scholarly journals COVID-19, Distance Learning and the Digital Divide: A Case of Higher Education in the United States and Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-133
Author(s):  
Sunaina Asher
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Midwestern University ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Faculty And Administrators ◽  
K 12

This multiple case study describes the experiences of students, faculty and administrators with distance learning during this pandemic in the context of a Midwestern University in United States and an elitist University in Lahore, Pakistan. The participants were invited to talk about their experiences through a Zoom interview. Data were analyzed thematically and the findings revealed that the issue of the digital divide was as much as problem in higher education as in K-12. Digital divide in Pakistan is far greater due to lack of investment in educational technology. The paper ends with acknowledging the potential limitations and making recommendations for leadership and teaching practice.

Market vs. Academic Models

2011 ◽  
pp. 1272-1274
Author(s):  
Gary A. Berg
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Market Models ◽  
For Profit ◽  
University Mission

In recent years much has been written on the link between distance learning and the commercialization of higher education (Berg, 2002). Particularly in the United States, this debate has been described as a conflict between open and traditional academic-market models. As various government, nonprofit, and for-profit ownership of these nontraditional universities are present worldwide, it is important to understand the market-model issues and how they influence university mission and implementation of educational programs.

Community Colleges in America and Distance Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 302-303
Author(s):  
Gary A. Berg
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Common Mistake ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
Institutional Types ◽  
Four Year Institutions

Community colleges in the United States have played an important role in the development and implementation of various forms of computer- and media-based education. A common mistake made when discussing distance learning in American higher education is to fail to distinguish the policies and practices of different institutional types. Generalizations about distance learning are particularly misleading if one does not recognize the very large differences in mission, resources, stakeholders, and external pressures between community colleges and four-year institutions.

Training in Local Oral Traditions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark F. DeWitt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
The United States ◽  
Postsecondary Institutions ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Performance Training ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Faculty And Administrators

This chapter is a study of programs that offer performance training in oral-tradition musics at accredited two- and four-year postsecondary institutions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, especially but not exclusively those that focus on traditions that developed in the region where the institution is located. The trajectory of oral-tradition musics in North American higher education is found to be one of gradual acceptance through many disconnected local efforts, resulting in a variety of solutions to problems inherent in reforming a curriculum not designed for the needs of learning in oral traditions. The chief intended audience of this chapter are faculty and administrators of schools and departments of music, especially those who are contemplating the addition of local oral-tradition music to their curriculum or are at least open to the idea of doing so.

scholarly journals Online Learning vs. Extreme Learning in Mining Higher Education under COVID

2020 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 04001
Author(s):  
Inna Pevneva ◽  
Paul Edmunds
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Analytical Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Online Format

Mining education, including ESL teaching had to undergo a sudden switch to the distance learning mode in spring 2020 due to COVID-19. The article analyses the challenges that most of teachers had to face and justifies the term “extreme learning” in connection with a sudden shift to a distance mode in higher education world-wide. The analytical data is provided to prove the point and as an effort to evaluate the effectiveness of extreme online learning. Current situation in Russian mining universities can be compared with the results of transition to emergency online format in the United States, UNM University. The necessity for further assessment is underlined in connection with the analysis of prerequisites, needs, and processes rather than the results.

scholarly journals COVID-19-associated school closures and related efforts to sustain education and subsidized meal programs, United States, February 18–June 30, 2020

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0248925
Author(s):  
Nicole Zviedrite ◽  
Jeffrey D. Hodis ◽  
Ferdous Jahan ◽  
Hongjiang Gao ◽  
Amra Uzicanin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
School Districts ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Closure ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
School Closures ◽  
The Us ◽  
Meal Programs ◽  
K 12

Pre-emptive school closures are frontline community mitigation measures recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for implementation during severe pandemics. This study describes the spatiotemporal patterns of publicly announced school closures implemented in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and assesses how public K-12 districts adjusted their methods of education delivery and provision of subsidized meals. During February 18–June 30, 2020, we used daily systematic media searches to identify publicly announced COVID-19–related school closures lasting ≥1 day in the United States (US). We also collected statewide school closure policies from state government websites. Data on distance learning and subsidized meal programs were collected from a stratified sample of 600 school districts. The first COVID-19–associated school closure occurred on February 27, 2020 in Washington state. By March 30, 2020, all but one US public school districts were closed, representing the first-ever nearly synchronous nationwide closure of public K-12 schools in the US. Approximately 100,000 public schools were closed for ≥8 weeks because of COVID-19, affecting >50 million K-12 students. Of 600 districts sampled, the vast majority offered distance learning (91.0%) and continued provision of subsidized meal programs (78.8%) during the closures. Despite the sudden and prolonged nature of COVID-19–associated school closures, schools demonstrated flexibility by implementing distance learning and alternate methods to continue subsidized meal programs.

Teacher Education and Digital Equity

2017 ◽  
pp. 120-136
Author(s):  
Anita Rao Mysore
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
The United States ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Digital Equity ◽  
K 12

For close to two decades, researchers have discussed the prevalence of digital divide in the United States. Scholars have also proposed principles to bring about digital equity. The purpose of this chapter is to examine both conceptual and empirical reviews and studies conducted in this millennium to bring about digital equity. The chapter informs teacher education programs, researchers, school administrators, policymakers, teachers, and other stakeholders about evidences and recommendations to bring about digital equity in US K-12 and teacher education.

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
American Education ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
British America ◽  
The Bible ◽  
K 12

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education brings together preeminent scholars to craft a comprehensive survey and assessment of the study of religion and education in the United States. Religion has been inextricably entwined with education in the United States since the days of colonial British America. Beginning with mothers schooling their children at home from the Bible, to the first establishment of Harvard College in 1636 with the principal mission to prepare clergy, the place of religion—and more to the point, whose religion and for what purpose—has been vigorously contested for nearly 400 years. This handbook aims to examine the current state of religion and American education from homeschooling to private religious schools to public schools to religious institutions and on through the range of public and private higher education. The book is organized into five sections: Frameworks; Lifespan Faith Development; Faith-Based K-12 education; Religion and Public Schools; and Religion and Higher Education. Within these sections forty leading scholars in the field of religion and education review these topics in thirty chapters. The contributors offer an in-depth synthesis of major issues within the field, while contributing to lively debates about the links between landmark research contributions and contemporary research agendas. Designed for an interdisciplinary audience, the Oxford handbook serves as a legacy project for leading scholars who are critically shaping the future direction of the field of religion and American education.

scholarly journals The Future High Education Distance Learning in Canada, the United States, and France: Insights From Before COVID-19 Secondary Data Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marguerite Wotto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Training Institutions

Evolving information and communication technology creates new spaces, learning materials, and demands in training institutions. Higher education distance learning (HEDL) responses to these transformations are miscellaneous and its development strategies vary from a country to another. Interpreting before COVID-19 secondary data, this article redefines the concept of distance learning and analyzes HEDL supply in Canada, the United States, and France. It enlightens its main current trends and challenges.

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