the EMPOWER mentorship programme that forms part of the Digital Champions Initiative (https://escalator.sadilar.org/champions/overview) of the ESCALATOR programme. 

Other talks in this series can be accessed via our EMPOWER playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAWb55M7X2CHsI5HWOFx9ysQrMlJHFolW and include:
- "Women + Data: Changing Africa’s story" by Adaugo Isaac from WanaData
- “Autobiographical learning for student engagement in digital storytelling” by Dr Candice Livingston from Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- "Learning in a community, 'S Wonderful 'S Marvelous" by Vebashini Naidoo from RLadies Johannesburg
- "Data like a Girl: Building data #GirlSquad" by Dr Ekemini Eyita-Okon from the Centre for Africa-China Studies at University of Johannesburg
- "The Carpentries: An open-access community for all" by Dr Angelique Trusler from The Carpentries 
- "Growing tech skills in and out the classroom" by Dr Caroll Hermann from University of Zululand
- "Towards a Feminist Digital Ethnography: Navigating Identity, Belonging and In-Betweenness at the Frontier of Online and Offline Spaces" by Dr Ingrid Brudvig who is an independent contractor

For more information about ESCALATOR, please visit our website: https://escalator.sadilar.org