Edtech coaches supported families with IT tasks, platform training, and home learning environment guidance during closures¶

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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? More than 60 percent of coaches frequently or occasionally helped families with IT tasks and trained families on an online platform or LMS; 46 percent shared best practices for home learning environments. → Mahsa Bakhshaei 2020

Evidence¶

Mahsa Bakhshaei 2020¶

Mahsa Bakhshaei, John Seylar, Pati Ruiz, and Mai Chou Vang. (2020). The Valuable Role of Edtech Coaches during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/fd1d2f26-7b23-4dd8-9cd6-35f85e92e0c3 doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/101

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Survey of 148 edtech coaches (Figure 10) on family support: "more than 60 percent" helped with IT tasks and trained families on platforms; nearly half (46 percent) shared best practices for fostering home environments supporting remote learning.

"more than 60 percent of respondent coaches reported that they frequently or occasionally helped families with IT tasks (e.g., accessing the internet, distributing and/or using devices) directly or indirectly"

Discussion¶

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