Higher education, ICTs and inclusion: Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Francois van Schalkwyk and Michael Canares
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Francois van Schalkwyk: Stellenbosch University

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Abstract: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and government-imposed lockdowns, higher education institutions across the globe have had to change the way in which education is provided to millions of students. At the same time, concerns have been expressed that the pandemic may well deepen systemic socioeconomic vulnerabilities and societal divides, including in higher education. In this paper we examine the extant literature to better understand the relationship between the wholesale shift to online teaching and learning in the early stage of the pandemic, the reliance on digital technologies, and the outcomes of these changes of the inclusion of marginalized students in the provision of higher education. The cases of the Philippines and South Africa are selected, and show that despite (1) attempts to ameliorate the disruptions of the pandemic by bolstering access to digital devices and the internet among marginalized students, and (2) implementing remote, distance learning and teaching, the provision of digital educational technologies did not live up to their expected democratization of access and educational attainment.

Date: 2022-08-30
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DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/gd6jc

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