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Fadip Audu Nannim; Balarabe Yushau – Pedagogical Research, 2024
The educational system has been severely impacted by the abrupt closure of schools in numerous nations during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to contain the virus. Nonetheless, there is insufficient information available about Nigeria's response to the education issue and the factors influencing it in comparison to other countries. In light of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Summers, Robert; Higson, Helen; Moores, Elisabeth – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2023
The pandemic forced many education providers to pivot rapidly their models of education to increased online provision, raising concerns that this may accentuate effects of digital poverty on education. Digital footprints created by learning analytics systems contain a wealth of information about student engagement. Combining these data with…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Learner Engagement, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Missaye Mulatie Mengstie; Simegn Sendek – Cogent Education, 2023
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.…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Educational Television, Developing Nations, Rural Urban Differences
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Hinostroza, J. Enrique; Matamala, Carolina; Labbé, Christian; Claro, Magdalena; Cabello, Tania – Learning, Media and Technology, 2015
This paper presents the results of an analysis of secondary students' computer use, aimed at understanding how different factors influence the profile of activities carried out by students with computers. The analysis is based on the data from a national study aimed at measuring students' Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Computer Use, Internet
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Hill, Renee Franklin – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2012
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are post-secondary institutions which, at one time, were considered to be particularly affected by the digital divide. Research study results have suggested the need for HBCUs to continuously increase campus technology. Guided by four research questions, this study examines the current state of…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Academic Libraries, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged
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Tang, Hui-Wen Vivian; Yin, Mu-Shang; Sheu, Ru-Shuo – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2011
The aim of this study was to investigate whether differences in information and communication technology (ICT) readiness and access across countries were fundamentally related to the variable of English language adoption. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was utilized to comparatively examine the developments of ICT readiness…
Descriptors: Internet, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, English
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Niehaves, Bjorn; Plattfaut, Ralf; Gorbacheva, Elena; Vages, Peter H. – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2010
Purpose: The issue of digital divide is widely discussed in research as well as in practice. Today, especially senior citizens are excluded from the merits of using information and communication technologies (ICT). This paper aims to study municipal projects for an inclusive information society in Russia, Austria, and Switzerland.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Municipalities, Older Adults, Barriers
Lee, Tanja Lynne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
It is hoped that implementing educational technology (ET) into academic curriculums will close the achievement gap among ethnically and socioeconomically (SES) diverse students. California public schools have arranged for instructional classrooms to be stored with information communication technology (ICT) resources. Even so, there is inequity in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Equal Education, Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education
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Wood, Lawrence; Howley, Aimee – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
Computers are now a ubiquitous part of US elementary school education. With policy reports suggesting that inequities in information and communication technology (ICT) access across US schools are a thing of the past, investigating how such resources and their use may nonetheless continue to vary becomes all that much more important. Through a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Grade 3, Disadvantaged
Kimura, Tadamasa – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The objective of this dissertation is to explore the socio-cultural contextualization of the digital divide in Japanese society. I undertake this task by developing a theoretical and methodological framework based on the notion of "culture as models," while explicating the cultural dimensions of the digital divide and the dynamics of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Computers, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
Bogel, Gayle – ProQuest LLC, 2008
State digital libraries are manifestations of the diffusion of technology that has provided both "access to" and "delivery of" digital content. Whether the content is being accessed and used equitably in K-12 schools has not been assessed. Determining patterns of the diffusion of use across socioeconomic groups in K-12 schools…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Electronic Libraries, Educational Technology, Access to Computers
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Pretorius, Marco; van Biljon, Judy – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implications of usability and learnability in learning management systems (LMS) by considering the experiences of information and communications technology (ICT) experts and non-experts in using the LMS of an open-distance university. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses task-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expertise, Electronic Learning, Video Technology
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Hohlfeld, Tina N.; Ritzhaupt, Albert D.; Barron, Ann E. – Computers & Education, 2010
Community and family involvement in schools is a well-documented antecedent to student success; yet, educators often find it challenging to increase involvement with parents and members of diverse communities. One solution is to use information and communication technology (ICT) as a bridge between schools, families, and the community. This…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Elementary Schools, High Schools, Disadvantaged
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Mitra, Sugata; Dangwal, Ritu – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
What and how much can children learn without subject teachers? In an attempt to find a limit to self organized learning, we explored the capacity of 10-14 year old Tamil-speaking children in a remote Indian village to learn basic molecular biology, initially on their own with a Hole-in-the-Wall public computer facility, and later with the help of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, State Schools, Private Schools
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Rosen, Yigal; Manny-Ikan, Edith – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2011
This article explores the effects of the Time To Know program, a comprehensive technology-rich learning environment, on low socio-economic status (SES) students' learning achievements in Mathematics, Hebrew, and English as a Foreign Language (EFL)in Israel. The study is based on the assumption that one of the possible solutions for bridging the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Constructivism (Learning), Socioeconomic Status
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