The Digital Lives of Student Mothers: A Consideration of Technologies That Support or Erode the Student/Parent Boundary

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2021.102689
• Publication Date: 2021-07-07T07:33:58Z
• Authors: Lisa Thomas; Catherine V Talbot; Pam Briggs
• Keywords: Student Engagement

A growing body of work explores the well-being students. However, little has addressed experiences student mothers, who must juggle demands study and childcare simultaneously. The rise mother is taking place at a time when learning engagement as well become highly digitised. Existing literature on work/life balance suggests key issue for mothers management work-family border, such that they can choose to segregate or blend roles appropriate. In this study, we used border theory examine role technology plays in supporting both segregation blending parent roles, making recommendations ways boundary maintenance might be more explicitly considered digital systems design.