Online Learning Update

February 2, 2021

Higher education’s reopening decisions affected the most vulnerable students

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

Kristen E. Broady, et al; Brookings Institution

Online learning can offer flexibility and accessibility, but it also can present challenges to learning outcomes. In particular, there are some groups of students for whom online education works poorly. Anticipating these challenges and more, 55 percent of students not returning for fall 2020 cited changes in class format. In a case study, The Public Policy Institute of California found that students of color and nontraditional students are more likely to have challenges that put them at risk of lowered performance in an online setting, widening existing achievement gaps. Some challenges they are more likely to face include trying to study in a stressful home environment or an inability to access reliable internet.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/11/1342345/

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