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How satellite connectivity can narrow the digital learning gap

eSchool News

Though not exactly new, e-learning is being quickly embraced by more and more people as a complement or alternative to traditional classroom learning. It allows anyone with broadband access to become a student for life, opening new education and career opportunities.

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The Universal Laptop Program Helping One State Narrow the Digital Divide

Edsurge

Wright and her team at the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) immediately began work on a strategic approach to narrow the digital learning divide between students living in different parts of the state. We really did feel that this was an equity issue,” said Wright. MDE is aware that the real work has just begun.

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How to Select a Complete Digital Education Solution Provider

ViewSonic Education

For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. Quite often, software options have a lot more capabilities than you might be aware of, so it’s important to spend a little bit of time training yourself and getting to grips with all the features and functions.

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From Hotspots to School Bus Wi-Fi, Districts Seek Out Solutions to ‘Homework Gap’

Edsurge

boast broadband access these days, and plenty of assignments require the internet, when students head home, their connections are not quite in lockstep with schools. Thus, there is a homework gap—the problem created when students who use digital learning in class can’t get online at home to finish up their schoolwork.

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What Is the True Cost of a 1:1 Device Program? One State’s Careful Rollout Offers a Look

Edsurge

Before the pandemic, the state ranked lowest on the number of broadband subscribers per capita. In a fall 2021 survey of more than 100,000 Mississippi students conducted by the MDE, over 40 percent reported that digital learning was difficult because the internet connection at school did not work all the time or was too slow.

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Laying the Foundation for Distance Learning Success

Digital Promise

We’ve been using distance learning tools for years. We had the knowledge, skills, and teacher training. James Tiggeman Digital Learning Coordinator, Irving Independent School District. What we’ve learned. We were ahead of the game. It wasn’t a shock to continue using them. That was a huge advantage.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning.