User:KennyOkg/Digital divide in education/Kevin Cartwright Peer Review

Peer Review

Digital Divide in Education

User: KennyOkg

Link to Draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:KennyOkg/Digital_divide_in_education?veaction=edit&preload=Template%3ADashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template

Lead

This portion of the article can use further fine tuning. It describes the topic; however, it does not adequately describe major sections highlighted in the article. Nevertheless, the author does a good job at capturing the essence of the topic, while  concisely indicating a few points of interest.

Content

Understanding the importance of providing adequate and appropriate content, the author pays careful attention to maintaining its relevancy to the topic. Most of the content added is very much recent and up to date. Perhaps the author could integrate an aspect of access to assistive technologies as the lack of such technological tools is also a major contributor to the digital divide presently experienced in the education field. The article does not address historically underrepresented groups, but the issue relative to digital gaps in education is crucial to inclusion and access concerns for persons with physical challenges.

Tone and Balance

The tone of the article is very neutral and objective. The viewpoints expressed are equally balanced. Throughout the article, the author makes a conscious effort to be fair in his or her assessments of the issues.

Sources and References

Secondary sources of information could use some paraphrasing in certain areas. Nonetheless, the information provided is quite reliable. Additionally, the sources are thorough and their content align with available literature. The sources are very current and are reflective of diverse perspectives. All of the references used are from high quality, reputable sources of information.

Organization

It is very easy to read the article. The ideas are arranged logically and concepts are clearly expressed. Conventions of spelling, grammar and punctuation are very well observed. Content organization could used some restructuring.

For New Articles Only

This article is a new contribution by the author to Wikipedia’s online collection. It is supported by multiple secondary sources independent of the subject matter. Additionally, the author used a wide range of sources. Yet, they are far from being exhausted, for the subject being written about has captured the intellectual and scholarly curiosities of a vast field of researchers. As the article is still a work in progress, it does not yet link to other articles, but it does feature some of the characteristics of other pieces of Wikipedia literature.

Overall Impression

No doubt, this article has great publication potential. Many of the sources used by its author speak volumes of its credibility. In addition, issues discussed in the article continue to remain at the heart of the ongoing debate in education on the topic. To a great degree, increasing  research in the field consistently adds more information to the existing body of literature. Improvements to the article’s content can be made by focusing on challenges of marginalized and disadvantaged groups, whose exclusion from the process is the result of their socioeconomic status in society.