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Kate Berkley; Joseph I. Castro; Shadman Uddin – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2024
In recent years, American universities have implemented many innovative strategies to enhance the academic success of students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. Yet first-generation and/or low-income (FLI) college students continue to encounter barriers to success because they do not have authentic access to digital technology…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Ownership, Barriers
Brown, Abbie; Green, Tim – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2019
This chapter comprises of four sections: Overall Developments, Corporate Training and Development, Higher Education, and K-12 Education. This chapter synthesizes the findings of major annual reports, including the "Online Report Card: Tracking Online Education in the United States" (Allen & Seaman, 2016) (see ED572777); the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Online Courses
Hall, Tony; Connolly, Cornelia; Ó Grádaigh, Seán; Burden, Kevin; Kearney, Matthew; Schuck, Sandy; Bottema, Jeroen; Cazemier, Gerton; Hustinx, Wouter; Evens, Marie; Koenraad, Ton; Makridou, Eria; Kosmas, Panagiotis – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: This paper is based on the emergency changes we have had to make in the European DEIMP Project (2017-2020), "Designing and Evaluating Innovative Mobile Pedagogies" (DEIMP). DEIMP is undertaken by a transnational consortium comprising partner institutions and schools from the UK (coordinating), Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Ireland…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, COVID-19, Pandemics
Vale, Pamela; Graven, Mellony H. – Pythagoras, 2021
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting school closures in South Africa necessitated a major shift in how to support learners' ongoing mathematics learning. For 10 weeks learners were strictly confined to their homes with restrictions that prohibited seeing any person outside of their household. The only means to access…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Vanek, Jen – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2017
In his article "Expanding Access to Learning with Mobile Digital Devices" (EJ1150752), Jeff Carter recommended a balanced perspective when measuring the potential of mobile learning to redefine teaching and learning for adults with basic skills needs. In response to Carter's article, the author makes some recommendations that she thinks…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Apostolov, Georgi; Milenkova, Valentina – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The present article is aimed at focusing on theoretical and practical efforts in promoting various aspects of digital literacy and mobile learning, as well as to explore its dimensions and projections in the university level. The analysis is based on empirical information for the education process revealed specific aspects of the relationship…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology
Parker, Alyse Gray; Santos, Janiel; Dancy, Kimberly – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2021
Based on polling data collected by New America and Third Way, "Online Isn't Optional: Student Polling on Access to Internet and Devices" outlines which students are facing the gravest technological challenges, including the lack of reliable internet connection and the need to share devices with others in their household, both of which…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Internet, Barriers
Shing, Sophia; Yuan, Benjamin – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Education has been traditionally viewed as an equalizer for the poor to gain access to a better life. With the advent of the skills premium paired with rapid technological advances, the stratification and changing nature of education has ironically become one of the main causes of the income achievement gap. Research confirms that by the age of 3,…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Fuller, Bruce; Lizárraga, José Ramon; Gray, James H. – Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 2015
Latino families in America increasingly enjoy access to a dizzying array of content on a variety of electronic devices, from televisions and video games to personal computers and mobile devices. Bruce Fuller, José Ramón Lizárraga, James H. Gray raise pressing questions that face Latino families as they adopt technologies that both have the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Hispanic Americans, Handheld Devices, Educational Games
Dalsgaard, Christian; Pedersen, Nicholai Friis; Aaen, Janus Holst – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
The aim of this paper is to identify the key learning potentials of the ubiquitous internet. Rather than focusing on mobile technology or the mobility of the learner, the paper emphasises the ubiquity of internet access as a paramount catalyst for new learning in the digital age. From a sociocultural perspective the paper discusses different ways…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Telecommunications
Jayakar, Krishna; Park, Eun-A – Government Information Quarterly, 2012
The National Broadband Plan (NBP) recently announced by the Federal Communication Commission visualizes a significantly enhanced commitment to public computing centers (PCCs) as an element of the Commission's plans for promoting broadband availability. In parallel, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Computer Centers, Public Sector, Access to Computers
Fichten, Catherine S.; Asuncion, Jennison; Scapin, Rafael – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
This article briefly reviews the history of assistive technologies in American and Canadian postsecondary education starting in the 1990s, discusses the accessibility of e-learning and information and communication technologies (ICTs) currently popular in postsecondary education, and highlights emerging trends. Increasing use of universal design…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Disabilities
Oyana, Tonny J. – Government Information Quarterly, 2011
Recent literature about broadband telecommunications reveals two major areas that are not only globally gaining prominence, but are also demanding urgent attention from a research perspective. One of the key areas is related to the need to spatially evaluate the availability and deployment of broadband services, especially among urban versus rural…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Telecommunications, Internet
Herr-Stephenson, Becky; Rhoten, Diana; Perkel, Dan; Sims, Christo – MIT Press (BK), 2011
Digital media and technology have become culturally and economically powerful parts of contemporary middle-class American childhoods. Immersed in various forms of digital media as well as mobile and Web-based technologies, young people today appear to develop knowledge and skills through participation in media. This MacArthur Report examines the…
Descriptors: Libraries, Youth, After School Programs, Museums
Thinyane, Hannah – Computers & Education, 2010
In 2001 Marc Prensky coined the phrase "digital natives" to refer to the new generation of students who have grown up surrounded by technology. His companion papers spurred large amounts of research, debating changes that are required to curricula and pedagogical models to cater for the changes in the student population. This article…
Descriptors: Internet, Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Student Attitudes