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How Professional Learning Can Help Close Digital Divides
Zac Chase
Learning Professional, v45 n2 p24-27, 31 2024
The nature of the digital divide in schools is changing. Once understood to be about gaps in access to computer and internet technology across demographic and geographic groups, the gap is now more complex. Schools still experience inequity in technology, but it is as much about educators' capacity and opportunity to apply technology in meaningful ways as it is about software licenses or internet speed. To close those gaps and realize the potential of technology for all students, professional learning about and with technology needs to be reimagined. The digital design divide addresses gaps "between and within those systems that provide every educator the time and support they need to build their capacity with digital tools and those that do not" (U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology, 2024, p. 34). Calling out this divide makes explicit the need for high-quality professional learning on educational technology. This article provides four recommendations for closing the digital design divide.
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Faculty Development, Technological Literacy, Access to Education, Teacher Competencies
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