COMPARATIVE PROCESS

HOW HAS THE DIGITAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE ALTERED

POST PANDEMIC

PRE PANDEMIC

DELIVERY OF EDUCATION

- Increase useage of e learning tools - Tencent classroom: 730,000 students attending classes online - Asychronous lectures and videos - More digital technologies integrated within teaching

- High growth and adoption within education technology - Face to face lectures - In person examinations - Digital edtech companies being invested in

(World Economic Forum, 2020a)

(World Economic Forum, 2020a)

EFFECTS ON LEARNING POVERTY CRISIS

Post COVID-19, 63% of students expected to be in learning poverty - Expected to rise to 452 milion students in learning poverty

Before COVID - 19, 53% of students were in learning poverty - 382 million students are in learning poverty

World Economic Forum, 2020b)

(World Economic Forum, 2020b)

CHANGE IN DIGITAL LANDSCAPE

Number of additional jobs in the digital sector in the UK in 2025, (in 1,000s)

Amount invested in EdTech between 2016-2022

(Brighteye Ventures, 2023)

(Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), 2021).

CHANGE IN MENTAL HEALTH

• 65% of adults and 68% of young people with existing mental health problems say their mental health has gotten worse since the first national lockdown. (Mind, 2021)

(Kaiser Family Foundation, 2021)