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Warf, Barney – Journal of Geography, 2019
Digital divides--uneven patterns of access--are a major feature of cyberspace. This article opens by noting that most students are digital natives who grew up with the Internet. Second, it summarizes digital divides, including global patterns, rural--urban differences, ethnic and gender discrepancies, and the role of smartphones. The third section…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Internet, Rural Urban Differences
Francesca Gottschalk; Crystal Weise – OECD Publishing, 2023
Digital technologies can be used to support the inclusion of diverse student groups in education in a number of ways including enhancing accessibility of educational content, increasing personalisation and providing distance learning opportunities, as was the case during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, persistent digital inequalities can undermine…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Educational Technology, Inclusion, Equal Education
Universities UK, 2021
Universities across the country have been welcoming students back in person. While campuses are busy with students again, many universities are exploring how they can complement and enhance students' experience by drawing on the lessons learned during the pandemic. Returning to a pre-pandemic world, without any reflection or change, is not…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Safety, Online Courses
Rowsell, Jennifer; Morrell, Ernest; Alvermann, Donna – International Literacy Association, 2017
The notion of digital literacies suggests a world where people have constant access to technologies, apps, videos, and social media that allow for exploration, knowledge work, and connections between people. But this assumption is simply not the reality for many, particularly students. Their reality is the gap between the haves and have-nots, the…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Technological Literacy, Affordances
OECD Publishing, 2015
Are there computers in the classroom? Does it matter? "Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection" examines how students' access to and use of information and communication technology (ICT) devices has evolved in recent years, and explores how education systems and schools are integrating ICT into students' learning…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, International Assessment
Afterschool Alliance, 2013
This Afterschool Alert Issue Brief explores how afterschool programs are offering innovative, hands-on computing and engineering education opportunities. Both these subjects have emerged as priority areas within the "STEM" fields. Computing is one of the fastest growing industries, and yet current rates of college graduation in computer…
Descriptors: After School Programs, STEM Education, Program Effectiveness, Experiential Learning
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Margolis, Jane; Goode, Joanna; Bernier, David – Educational Leadership, 2011
Broadening computer science learning to include more students is a crucial item on the United States' education agenda, these authors say. Although policymakers advocate more computer science expertise, computer science offerings in high schools are few--and actually shrinking. In addition, poorly resourced schools with a high percentage of…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Computer Science, High Schools
Curriculum Review, 2005
This article briefly discusses a recent Pew Internet and American Life Project survey of 1,100 teens. 75 percent of online teens use instant messaging, about half visit the Web daily, and 45 percent of all kids surveyed have their own cell phones.
Descriptors: Internet, Adolescents, Access to Computers, Information Technology
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Price, L. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2006
This paper considers gender differences in online contexts and examines current trends in women's performance, access and experience of online courses. It uses supportive case study examples and specific research into students' academic engagement, conceptions and perceptions of learning support in online environments. The analysis shows that…
Descriptors: Internet, Tutoring, Gender Differences, Online Courses
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Hall, Georgia – New Directions for Youth Development, 2006
In the past two decades, economic, technological, demographic, and political forces have stimulated major change in the learning and working landscape for young people. Understanding how to use computers and other technology for learning, productivity, and performance has become as fundamental to a person's ability to navigate through school and…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Educational Resources, Adolescents
Ilter, Binnur Genc; Aksu, Mualla Bilgin; Yilmaz, Nalan – Online Submission, 2005
Providing university students with distance education is of great importance in the global world. Distance education provides advantages and benefits especially for students who don't have the chance to meet lecturers from other universities face to face. Distance education connects the learner and teacher to resources that are difficult to access…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Educational Technology, Distance Education
Salpeter, Judy – Technology & Learning, 2006
It has been slightly more than a decade since the U.S. Department of Commerce's NTIA division published its first major report on home computer access, "Falling through the Net: A Survey of the "Have Nots" in Rural and Urban America." Published in July 1995, the report focused on serious gaps in the levels of technology available to different…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Telecommunications, Rural Areas, Family (Sociological Unit)
Forgasz, Helen J. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
Findings from a survey administered to large numbers of grade 7-10 students are presented in this paper. The focus is on the students' attitudes towards the use of computers for the learning of mathematics. Background information was also gathered which allowed the students' responses to be analysed by a range of equity factors--gender, ethnicity,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grade 7, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8
Gordon, David T. Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2000
This book features more than 25 articles and essays that discuss the rewards and challenges of integrating technology into schools, as well as short editorials from technology experts, educators, and cultural critics. Digital technologies are reshaping the way education is practiced, raising many questions: How can we better prepare teachers for…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Misconceptions, Technology Integration
Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2008
"Education Indicators" are facts and statistics that help to describe a public education system. They are tools which are useful in examining and measuring the effectiveness of the system. Examples include information such as the amount of local funds raised to support local schools, per pupil expenditures, pupil-teacher ratios, and…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators