EdTech Futures

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The three sections Synopsis 1, Synopsis 2 and Synopsis 3 are summaries of three papers. The papers are available here:

1. Selwyn et al. – 2019 – What’s next for Ed-Tech Critical hopes and concerns for the 2020s
2. Selwyn et al. – 2019 – What might the school of 2030 be like An exercise in social science fiction
3. Macgilchrist et al. – 2019 – Students and society in the 2020s. Three future ‘histories’ of education and technology

The summaries are intended to aid a focus on the key ideas in the papers and to promote discussion about the future of EdTech in education. You can offer comments directly on the summaries but of course you may also wish to read the papers to provide wider context for your responses. You may also write write blog posts for a longer form of response. 

Here is a list of some articles covering related themes and topics (listed in date order):

1964	Oliver, R. T. (1964). Education in the Year 2000 A.D. In The Michigan Quarterly Review (pp. 233–239). University of Michigan.
2010	Hollinger, V. (2010). Contemporary Trends in Science Fiction Criticism, 1980-1999. Science, 26(2), 232–262.
2011	Gerlach, N., & Hamilton, S. N. (2011). Introduction : A History of Social Science Fiction. Science Fiction Studies, 30(2), 161–173. https://www.jstor.org/stable/i394216?refreqid=excelsior%3Abbf6043042c56c9ae615f6af4f3d613b
2016	Pinkwart, N. (2016). Another 25 Years of AIED? Challenges and Opportunities for Intelligent Educational Technologies of the Future. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 26(2), 771–783. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-016-0099-7
2020	Hillman, T., Rensfeldt, A. B., & Ivarsson, J. (2020). Brave new platforms: a possible platform future for highly decentralised schooling. Learning, Media and Technology, 45(1), 7–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2020.1683748
2020	Williamson, B., & Hogan, A. (2020). Commercialisation and privatisation in / of education in the context of Covid-19 (Issue July). Education International.
2021	Facer, K., & Selwyn, N. (2021). Digital technology and the futures of education – towards ‘non – stupid’ optimism (Issue April). UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000377071
2021	Selwyn, N. (2021). Critical data futures. The Sage Handbook of Digital Society, 20.
2022	Williamson, B., & Komljenovic, J. (2022). Investing in imagined digital futures: the techno-financial ‘futuring’ of edtech investors in higher education. Critical Studies in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2022.2081587
2023	Hrastinski, S. (2023). Characteristics of Education Fiction. Postdigital Science and Education, 5(3), 516–522. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-023-00400-0

 

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