From the Sidelines to Center Stage: Opportunities to Discover Voice and Empowerment through Web 2.0 and New Media for LGBTQ Adult Learners
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2009
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/nha3.10350
Abstract
While many adult learners may feel hesitant to voice their opinions in a classroom, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adults are especially aware that they are functioning in a critical, heteronormative society. However, in a climate of respect and safety they can gain confidence in sharing their true selves and opinions. An additional means of accomplishing this goal is through Web 2.0 technologies. This essay describes how LGBTQ communities have used podcasting to gain voice and empowerment on a mass scale and how lessons learned form this experience can be utilized in our adult learning classrooms. Web 2.0 new media is a vibrant opportunity to change classroom spectators to vital participants, content creators, and empowered adults.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, v. 23, issue 3, p. 55-64
Scholar Commons Citation
King, Kathleen P., "From the Sidelines to Center Stage: Opportunities to Discover Voice and Empowerment through Web 2.0 and New Media for LGBTQ Adult Learners" (2009). Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education Faculty Publications. 174.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ehe_facpub/174
