Digital education policies and general social impact evaluation. Findings and tendencies

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Digital Education, Inequality, SIA, Social Impact

Abstract

The paper presents a general Social Impact Analysis (SIA) of digital education policies in developed economies to prove that Digital Education social impacts are underestimated and not used for many governmental programs. There is a myth about the positive social impact of digital education program policies. Many governments neglected general social impact assessments, reporting only some digital education policy indicators related to productivity. The paper evaluates many reposts and research on digital education policies and their findings. We analyze the data using an SIA framework. As a result, was confirmed the hypothesis of low social impact assessment interest of Digital Education and many governments to focus productivity outcomes of digital education policies more than social equality and equity.

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Author Biographies

Alessandro Aveni, University of Brasília

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree (Political Science at Universidade Statale de Milano, Italy. Management Science at Universidade Cormerciale Luigi Bocconi, Italy). Researcher at University of Brasília – UnB, Brazil. Teacher at UniPROCESSUS College, Brazil. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Orcid: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-6818>.

Lúcio Carlos de Pinho Filho, Centro Universitário UniProcessus

Master of Science (Ms) Degree (Human Development at Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales – Flacso, Argentina. Accounting Science at World Christian University – WCU, The United States of America. Teacher. Processus College, Brazil. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Orcid: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3357-4110 >.

Jonas Rodrigo Gonçalves, Centro Universitário UniProcessus

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree (Psychology at Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil). Teacher at UniPROCESSUS College, Brazil. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Orcid: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4106-8071>.

Danilo da Costa, Catholic University of Brasília

Student at Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree (Psychology at Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil). Teacher at UniPROCESSUS College, Brazil. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9176-2729>.

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