Exploring Parents’ Access, Beliefs, and Use of Educational Technology across a Community-Wide Broadband Initiative

IF 1.2 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

COMPUTERS IN THE SCHOOLS Pub Date : 2023-10-29 DOI:10.1080/07380569.2023.2271490

Damian Bebell, Zhexun (Cinna) Xin, Gareth Cleveland, Mike Russell, Jennifer Ellis

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AbstractIn the aftermath of COVID-19 school closures, parents, educational technology, and other home factors have played an increasing role in student support and success. As part of a larger evaluation study on the equity and impacts of the nation’s largest community broadband initiative, this paper investigates the relationship between access, beliefs, and parents’ use of educational technology over two years. Surveying a random sample of 400+ households in addition to in-depth longitudinal interviews with eleven families, results show most parents actively engaged and positively valued several aspects of technology applied to support their child’s learning. Moreover, initial results indicate provision of broadband access also had a statistically significant relationship with parent uses of technology.Keywords: Parentshousehold surveydigital equitycommunity broadbandeducational technology AcknowledgementsThis independent research and evaluation study was generously supported by The Enterprise Center, Anonymous Broadband Provider, and Anonymous County Schools.Disclosure statementThe authors report there are no competing interests to declare.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Enterprise Center under Grant number 5111961.

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探索家长的访问，信念，和使用教育技术跨社区宽带倡议

在新冠肺炎疫情后，学校停课，家长、教育技术和其他家庭因素在学生支持和成功方面发挥着越来越大的作用。作为对全国最大的社区宽带计划的公平性和影响的更大评估研究的一部分，本文调查了两年来访问、信仰和父母使用教育技术之间的关系。我们随机调查了400多个家庭，并对11个家庭进行了深入的纵向访谈，结果显示，大多数家长积极参与并积极重视用于支持孩子学习的技术的几个方面。此外，初步结果表明，宽带接入的提供与父母对技术的使用也有统计学上显著的关系。关键字:家长家庭调查数字公平社区宽带教育技术致谢这项独立的研究和评估研究得到了企业中心，匿名宽带提供商和匿名县学校的慷慨支持。作者报告无利益竞争需要申报。本研究由企业中心资助，授权号为5111961。

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COMPUTERS IN THE SCHOOLS EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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2.40

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期刊介绍： Under the editorship of D. LaMont Johnson, PhD, a nationally recognized leader in the field of educational computing, Computers in the Schools is supported by an editorial review board of prominent specialists in the school and educational setting. Material presented in this highly acclaimed journal goes beyond the “how we did it” magazine article or handbook by offering a rich source of serious discussion for educators, administrators, computer center directors, and special service providers in the school setting. Articles emphasize the practical aspect of any application, but also tie theory to practice, relate present accomplishments to past efforts and future trends, identify conclusions and their implications.