The Influence of Covid-19 on Students’ Learning: Access and Participation in Higher Education in Southern Africa
Recent experiences of institutions in COVID-19 have heightened the need for research on its impact on higher education institutions globally. This article’s authors are from higher learning institutions in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia, which used a blended learning model before COVID-19. Most o...
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oai:doaj.org-article:34d08bdb591d4477ac8340ae053502882021-12-02T00:20:27ZThe Influence of Covid-19 on Students’ Learning: Access and Participation in Higher Education in Southern Africa2311-1550https://doaj.org/article/34d08bdb591d4477ac8340ae053502882021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/515/680https://doaj.org/toc/2311-1550Recent experiences of institutions in COVID-19 have heightened the need for research on its impact on higher education institutions globally. This article’s authors are from higher learning institutions in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia, which used a blended learning model before COVID-19. Most of their students used the traditional part of blended learning, depending on the print, postal service, and face-to-face. These students’ access and participation in learning during COVID-19 were negatively affected. Using Digital Equity as a framework, this paper explores the influence of COVID-19 on students’ access and participation in online learning. There seem to be significant disparities in access and participation in high-quality technologies and severe educational inequities. This digital inequality impact calls for civic awareness in digital literacy among the citizenry if the gap between the rural and urban, have and have not digital immigrants and digital natives are to be bridged.Ramashego MphahleleMmabaledi SeeletsoGistered MuleyaFrancis SimuiCommonwealth of Learningarticleaccessdigital awarenessdigital equitydigital knowledgedigital literacyTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning for Development, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 501-515 (2021) |
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Recent experiences of institutions in COVID-19 have heightened the need for research on its impact on higher education institutions globally. This article’s authors are from higher learning institutions in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia, which used a blended learning model before COVID-19. Most of their students used the traditional part of blended learning, depending on the print, postal service, and face-to-face. These students’ access and participation in learning during COVID-19 were negatively affected. Using Digital Equity as a framework, this paper explores the influence of COVID-19 on students’ access and participation in online learning. There seem to be significant disparities in access and participation in high-quality technologies and severe educational inequities. This digital inequality impact calls for civic awareness in digital literacy among the citizenry if the gap between the rural and urban, have and have not digital immigrants and digital natives are to be bridged. |
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The Influence of Covid-19 on Students’ Learning: Access and Participation in Higher Education in Southern Africa |
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The Influence of Covid-19 on Students’ Learning: Access and Participation in Higher Education in Southern Africa |
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The Influence of Covid-19 on Students’ Learning: Access and Participation in Higher Education in Southern Africa |
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The Influence of Covid-19 on Students’ Learning: Access and Participation in Higher Education in Southern Africa |
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