Social Presence and the Digital Divide: Challenges Faced by Elementary Educators in Online Learning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783384259578)

Environmental factors impact the virtual instruction experience of elementary public school educators in Virginia, including the districts of this study. First, technological factors affect online instruction, including the specific technologies that educators and district administrators implement to delivering educational material and content to their students online. Teachers who are skilled at working in virtual environments, and who enjoy doing so, are more likely to facilitate good learning experiences for their students (Allcoat & von Mühlenen, 2018; Kim, 2020). An additional technological factor is students' lack of equitable access to technology and internet resources, or the digital divide (Leech et al., 2022; Vogels, 2021). Second, social factors may create challenges in online instruction compared to traditional face-to-face instruction. For example, teachers must learn specific strategies to ensure social presence-student engagement with other students and the instructor-in online formats.

Author: Johnson
ISBN-10: 3384259572
ISBN-13: 9783384259578
Publisher: Tredition Gmbh
Language: English
Published: 06/13/2024
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d