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Journal article
Factors affecting access to digital technologies and the resulting impact for students in a P-12 context
Australian Educational Computing, Vol.35(1), pp.1-14
2020
Appears in COVID-19 Research
Abstract
This article investigates the complexities influencing students’ access to ICT in order to affect a positive academic outcome. The digital divide metaphor (van Dijk, 2002) has re-entered common parlance in the wake of students being required to learn at home (Duffy, 2020; Nash & Eynon, 2020; Thomson, 2020). Exploration of the digital divide through the interrelated domains of capital (Bourdieu, 2002; Ragnedda et al., 2019; Selwyn, 2004) reveals insights into the resultant success or failure of various ICT initiatives. Research identifies a positive impact on academic achievement for disadvantaged students afforded ubiquitous access to appropriate digital technology at home over a period of time. In contrast, advantaged students who already have access to digital technology at home demonstrate a negligible or even negative impact on academic achievement when provided with additional access to digital technology. In the Covid-19 context, access to ICT has been crucial to enabling student participation in learning at home. In the wake of that period, continuing remote learning teaching strategies will impact disadvantaged students.
Details
- Title
- Factors affecting access to digital technologies and the resulting impact for students in a P-12 context
- Authors
- Janet Cochrane (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education - Legacy
- Publication details
- Australian Educational Computing, Vol.35(1), pp.1-14
- Publisher
- Australian Council for Computers in Education
- Date published
- 2020
- ISSN
- 1443-833X; 0816-9020
- Copyright note
- Copyright (c) 2020 Janet Cochrane. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99482301102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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