Bridging over the dynamic divide: when e-activities are e-learning reinforcement contexts

Digital divides take place when access to information and communication technologies or usage intensity in their various domains of application generate important gaps in means, knowledge, and overall development capabilities. As for ourselves, we have paid attention to a paradox, namely the knowledge obsolescence stress which affects the large group of those who are part of the Information society processes. As a matter of fact, due to the very nature of ICTs as fast changing socio-technological landscape, these users are constantly threatened to be left out in spite of their tenacious integration efforts. This dynamic divide cannot totally be dealt with by education and professional training only, and must also include the taking into account of generic skills acquisition. With this perspective in mind, we have analyzed, in a series of fieldwork research projects, and regarding the effectiveness of ICT-related learning programs, the relay and reinforcement potential constituted by e-activities as a collateral area to classical e-learning.