Digital Smarts - Survey Shows Parental Support for Online Learning

Despite the challenges, many parents and educators are seeing the benefits of virtual instruction and hoping that some level of online learning continues after the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology. However, almost half of teachers say they have not been trained to safeguard students' data during this period of remote instruction. Just 4 in 10 parents have said their school has explained how it protects student data. In focus groups, students also expressed little concern about data privacy and security, despite highlighting incidents where video calls were hacked or teachers exposed students’ grades while sharing their screens with the class.