{"id":5494,"date":"2025-05-24T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T19:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/05\/24\/critical-reflection-week-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T12:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T19:03:34","slug":"critical-reflection-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/05\/24\/critical-reflection-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Reflection Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

For my first critical reflection, I read Andy Lane\u2019s article \u201cThe Impact on Openness on Bridging the Educational Digital Divides.\u201d<\/a> This article discusses how the concept of openness in education has changed and could potentially increase the digital divide that society is already facing. In principle, openness enhances access to education by eliminating cost and prior achievement or qualification requirements. However, many learners face barriers when confronted with open education. This includes the lack of technological access, low digital literacy, cultural norms, and personal circumstances. This article argues that open education on its own is insufficient, and there needs to be added structure and support for it to decrease the digital divide. Lane suggests that support from intermediaries (teachers, community networks, etc) and the focus on cultural and social inclusion will help bridge the digital and educational divide.<\/p>\n

I found this article to be extremely interesting. When I first started reading about openness in higher education, I thought it was perfect. As I continued reading, I realized this could add to the growing digital divide. The article included a list of reasons someone may be excluded or have a barrier. This list was eye-opening for me. Before seeing this list, I couldn\u2019t think of the many obstacles one might have regarding open education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For my first critical reflection, I read Andy Lane\u2019s article \u201cThe Impact on Openness on Bridging the Educational Digital Divides.\u201d This article discusses how the concept of openness in education has changed and could potentially increase the digital divide that… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}