According to a new report from Michigan State University’s Quello
Center, slow internet connections or limited access from homes in
rural areas can contribute to the students falling behind academically (Bauer, Brooks, & Hampton, 2020). A lack of reliable, high-speed internet will only make the so-called achievement gap wider. Now low- income and minority students may also have to fight against the gap between students with internet access and those without (Lynch, 2017)
The use of technology is highly dynamic,
especially in the methods currently in place, involving work at all academic institutions that require significant advancements in the teaching and learning process. Educational institutions have been heavily invested in setting up fast and reliable network connection services in schools. Internet and mobile network services have had a major impact, even in organizations, in the context education, and especially in the methods of education and learning. The unstable internet and mobile services has made it difficult for the online learners to interconnect with their teachers and fellow students. Truth be told, our country is an internet-challenged country. A problem that had caused delays implementing remote learning in general. Although internet plans exist; they are not, however, created equal. Hence, in online classes, there was never a day when a student hasn’t voiced out complaints such as “Can someone tell the professor I/he/she got disconnected?”, “I have unstable Wifi”, “Do you guys see/hear me?”. We are in the city and yet we experience such mishaps. What more are those students who are stuck in remote places where signal isn’t as strong as what we city dwellers have? They are forced to “move mountains” just to get a bar or two (Amadora, 2020)