Healing the Digital Divide During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the digital divide and inequalities among learners and compelled the need to reimagine how teachers and educators teach and support student learning no matter where they live or to what tools they have access [ ]they have not been able to participate to the same degree as their more privileged classmates Start With the Learners Teachers should begin with the following assumptions about their learners: * they may know much less about technology than the instructor;* they may have limited bandwidth and/or limited data on their phones;and * they do not own tech equipment like cameras, printers, and scanners [ ]learners may not have unlimited time to engage in coursework since they may have to share technology resources in their households There are also topicbased online resources for language learners (e g , Center for Language Study, 2020), reading (e g , PBS Teachers Lounge, 2020), and mathematics (e g , National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2020)