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#89 Digital Compassion, AI Literacy, and Closing the Digital Divide with Heather Gate

#89 Digital Compassion, AI Literacy, and Closing the Digital Divide with Heather Gate

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In this episode of Why Distance Learning, Seth, Allyson, and Tami speak with Heather Gate — Executive Vice President of Digital Transformation at Connected Nation — about how the digital divide keeps changing shape, and why closing it takes more than laying cable.Together, Seth, Allyson, Tami, and Heather explore what "meaningful use" actually looks like — filling out a job application, setting up multi-factor authentication, helping a kid with homework — and why Heather argues the same access-versus-skills gap that shaped broadband adoption is now reopening around AI. They dig into how Connected Nation builds community-specific technology action plans (including a look at Bastrop County, Texas), the Teens Teach Tech program that pays teenagers to train their own neighbors and grandparents, and the idea of "digital compassion" as a companion to AI literacy. Heather also previews Connected Nation's attempt at a Guinness World Record: 25 straight hours of live digital skills training across six continents to mark the organization's 25th anniversary. She closes with one of the more memorable answers the show has gotten to its closing question, using a rural Kentucky classroom's remote-controlled telescope to make the case for what distance learning is really for.Key Topics:Meaningful use vs. broadband accessThe evolving definition of the digital divideThe emerging "AI divide"Technology action plans and community readinessTeens Teach Tech programDigital compassion and AI safetyConnected Nation's 25-hour Guinness World Record livestreamLinks & Resources:Connected Nation — https://connectednation.org25 Hours. One Connected World. (Guinness World Record livestream, September 24–25) — https://connectednation.org/25-hours-one-connected-worldTeens Teach Tech program — https://connectednation.org/programs/teens-teach-techAI Literacy Resource Hub — https://connectednation.org/resources/ai-web-resources"Beyond Access" digital literacy report — https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/beyond-access-new-report-explores-how-digital-literacy-impacts-economic-educational-and-health-outcomes-in-america-302390208.htmlConnected Nation's VP of Digital Inclusion named FCC Communications Equity and Diversity Council Chair — https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/connected-nations-vp-of-digital-inclusion-to-lead-fccs-communications-equity-and-diversity-council-as-chair-301404939.htmlThe Divide (Light Reading podcast): Heather Gate on maps, grants, and the "future-proof" fallacy — https://www.lightreading.com/digital-divide/the-divide-connected-nation-s-heather-gate-on-maps-grants-and-the-future-proof-fallacyGuest Bio: Heather GateHeather Gate is Executive Vice President of Digital Transformation at Connected Nation, where she has led digital inclusion strategy for nearly two decades, focusing on rural communities, minority populations, and other groups historically left behind by broadband access and digital skills gaps. She chairs the FCC's Communications Equity and Diversity Council and holds degrees in computer science and public administration from Kentucky State University.About the HostsSeth Fleischauer is the founder of Banyan Global Learning and a host of Why Distance Learning, a podcast for education leaders and practitioners making real decisions about how virtual learning gets designed, adopted, and sustained. Through Banyan, he designs live virtual programs that connect K-12 classrooms to global peers and expert facilitators. See https://www.banyangloballearning.com/programs/global-cohortsAllyson Mitchell and Tami Moehring are co-hosts of Why Distance Learning and members of the team at CILC — the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration — which connects students to real experts through live virtual field trips and experiences. See https://cilc.org
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