Demanding “better” EdTech
How can we reimagine better EdTech? Hear Rebecca Eynon present early findings from a project titled, "Towards equity focused approaches to EdTech", funded by the ESRC Education Research Programme.
Demanding “better” EdTech
07 Nov 2024, 16:30 – 17:30
Proponents of the use of education technology (EdTech) typically promise that it will make learning and teaching in schools more efficient, effective and fairer. However, the realities are far more complex.
Focusing on forms of EdTech that are designed to automate and personalise aspects of learning and teaching, this talk will discuss some of the ways that EdTech can be inadequate, based on ethnographic research of three schools in England.
Although the implications of EdTech are never straightforward, Rebecca will suggest that the education community should be demanding and reimagining “better” EdTech, that fits with broader educational purposes and designed with an explicit focus on questions of equity – and that teacher knowledge should be privileged as part of this process.
This event will be particularly useful for researchers, policymakers, teachers, and students interested in EdTech.
Please note this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or online.
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Professor Rebecca Eynon
Professor of Education, the Internet, and Society
the University of Oxford
At the University, she is jointly appointed by the Oxford Internet Institute and the Department of Education.
Her research focuses on the intersections between networked technologies, learning and education across the lifecourse, and questions of equity and social justice.
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