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The Case for Secure Connectivity

Mobile Device and Internet Use in Corrections Classrooms

This training was supported under the LINCS Regional Professional Development Center for Adult Education, PR/Award Number V191B1100002, administered by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, U. S. Department of Education. However, the contents do not necessarily represent the positions of policies of the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education or the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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Objectives

 Present an overview of the state of recidivism and Correctional Education  Learn about federal activities supporting education technology in

corrections

 Discuss findings of the Education Technology in Corrections policy report  Examine U.S. and International examples of programs successfully

implementing the use of education technology in correctional facilities

 Identify possible next steps and projects on the horizon

An overview of incarceration rates and the state of Correctional Education

Key Study Conclusion

 The debate should no longer be about whether CE is—or is not—effective or

cost-effective; rather, the debate should focus on where the gaps in our knowledge are and on opportunities
to move the field forward

Please play Lois Davis video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49h3BKpK0us

What is the status of technology in CE?

Federal Initiatives Supporting the Use of Technology to Support Access to Educational Resources in Secure Classrooms

Growing Support for Technology in CE

 White House technology convening  U.S. Department of Education Myth Busters on technology in CE  U.S. Department of Education Policy Brief on technology in CE  Increasing interest among states and facilities to adopt technology  Increasing International acceptance of secure access

White House Technology Workshop

 In April 2014 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy convened

workshop on technology in reentry

 Goals:

 To engage technology providers outside of CE and expand ideas  To produce “launchable” initiatives with support from the Executive Office  To identify nontraditional funding streams  To promote secure web-based technology initiatives

White House Technology Workshop (cont.)

 Outcomes:

 Identified a set of potential actionable initiatives  Virtual Campus  Skype-style communications initiative for incarcerated students and their families  Corrections Technology Resource Center  Corrections National Library  Secured participant commitment to continue the work of promoting technology access

to support reentry

 Demonstrated a strong sense of support from the White House; provided a directive to

continue working on ways to provide web-based solutions in secure settings

Questions?

MythBusters on Technology in CE

Education Technology in Corrections – Policy Report

The report examines:

 The current use of advanced technologies in correctional education  The benefits of providing technology access  The obstacles limiting its use  An overview of existing and emerging approaches, including the growth of the

tablet market

Benefits of Technology in CE

 Provides students with access to online
assessments, college courses, and

• pportunities to improve computer/digital literacy skills

 Equips instructors with online instructional tools and professional

development resources

 Provides staff with a system to collect,
share, and analyze student data to

improve programs

Bridging the Digital Divide

 Increased use of and reliance on technology in:

 Workplace  Education and Training  Everyday Life

 Digital Literacy  Digital Citizenship

Obstacles

 Security  Costs, including short- and long-term and direct and indirect expenses  Perceptions of policymakers, corrections officials, and the public

Despite these obstacles…

Despite Obstacles, Secure Approaches are Developing

 Isolated local server: Moves Internet content to a facility’s LAN so that the

documents can be made available to anyone—teachers and students—with access to the offline collection

 A point-to-point secure line: Operates via a virtual circuit setup between

the facility and a vendor

 Restricted Internet connection: Has routers and firewalls on each end that

permit only certain Internet content to come through the system

Mobile Device Vendors – Tablet Tech in CE

 Union Supply Group  Keefe Corp.  Jpay (now owned by Securus)  IDS  Edovo (Jail Education Solutions)  Telmate  GTL  APDS

Secure Tablet Example

Questions?

Examples from the Field

 Northwest Consortium for Open Resources in Special

Circumstances

 Oregon Youth Authority  International Examples:

 New Zealand – E-Learning Solution  United Kingdom – Virtual Campus  Australia – PrisonPC

Northwest Consortium for Open Resources in Special Circumstances: Expanding Possibilities, Sharing Solutions

www.nwspecialcircumstances.org

The Northwest Consortium for Open Resources in Special Circumstances was formed to serve the public by:

 Promoting the use of open resources including creative commons licensed,

shareable, or low-cost technology solutions in special circumstances like prisons, juvenile facilities, jails, remote schools, community centers, and reservations

 Connecting people seeking assistance with their technology challenge to people

who have developed innovative solutions

 Broadcasting the innovative work of Northwest educators and others through

various media including web, social media, conferences, and workshops

 Expanding the use of technology in prison education and in other circumstances

Oregon Youth Authority

 Oregon Youth Authority:  Google ChromeBooks  Rachel Server -- Khan Academy, Wikipedia, Project Guttenburg --

http://worldpossible.org/rachel/

 RaspberryPi -- Ebon Upton and the Raspberry Pi Foundation

created the $35 mini-PC to inspire students to learn computer science and enable tinkerers to dream up wild projects without breaking the bank

Please play Oregon YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umtY6CdLNgk

New Zealand’s E-Learning Solution

 New Zealand has 18 prisons and incarcerates approximately 8,500

individuals

 Released E-Learning Solution in 2012 to support:

 broader strategies of creating lasting educational and employment change,  better public value,  better outcomes for confined youths,  better community outcomes, and  reduced recidivism

New Zealand E-Learning Solution

 the E-Learning Solution provides access to educational and vocational skill-

building resources and programs

 Students take part in education and job training programs previously

unavailable to them

 Online E-Learning pilot classes focus on basic education skill-building and

digital literacy training

United Kingdom Virtual Campus

 U.K. has 138 prisons and incarcerated approximately 85,000 individuals  The Virtual Campus (VC) was developed by prison service manager Mark

Taylor in 2007

 Funding came from several government ministers and design support from

several software and hardware companies (i.e., CISCO, XA Solutions, and

• thers)

 Given Ministerial sign off in 2010 and deployed across England and Wales

United Kingdom Virtual Campus

 The VC is designed to:

 enhance classroom educational opportunities,  diversify and individualize student learning,  increase job readiness and job placement, and  engage hard-to-reach students struggling in traditional classroom settings

 In dedicated classrooms, students can access:

 their current courses,  other secondary and postsecondary e-learning courses, and  a resume builder program

Australia’s PrisonPC

 Australia has 106 prisons and incarcerated approximately 33,000 individuals  Prisons are overcrowded and recidivism rates top out at nearly 60%  PrisonPC is a private provider contracting with Australia’s state governments

to deploy a secure, web-based education program

Australia’s PrisonPC

 PrisonPC delivers:  educational programming in basic literacy and numeracy,  digital literacy skill building for vocational training and job search practice  other life skills and postsecondary coursework as identified on a state-

specific basis

Spreading the Word

 What can we do to advance the use of technology in our secure classrooms?

 Share information  Join LINCS or another listserve and/or Community of Practice  Attend Webinars  Listen to podcasts  Post articles and other new research to social media  Ask questions of policy and decision makers  Implement one small piece on your own

Questions?

Resources / Contact Information

Heather Erwin

319.621.5738 heather.claussen@hotmail.com

 Education Technology in Corrections report (forthcoming in July)  For more info contact Michelle Tolbert (mtolbert@rti.org)  Reentry Myth Buster on Education Technology in Juvenile Facilities

http://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/reentry-council- mythbuster-IT-juveniles.pdf

 Reentry Myth Buster on Information Technology Access

http://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/reentry-council- mythbuster-IT-adults.pdf

 Northwest Consortium website http://nwspecialcircumstances.org/  National Education Technology Plan http://tech.ed.gov/netp/

Resources / Contact Information

Heather Erwin 319.621.5738 heather.claussen@hotmail.com

 National Education Technology Plan for Adult Education

http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/ImplicationsNTEP_AdultEd.pdf

 How Effective is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR564.html

 In Brief: Lois M. Davis on Correctional Education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49h3BKpK0us

 Raspberry Pi -- https://www.raspberrypi.org/  Rachel Server -- http://worldpossible.org/rachel/