Can Digital Unite Communities & Organisations Towards a Shared Vision? A Look at Get Online Week 2023
Let’s pretend for a second that this is not IFB Gaming. That our CEO, John Adewole, did not explore the efficacy and vitality of the gaming paradigm for project management and as a social accommodator for the insecurely attached through a longitudinal virtual ethnography. Let’s pretend that during his study, he did not capture the extent of modality switching from the gaming paradigm.
What happened during Get Online Week
IFB Gaming united charities and community organizations in Southwark for our 6th Get Online Week campaign in London. Get Online Week is championed by the UK’s leading digital inclusion charity, Good Things Foundation. The annual event sees the National Digital Inclusion Network get together to reinvigorate our pledges to eradicate digital inclusion and data poverty through collective action.
Now in its 16th year, the annual campaign has supported thousands of organisations to support millions of individuals at the risk of digital inclusion and data poverty.
2023’s Get Online Week unfolded on Kennington and Brandon Estates in the London Borough of Lambeth and Southwark, respectively. Community development initiatives frequently necessitate educational programs, and during Get Online Week, we employed a dedicated educational app called Learn My Way.
The organisations that supported GOW 2023 include The NHS, NHS Digital, Good Things Foundation, Future Dot Now, Vodafone’s Everyone.Connected, Metropolitan Police, and Virgin Media O2.
During the week;
- We conducted focus groups with the Brandon Estates TRA committee and residents
- We supported Seniors to master the new NHS appointment booking process via Swifqueue
- We supported individuals through the National Databank
- We supported individuals with basic digital skills using the EDS Framework
- We empowered Women through Business Information Technology workshops
- We explored new ways of doing research with NHS England in London communities
- We conducted a Digital Skills and Needs Assessment with residents of Brandon Estate
So, can digital unite communities and organisations towards a share vision and goals? In our operational research experience, we certainly have the data and insights to say yes! Digital can sustainably unite individuals and communities from the gaming paradigm towards a shared vision and goals, however, we are yet to establish whether it can from real world context.
Unlike real world context where motive and motivation may differ significantly, the motive and motivation for presence in the gaming paradigm is playing and fun.
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In the Press
– Get Online Week “Empowering Futures” – IssueWire
– Kennington estate to host computer skills workshops for local residents – Southwark News
– Success Story: Get Online Week with BREAKTHEBARRIER CIC – Community Southwark
