Reflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to COVID-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting school closures in South Africa necessitated a major shift in how to support learners’ ongoing mathematics learning. For 10 weeks learners were strictly confined to their homes with restrictions that prohibited seeing any person outs...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Pamela Vale, Mellony H. Graven
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	AOSIS 2021
Materias:	south africa covid-19 digital resources task design ecology of learning under-resourced communities Mathematics QA1-939
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/3b3309dd59814dc7996518e5072c24b1
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:3b3309dd59814dc7996518e5072c24b1
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3b3309dd59814dc7996518e5072c24b12021-11-24T07:44:02ZReflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to COVID-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts1012-23462223-789510.4102/pythagoras.v42i1.599https://doaj.org/article/3b3309dd59814dc7996518e5072c24b12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pythagoras.org.za/index.php/pythagoras/article/view/599https://doaj.org/toc/1012-2346https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7895The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting school closures in South Africa necessitated a major shift in how to support learners’ ongoing mathematics learning. For 10 weeks learners were strictly confined to their homes with restrictions that prohibited seeing any person outside of their household. The only means to access learners and parents in their homes was to reimagine our South African Numeracy Chair Project work and transform it from predominantly face-to-face interventions to digital modalities. As a result, we initiated a project of digital resource development and distribution, particularly focused on our local community in the Eastern Cape. Twenty-two existing resources and 36 purpose-designed resources were shared via Facebook. Through in-depth post hoc reflection of the rapid digitalisation of our materials and ways of working we address these questions: (1) In relation to learners’ new ‘ecology of learning’ during lockdown what digital access modality and platforms were most fit-for-purpose in sharing mathematics learning resources? (2) What principles informed resource design and adaptation for digital distribution and use? (3) What dilemmas were confronted in making decisions about resource design and distribution?. These questions are answered through a document review and post hoc reflections on the noted dilemmas. We share some feedback received and discuss implications of our work and the dilemmas confronted for the provision of quality digital resources for supporting mathematics learning in historically disadvantaged and under-resourced communities in a post pandemic world.Pamela ValeMellony H. GravenAOSISarticlesouth africacovid-19digital resourcestask designecology of learningunder-resourced communitiesMathematicsQA1-939ENPythagoras, Vol 42, Iss 1, Pp e1-e17 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	south africa covid-19 digital resources task design ecology of learning under-resourced communities Mathematics QA1-939
spellingShingle	south africa covid-19 digital resources task design ecology of learning under-resourced communities Mathematics QA1-939 Pamela Vale Mellony H. Graven Reflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to COVID-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts
description	The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting school closures in South Africa necessitated a major shift in how to support learners’ ongoing mathematics learning. For 10 weeks learners were strictly confined to their homes with restrictions that prohibited seeing any person outside of their household. The only means to access learners and parents in their homes was to reimagine our South African Numeracy Chair Project work and transform it from predominantly face-to-face interventions to digital modalities. As a result, we initiated a project of digital resource development and distribution, particularly focused on our local community in the Eastern Cape. Twenty-two existing resources and 36 purpose-designed resources were shared via Facebook. Through in-depth post hoc reflection of the rapid digitalisation of our materials and ways of working we address these questions: (1) In relation to learners’ new ‘ecology of learning’ during lockdown what digital access modality and platforms were most fit-for-purpose in sharing mathematics learning resources? (2) What principles informed resource design and adaptation for digital distribution and use? (3) What dilemmas were confronted in making decisions about resource design and distribution?. These questions are answered through a document review and post hoc reflections on the noted dilemmas. We share some feedback received and discuss implications of our work and the dilemmas confronted for the provision of quality digital resources for supporting mathematics learning in historically disadvantaged and under-resourced communities in a post pandemic world.
format	article
author	Pamela Vale Mellony H. Graven
author_facet	Pamela Vale Mellony H. Graven
author_sort	Pamela Vale
title	Reflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to COVID-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts
title_short	Reflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to COVID-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts
title_full	Reflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to COVID-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts
title_fullStr	Reflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to COVID-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts
title_full_unstemmed	Reflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to COVID-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts
title_sort	reflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to covid-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts
publisher	AOSIS
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/3b3309dd59814dc7996518e5072c24b1
work_keys_str_mv	AT pamelavale reflectingondilemmasindigitalresourcedesignasaresponsetocovid19forlearnersinunderresourcedcontexts AT mellonyhgraven reflectingondilemmasindigitalresourcedesignasaresponsetocovid19forlearnersinunderresourcedcontexts
_version_	1718415852482592768

Reflecting on dilemmas in digital resource design as a response to COVID-19 for learners in under-resourced contexts

Ejemplares similares