Dedicated LMS Service For a More United Globe

Have you had experience using an LMS service or other e-learning technology? You might consider donating some of your time to teach people who would benefit enormously from your expertise.

More and more organizations are adopting online learning tools to benefit the most disadvantaged sectors of society.
In programs like Project Rising Women, volunteers include computer skills teachers from high schools and universities. Rising Women is one nonprofit that works with a women's shelter on the edge of the largest ghetto in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rising Women provides the shelter's women--often teenage, lower-class, under-educated, homeless and/or abused single mothers--with valuable computer skills, which help them gain employment and often, a way out of the ghetto. The tech-savvy world is catching on: marginalized groups don't want charity, they want an opportunity to gain and practice skills.
The conversation centered on the "digital divide" is often focused on the technology itself rather than the human impact of the divide.
And the gap isn't just a global occurrence, splitting nations into technological haves and have-notes.
The divide exists in the richest countries in the world--and it can be an astounding gap.
According to research firm Parks Associates, roughly 20% of Americans are still disconnected from the internet, and have never used email.

In the U.S.
, a computer skills initiative called UCLA Extension is a powerful example of how a group of techies with a vision can empower disadvantaged sectors of society. The initiative was created to reach Los Angeles residents--many of whom had never used a computer before.

The Extension team created a cyber café, equipped with 16 computer stations and a snack bar. The course fee was $95 and covered 36 hours of hands-on instruction over 12 weeks.
When students completed the course, they received a certificate of technical expertise and chose electives in personal finance, advanced computer skills, and resume-writing.
Job interviews and internships were also offered.
Elearning is capable of addressing many problems facing school districts today: budget-shrunken course offerings, teacher shortages in some ares, the rise of home-schooling, absence of AP courses, lack of physical space, and lack of funding.

LMS service educators dedicated to passing on their skills in free or small-cost learning systems teach out of a deep conviction that increased access to information and ICT skills--just like heightened reading and writing skills--can empower disadvantaged sectors of society, helping people make strategic life choices and create the lifestyle they truly desire for themselves.