Friday Institute Team to Support Next Phase of the North Carolina Digital Equity Plan in New Grant-Funded Project with North Carolina Department of Information Technology

A new two-year, $2.5 million project funded by the N.C. Department of Information Technology (NCDIT), in collaboration with North Carolina Central University, will enable the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation’s Program Evaluation and Educational Research (PEER) Group and Digital Learning team to lead the effort in managing and supporting initial planning and implementation of the North Carolina Digital Equity Plan. The Digital Learning team will be collaborating with NCDIT’s Office of Digital Equity and Literacy to identify and define digital literacy standards, including online health and safety for all North Carolina residents, launch and support a digital navigator network of community-based digital leaders, and design and deploy curriculum around the digital literacy standards to foster digital literacy among all residents regardless of age, geography or experience.