Open AccessInformation Communication & Technology (ICT): A Comparative Literature Review of Education in the United States and Liberia
Author(s) -
Damita Kaloostian,
Nalini Chhetri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2348-1552
DOI - 10.5121/ije2021.9205
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , software deployment , political science , economic growth , population , public relations , business , medicine , engineering , environmental health , economics , software engineering , law
Globally, the potential of ICT has resulted in mass deployment to transform the educational landscape in accordance with 21st- century demands. The diffusion of ICT within education has shown tremendous benefit, positively impacting students and teachers in learning, instruction, engagement, and assessment (Fu, 2013) However, the widespread application of technology to address education access and quality has not been universally adopted for various reasons, resulting in the exclusion of critical segments of the world's population. As a result of the current technology inequities, the current literature review focuses on access to and use of ICT within education. More specifically, it seeks to explore: (1) what does the comparative and international research say regarding the factors that facilitate access to and use of ICT among underserved K-8 education populations in the United States and Liberia?