The problem that was researched was the impact of COVID-19 on Black children whom lived in poverty, and more narrowly in homelessness and unstable housing. This study focused on how online learning, lack of internet access, lack of stable housing and lack of necessary academic resources severely impacted the overall learning process for black…

This article reports the findings from a phenomenographic investigation into career development experts' conceptions of challenges involved in the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in career services. The results show that these challenges varied from (1) inadequate access to ICT, (2) inadequate access to…

The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and its state member leaders play a pivotal role in driving high-speed broadband access to all students to best prepare them for college and careers. Complementing the 2016 "State K-12 Broadband Leadership: Driving Connectivity and Access" (see ED569341), this publication…

Since 1993, at the regional level, the Minnesota Education Technology Networks (METN), a cooperative of regional networks, provides regional network development, support and leadership to Minnesota school districts. METN member cooperatives provide network coordination, procurement, and other support to help school districts acquire and manage…

Samoa's educational response to COVID-19 was impeded by human and physical obstacles largely because the new educational technologies and strategies that came into effect to support teaching and learning had not been trialled nor implemented well to date. During COVID-19, the Samoan government emphasised the importance of social distancing and…

The Marshallese are a new immigrant population in the United States that has experienced inequitable educational outcomes. Since school closures disproportionately affect high-poverty populations (Berkman, 2008; Cauchemez et al., 2009) and many Marshallese fall within this demographic, the authors wondered whether educational inequities might be…

This study aims to examine the attitudes of university students towards e-learning. An explanatory mixed-method design was used in the study, which combines both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative dimension of the study included 930 students studying at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, while 34 students participated in the…

Purpose: The paper reports a study that was intended to develop a self-assessment instrument to measure high school students' readiness for pursuing independent online learning. Design/methodology/approach: The instrument was developed through the following steps--(1) developing the draft, (2) checking the instrument's face validity, and (3)…

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the teaching and learning in international higher education. Those of us in the global South have particularly been hard hit, struggling to balance working/ functioning economies, a struggling healthcare system, education, commerce, trade, transport, and the community spread of what was later found to be…

The coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, was an ongoing pandemic as of the end of the 2019-2020 school year. COVID-19 has forced people to quarantine and move their jobs, including schools, to remote facilitation. Roughly 124,000 K-12 public and private schools in the United States transitioned to remote learning during this time, forcing about 55.1…

Technology can help expand communities of practice in music education and promote a democratic schooling process vital to culturally sustaining pedagogy. Through careful and effective implementation, technology helps connect students to relevant musical communities and supports educators in achieving student-centered thinking and practices. The…

This study investigates the equity of access to government e-learning platforms for Ethiopian primary and secondary school pupils. In order to achieve this, secondary data were accessed from the Mini-Demographic and Health Survey (Mini-DHS-2019) and the Planning and Development Commission's document on Poverty and Economic Growth in Ethiopia.…

Research in the online learning environment supports a clear link between faculty engagement, learner engagement, and learning. While models and frameworks for understanding persistence in the face-to-face learning environment are well established, there is a need for establishing effective ways to monitor and evaluate online learning engagement…

The landscape of higher education in prison programming is in the midst of a sea change. After eight years of the Second Chance Pell experiment, federal Pell grant funding for students who are incarcerated was fully reinstated on July 1, 2023. While Pell reinstatement will likely increase educational access for students who are incarcerated, it…

In Fall of 2022, Ithaka S+R launched a first-of-its-kind national survey on technology access in higher education in prison programs. The survey asked respondents about student access to technology in their Higher Education in Prison (HEP) program, focusing on four thematic areas: technological devices, learning management systems and software,…