Educating Minoritized Students in the United States During COVID-19: How Technology Can be Both the Problem and the Solution

The COVID-19 pandemic has had major implications on socially vulnerable populations, especially minoritized populations. This article examines how technology-mediated learning can both operate as a tool to rectify inequities and a weapon that antagonizes existing divides for socially disadvantaged m...

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Published in:IT professional 2021-03, Vol.23 (2), p.12-18
Main Authors: Dubois, Elisabeth, Bright, Dara, Laforce, Salimah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Inequalities
Learning
Pandemics
Populations
Sociology
Statistics
Students
Systematics
Weapons
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic has had major implications on socially vulnerable populations, especially minoritized populations. This article examines how technology-mediated learning can both operate as a tool to rectify inequities and a weapon that antagonizes existing divides for socially disadvantaged minoritized Black students. In analyzing this subsection of the population, we discuss technology-mediated learning during the pandemic and access problems that arise due to socially disadvantaged students' systematic inequalities. This article finds that technology is an essential tool that can be a solution to help rectify inequalities during crisis, coupled with models of success and future research.
ISSN:1520-9202
1941-045X
DOI:10.1109/MITP.2021.3062765