Digital equity – ensuring equal access to technology – is a “rampant social justice issue”, affecting developed and developing countries alike, but is also a major concern for higher education, according to the report. Technology plays an “important role in advancing the availability of higher education for underrepresented student populations”, while ensuring “accessibility of web materials for disabled students”, it says. The use of open educational resources also provides “cost savings to students”. With higher education tasked with leveraging technology-enhanced education to “better meet the needs of under-served students”, certain universities are highlighted as exemplars of increasing equity. This year, the University of Oxford is branching into free online courses through the edX platform founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The University of Cambridge is improvi
This article discusses challenges that higher education face with integrating technology into their classrooms. One of those challenges is digital equity which mentions a few ideas such as meeting the needs of under-served students, which could include ESL or International students.
This article doesn't specifically discuss ESL students , but it does bring up a lot of topics revolved around them. It could be helpful. This article is academic but seems credible. Rating: 7/10