As technology becomes more and more advanced these days, education and learning contexts became more and more convenient and reachable. However, it is very difficult to access a learning context that is proven to be true. Furthermore, many learning contexts cost money, for example, I was doing research on cancer for one of my classes and I was using google scholar however I was having trouble accessing some of the articles as I am not authorized to access them. As part of having trouble accessing information, students that are having financial difficulties might not be able to afford to pay for a laptop or other required costs to access the internet. In order for students to have equitable access to authentic, meaningful, and relevant learning environments and access to learning contexts, it is very important that student is provided with the information they need and for free. In this case, K-12 would be the best option as K-12 provides all the learning materials to students and students do not have to pay for their education fee. On the downside, it limits the information that students can access as it the content provided was set, in the article(Selwyn, 2020) had suggested that these problems can be loved through improving school and home technologies to support the development of digital skills.

 

References:

Neil Selwyn, Thomas Hillman, Rebecca Eynon, Giselle Ferreira, Jeremy Knox, Felicitas Macgilchrist & Juana M. Sancho-Gil (2020) What’s next for Ed-Tech? Critical hopes and concerns for the 2020s, Learning, Media and Technology, 45:1, 1-6, DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2020.1694945