Will ICMT Access and Use Support URM Students’ Online Learning in the (Post) COVID-19 Era?

Sunha Kim, Suzanne Rosenblith, Yunjeong Chang and Shira Pollack
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Sunha Kim: Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology, and Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Suzanne Rosenblith: Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Yunjeong Chang: Department of Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Shira Pollack: Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 20, 1-14

Abstract: In view of the United Nations’ (UN’s) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for education (SDG4), this study explored how information and communications and media technology (ICMT) access and uses for learning have influenced students’ perceived success during the COVID-19 pandemic era and the differential effects of ICMT access and use on underrepresented minority (URM) and non-URM students. This study applied structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis using data from students who experienced online transition in one large public university in the United States. The results showed that ICMT uses for learning benefitted URM students but lack of ICMT access had a negative effect on online learning among URM students. We discussed the implications of these findings in the context of online education, digital inclusion, and the UN’s SDG4.

Keywords: ICMT access; ICMT use; UN sustainable development goal; COVID-19 era; underrepresented minority students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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