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Who benefits from online education? How the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions
The existing literature is inconclusive on how technology in education influences student outcomes and whether it will lead to an improvement in tertiary education access. This paper aims to determine whether the implementation of technology in higher education will lead to an improvement in the acc...
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| description | The existing literature is inconclusive on how technology in education influences student outcomes and whether it will lead to an improvement in tertiary education access. This paper aims to determine whether the implementation of technology in higher education will lead to an improvement in the access to higher education through online education as well as improving student outcomes. In addition, the paper aims to show that implementing technology in higher education could increase existing inequalities amongst students from different backgrounds. The paper will do this by demonstrating the qualitative and quantitative factors which are the underlying reasons for some students doing better in an online setting compared to others. Furthermore, the paper will show that students from advantaged backgrounds with respect to race and income, benefit more from online and blended learning than students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. Therefore, tertiary institutions need to provide caution when establishing blended learning and online education programmes as it could lead to increasing educational inequalities. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/32966 Who benefits from online education? How the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions Pieterse, Allison Mlatsheni, Cecil Cliff, Alan Blended learning E-Learning Higher Education Education Technology Online Education Distance Education Inequalities in Education The existing literature is inconclusive on how technology in education influences student outcomes and whether it will lead to an improvement in tertiary education access. This paper aims to determine whether the implementation of technology in higher education will lead to an improvement in the access to higher education through online education as well as improving student outcomes. In addition, the paper aims to show that implementing technology in higher education could increase existing inequalities amongst students from different backgrounds. The paper will do this by demonstrating the qualitative and quantitative factors which are the underlying reasons for some students doing better in an online setting compared to others. Furthermore, the paper will show that students from advantaged backgrounds with respect to race and income, benefit more from online and blended learning than students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. Therefore, tertiary institutions need to provide caution when establishing blended learning and online education programmes as it could lead to increasing educational inequalities. 2021-02-24T13:14:28Z 2021-02-24T13:14:28Z 2020 2021-02-24T11:13:11Z Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32966 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce |
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| title | Who benefits from online education? How the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions |
| title_full | Who benefits from online education? How the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions |
| title_fullStr | Who benefits from online education? How the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who benefits from online education? How the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions |
| title_short | Who benefits from online education? How the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions |
| title_sort | who benefits from online education how the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions |
| topic | Blended learning E-Learning Higher Education Education Technology Online Education Distance Education Inequalities in Education |
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