The effect of digital inequality on vinnytsia higher school teachers educating remotely during lockdown

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to de㸶ne the concept of digital inequality and investigate the situation with digital inequality among teachers of Vinnytsia higher educational institutions by data analysis of the anonymous survey. The article presents and analyzes the results of the study in terms of equal access of teachers to modern digital technology, which was used to provide the educational process during the switch to remote teaching, and the impact of social and economic conditions in the country on digital inequality among teachers and its further e〼ect on the quality of the remote learning during the lockdown period. The empirical basis of the study is the author's research involving questionnaires and interviews, which were held among the teachers of Vinnytsia higher educational institutions within the period of March-May 2021.