Digital higher education: a divider or bridge builder? Leadership perspectives on edtech in a COVID-19 reality.

Unlabelled: The edtech community has promoted claims that digital education enhances access, learning, and collaboration. The COVID-19 pandemic tested these claims like never before, as higher education systems seemingly overnight had to move teaching online. Through a sequential mixed-method approach, we investigated how 85 higher education leaders in 24 countries experienced this rapid digital transformation.