The UK communications industry regulator, Ofcom, has issued its latest media literacy bulletin [pdf, 383KB], including news of initiatives to increase digital literacy.
There is an article about an initiative called First Click, launched by the BBC, in partnership with the Post Office. It is described as “a major media literacy campaign to encourage those who have never used the internet to take the first steps to get online.”
The bulletin also describes a new social networking safety programme, Safe, for primary schools and a project called Fix the Web, that aims to use crowd sourcing to improve accessibility for visually impaired users.
Increased broadband penetration by stimulating demand. What a novel concept!
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