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Download full textFoundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2021
Despite the myriad of challenges that families, students, teachers and policymakers faced in 2021, the momentum to transform education did not waver. New opportunities for students unfolded in more than a dozen states through expanded private and public school choice. An additional 1.7 million students gained eligibility for private choice alone,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Choice, Public Schools, Private Education
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Direct linkZheng, Qian; Liang, Chang-Yong – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
New information technology (new IT) plays an increasingly important role in the field of education, which greatly enriches the teaching means and promotes the sharing of education resources. However, because of the New Digital Divide existing, the impact of new IT on educational equality has yet to be discussed. Based on Information System Success…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Equal Education, Computer Uses in Education
Gqokonqana, Onke; Olarewaju, Odunayo Magret; Cloete, Melanie Bernice – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2022
Every sector in the twenty-first century makes use of technology for its activities, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and higher education institutions are not exceptional. However, the cohorts enrolled in the selected higher education institution are from technologically challenged backgrounds. This suggests that in their previous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Higher Education, COVID-19
Keeley, Brian, Ed.; Little, Céline, Ed. – UNICEF, 2017
"The State of the World's Children 2017" examines the ways in which digital technology has already changed children's lives and life chances -- and explores what the future may hold. If leveraged in the right way and made universally accessible, digital technology can be a game changer for children being left behind -- whether because of…
Descriptors: Children, Influence of Technology, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged
Caverly, David C.; Payne, Emily M.; Castillo, Amarilis M.; Sarker, Amber; Threadgill, Elizabeth; West, Daniel – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2019
Many students matriculate into college feeling confident in their abilities to make meaning when using digital devices, though recent research suggests these students are not necessarily digitally literate. Still, 20% of incoming freshmen are required to enroll in Developmental Literacy Education, suggesting some of these students are not…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Remedial Reading, Writing Instruction, Access to Computers
Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Carow, Sanet; Wilson, Graeme; Schmitz, Peter – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to showcase and critically review the value of selected pedagogies in which real-world engagements are used to enhance sustainability learning in an open, distance and e-learning (ODeL) context in the Global South. The paper considers opportunities, issues, alternatives and implementation guidelines.…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Open Education, Distance Education
Kwakye, Isaac; Kibort-Crocker, Emma; Lundgren, Mark; Pasion, Sarah – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2021
The widespread shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for digital technology at home. Students without adequate internet and computer access have experienced challenges participating in remote learning. This report presents information and insights about the digital divide for students in Washington. Although…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Access to Computers, Access to Education, Equal Education
Jaggars, Shanna S.; Motz, Benjamin A.; Rivera, Marcos D.; Heckler, Andrew; Quick, Joshua D.; Hance, Elizabeth A.; Karwisch, Caroline – Midwestern Higher Education Compact, 2021
This report examines the meaning and impact of the digital divide -- the gap between those who can and cannot access the Internet -- on college students during the COVID-19 emergency shift to remote learning. The assessment is based on several national surveys conducted in the spring or summer of 2020, as well as results from a large-scale survey…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Internet, College Students
Banerjee, Madhumita – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2020
Aim/Purpose: This study aims to explore levels of Technological Access (ownership, access to, and usage of computer devices as well as access to Internet services) and levels of Technological Efficacy (technology related skills) as they pertain to underserved (UNS) and underrepresented (UNR) students. Background: There exists a positive…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Computers, Internet, Technological Literacy
Bozkurt, Aras – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has a long history, one marked by the emergence of open universities, which was a critical development in the ecology of openness. Open universities have taken on significant local and global roles within the framework of meeting the needs of their respective regions of influence, and as such, their roles have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Distance Education, Educational History
Nejezchleb, Amy – Communication Center Journal, 2020
The Coronavirus has laid bare what unequal technology access looks like in the United States. Conversely, the phone's consistency and richness offers college students a way to bridge the digital divide. The irony of returning to old technology like telephony is not lost on communication centers in 2020, yet if everyone is to access education…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Tutoring, Tutors
Kelley, Bryan; Sisneros, Lauren – Education Commission of the States, 2020
Education in the 21st century increasingly relies on strong, reliable access to the internet at school and at home. However, millions of students throughout the United States are unable to connect to the internet outside of school to complete coursework and actively participate in a modern education. This issue exists throughout educational…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
Goin Kono, Kari; Taylor, Sonja – Online Learning, 2021
Prior to the COVID-19 emergency, some faculty resisted the move to digital learning formats due to concerns for student equity or that engagement would suffer. The purpose of this study was to understand how faculty adapted their courses during the rapid shift to remote and online learning in the spring of 2020, and to understand the role of…
Descriptors: Caring, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, College Faculty
Vasquez-Martinez, Claudio-Rafael; Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Felipe; Flores, Francisco; Cardona-T., Jose-Gerardo; Mendez, María-Eugenia; Valdez-Jiménez, Liliana; Espino, Piero; Olaguez, Eugenia; Rendon, Hector; Chavoya, Jorge; Zúñiga, Luz-María; Fonseca-Ramirez, Oscar-Hernan; Alvarez, Maria-Ines; Torres-Mata, Joaquin; Betancourt-Nuñez, Erik-Moises; Rodriguez-Ramirez, Sergio-Esteban; Alvarez-Gomez, Miguel; Cabral-Araiza, Jesus; Anguiano, Carlos – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2019
The intention of the present paper is to show that people have a series of educational needs in the era of information, so that they can become competent digital citizens. These educational needs are evident in the policies promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, which were well known to Latin American…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Needs, Educational Change, Latin Americans
Onye, Uriel U.; Du, Yunfei – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
This paper addresses the concepts of digital natives and digital divide from the perspective of the digital outsiders (part of digital natives). It takes a critical look at the implications of available ICT in both developed and underdeveloped countries in the fight against digital divide. The major contribution to literature is by drawing…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Information Technology, Developed Nations
