scholarly journals Broadband Access, District Policy, and Student Opportunities for Remote Learning During COVID-19 School Closures

AERA Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 233285842110642
Author(s):  
Susan Kemper Patrick ◽  
Jason A. Grissom ◽  
S. Colby Woods ◽  
UrLeaka W. Newsome
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Broadband Access ◽  
Economically Disadvantaged Students ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
District Policy ◽  
Virtual Classes ◽  
Community Access

We conceptualize students’ opportunities to learn remotely during the initial school closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. We then examine variation in remote instruction using an original statewide survey of teachers in Tennessee, deployed just a few weeks into the closures. Using three-level logistic regression models, we explore potential predictors of regular remote instruction, including prepandemic measures of broadband access, the demographic composition of schools, and measures of district policy responses created from districts’ public COVID-19 plans. We find that teachers in schools serving more economically disadvantaged students and in rural districts are less likely to report regular remote instruction, especially via providing digital resources and holding virtual classes or tutoring. Fewer opportunities for Tennessee’s rural students appear driven in part by lower community access to high-speed broadband, but district policies to distribute technology may partially mitigate this gap in access.

The Forgotten Many

2022 ◽  
pp. 150-170
Author(s):  
Rachelle Kuehl ◽  
Carolyn M. Callahan ◽  
Amy Price Azano
Keyword(s):  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
Gifted Programming ◽  
Language Arts Instruction

Limited economic resources and geographic challenges can lead rural schools in areas experiencing poverty to deprioritize gifted education. However, for the wellbeing of individual students and their communities, investing in quality rural gifted education is crucial. In this chapter, the authors discuss some of the challenges to providing equitable gifted programming to students in rural areas and present approaches to meeting those challenges (e.g., cluster grouping, mentoring). They then describe a large-scale federally-funded research project, Promoting PLACE in Rural Schools, which demonstrated methods districts can use to bolster gifted education programming. With 14 rural districts in high-poverty areas of the southeastern United States, researchers worked with teachers and school leaders to establish universal screening processes for identifying giftedness using local norms, to teach students the value of a growth mindset in reducing stereotype threat, and to train teachers on using a place-based curriculum to provide more impactful language arts instruction to gifted rural students.

High-speed data services using the Switched Digital Broadband Access System

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Humberto J. La Roche ◽  
Stephen L. Myers ◽  
James P. Runyon ◽  
Gerald S. Soloway ◽  
David W. Spears
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Broadband Access ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Access System ◽  
High Speed Data

scholarly journals Closed, Bused, Mixed: A Literature Review on the Impact of Rural School Closure; Effects of Busing on Rural Students; and Student Performance in Small Schools and Mixed-Age Classes

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Zakharova
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Small Schools ◽  
Rural School ◽  
School Closure ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
School Closures ◽  
The Impact

In 2000, Lauzon and Leahy completed a literature review on rural schools and educational reform, concluding that rural schools were indeed worth saving. In 2017, I conducted a literature review with the goal of offering an update to that article, investigating the post-2001 research on the impact of rural school closures; the effects of bussing of rural students to/from school; and student performance in small schools and mixed-grade classes. The results were mixed and contradictory, equal in their puzzling to the complexity of defining what is “rural” and what is “small school”. While some of the researchers continue to point out the unique place of local schools in rural settings, many also note the lack of large-scale studies into the impact of rural school closures, especially the impact on students – even "who pays and the price they pay, is always of interest" (bell hooks)… or is it?

scholarly journals Perceptions of Public University Students Towards Online Classes During COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shyam Sundar Sarkar ◽  
Pranta Das ◽  
Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
M S Zobaer
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Public University ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Virtual Classes

The disease outbreak COVID-19 pandemic impacted public health and safety and the educational systems worldwide. For fear of the further spread of diseases, most educational institutions, including Bangladesh, have postponed their face-to-face teaching. Therefore, this study explores public university student’s perceptions towards online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Data had collected among students of Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh, through an online survey. The study followed a quantitative approach, where the survey technique was used as an instrument of data collection. Results showed that most students faced difficulty participating in virtual classes and could not communicate with their friends correctly during online classes. Thus, they faced challenges in online schooling, and the majority of the students preferred conventional types of learning to virtual classes and did not understand the content of virtual classes easily. The study also explored that most students did not feel comfortable in online classes. Still, considering the present pandemic situation, they decided to participate in online classes to continue schooling. Besides, the study discovered that female students showed a better view than male students regarding online classes, and urban students have more positive appreciation than rural students. Furthermore, laptop or personal computer users showed more positive perceptions towards online education than mobile users. Moreover, Broadband/Wi-Fi users have more positive perceptions than mobile network users. These findings would be an essential guideline for governments, policymakers, technology developers, and university authorities for making better policy choices in the future.

Satellite internet could have global impact

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Broadband Access ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Impact ◽  
The World ◽  
Ground Systems

Subject Satellite internet. Significance Plans are moving ahead fast to launch ‘mega-constellations’ consisting of thousands of satellites that will provide high-speed internet access worldwide. These constellations have the potential to bring millions, if not billions, more people online around the world. Impacts The ground systems for use with internet mega-constellations could emerge as a huge new market. Polar coverage could help open up the Arctic to shipping, resource exploitation and other uses. Disaster response efforts would benefit from global mobile broadband access. Competition from low-priced, high-speed satellite broadband could severely disrupt the business of terrestrial providers.

scholarly journals Use of a Collar-Mounted Triaxial Accelerometer to Predict Speed and Gait in Dogs

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1262
Author(s):  
Samantha Bolton ◽  
Nick Cave ◽  
Naomi Cogger ◽  
G. R. Colborne
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Video Data ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Triaxial Accelerometer ◽  
Inherent Limitation ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Accelerometer Signal ◽  
Delta G ◽  
Selection Of

Accelerometry has been used to measure treatment efficacy in dogs with osteoarthritis, although interpretation is difficult. Simplification of the output into speed or gait categories could simplify interpretation. We aimed to determine whether collar-mounted accelerometry could estimate the speed and categorise dogs’ gait on a treadmill. Eight Huntaway dogs were fitted with a triaxial accelerometer and then recorded using high-speed video on a treadmill at a slow and fast walk, trot, and canter. The accelerometer data (delta-G) was aligned with the video data and records of the treadmill speed and gait. Mixed linear and logistic regression models that included delta-G and a term accounting for the dogs’ skeletal sizes were used to predict speed and gait, respectively, from the accelerometer signal. Gait could be categorised (pseudo-R2 = 0.87) into binary categories of walking and faster (trot or canter), but not into the separate faster gaits. The estimation of speed above 3 m/s was inaccurate, though it is not clear whether that inaccuracy was due to the sampling frequency of the particular device, or whether that is an inherent limitation of collar-mounted accelerometers in dogs. Thus, collar-mounted accelerometry can reliably categorise dogs’ gaits into two categories, but finer gait descriptions or speed estimates require individual dog modelling and validation. Nonetheless, this accelerometry method could improve the use of accelerometry to detect treatment effects in osteoarthritis by allowing the selection of periods of activity that are most affected by treatment.

scholarly journals Brazilian Digital Inclusion Public Policy: achievements and challenges

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Kiomi Mori ◽  
Rodrigo Ortiz Assumpção
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Broadband Access ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Community Centers ◽  
Economic Profile ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Community Access

Brazilian Digital Inclusion Public Policy: achievements and cha This article presents the achievements and challenges of the digital inclusion public policy in Brazil from the perspective of agents working within the Federal Government. It starts with statistics on access to ICT infrastructure in general as well as the actual location of Internet use and socio-economic profile of the users. These indicators relate to the Federal Government strategies to face the digital divide. Three main strategies guide the implementation of the digital inclusion public policy: home access, school and community access centers. Effort is made to supply equipments, connectivity, human resources and capacity building programs, monitored by constant evaluation and indicator building processes. Among many ongoing initiatives, the Computers for Inclusion project (inspired by the Canadian Computers for Schools) and the National Digital Inclusion Observatory are explained in detail. The major challenges are then presented: broadband access in all regions; funds for the maintenance of existing infrastructure; local content production; qualified digital inclusion agents; participatory steering mechanisms for programs, community centers and schools; expanding the numbers of digital inclusion units; co-responsibility among Federal, State and Municipal levels. The conclusion ponders that while many results were achieved in implementing and measuring the strategies for bridging the digital divide, overcoming the stated challenges needs the effective involvement of Government in all its levels in partnership with society.

scholarly journals A Review of Integrated Optical and Wireless Broadband Acess Networks

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Mohammad ◽  
N. Zulkifli ◽  
S. M. Idrus
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Optical Network ◽  
Access Network ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Broadband Access ◽  
Integrated Optical ◽  
Wireless Broadband ◽  
Broadband Access Network

Broadband access network nowadays has obtained increasing attention among internet users. High bandwidth demands and the need on mobility of the network cause the network design and architectures to be part of the hot topics in the research area. Wireline optical and wireless networks are two different architectures of broadband access network which offer advantages over each other. High capacity optical network integrated with tetherless wireless network enables high-speed communications to mobile users at anytime and anywhere. This paper defines integrated optical wireless broadband access network, outlines the architectures of different network models, the features and key issues of the network.

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