Digital Divide and Digital Barriers in Distance Education during COVID-19

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dc.contributor.authorGan, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorSun, Rui
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-24T20:00:31Z
dc.date.available2020-12-24T20:00:31Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-05
dc.description.abstractDigital divide exists between the underserved student population and their peers, yet our knowledge about digital barriers and digital divide in distance education remains limited. In this study, we examine digital divide and digital barriers in distance education in the context of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) by addressing two questions: (1) What digital barriers are emerging in distance education during COVID-19? (2) Do underserved students experience digital barriers differently from their peers? Informed by distance education and digital divide literature, this study uses qualitative research method to analyze survey data collected from 206 college students in a four-year public university in the United States. Results revealed five major digital barriers and showed that the distribution of these digital barriers varied by demographic background and socioeconomic status of the students. Practical implications are provided to educators and policymakers to implement equity-minded teaching practices and enhance digital inclusion of the underserved student population in distance education.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2021.587
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-4-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/71205
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAddressing Diversity in Digitalization
dc.subjectcovid-19
dc.subjectdigital barrier
dc.subjectdigital divide
dc.subjectdistance education
dc.subjectunderserved minority population
dc.titleDigital Divide and Digital Barriers in Distance Education during COVID-19
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