Education Technology Society
by Neil Selwyn
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'Screen time' ... the unhelpful concept that won’t go away!
'Screen time' ... the unhelpful concept that won’t go away!
About this podcast
Casting a critical eye over the world of digital education, education futures and EdTech.
Join Neil Selwyn as he talks to experts from around the world committed to new ways of thinking about digital technology and education
Episodes
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- 'Screen time' ... the unhelpful concept that won’t go away! · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 4Despite being thoroughly debunked by academics, anxieties around the harmful effects of ‘screen time’ continue to be an inescapable part of debates around children and digital…
- The vulnerabilities of the digitised school · 19 min · Season 4 Episode 3The past few years have seen growing pushback against the presence of digital technology in schools. Sara Mörtsell (Lund University) talks about her research around the…
- Is Estonia leading the world with school AI? · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 2Estonia’s ‘AI Leap’ initiative is being praised as a world-leading attempt to integrate AI into schools. Emanuele Bardone (University of Tartu) talks about how the Estonian…
- Audrey Watters talks about her book ‘Teaching Machines’ (repeat from 2020) · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 1Audrey Watters is a legendary critical voice in the world of education and technology. We rewind back to 2020 when Audrey caught up with Neil Selwyn to discuss the release of her…
- Learning analytics – what do students think? · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 16Learning analytics dashboards and metrics are an increasing presence in higher education. We talk to Hannes Hautz (University of Innsbruck) about his research on students’ mixed…
- Do schools need to be more careful when using social media? · 15 min · Season 3 Episode 15Schools now make extensive use of social media for communication and self-promotion. We talk to Tiffani Apps (University of Wollongong) about the data justice implications of…
- Does GenAI spell the death of the essay? · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 14GenAI is changing the way that schools and universities think about student assessment. We talk to Thomas Corbin (Deakin University) about the future of the written essay in the…
- Digitally empowered students? · 17 min · Season 3 Episode 13How can students and teachers be supported to get the most out of living with digital tech? Prof. Louise Mifsud (Oslo Met) is leading a new project supporting students’ critical…
- Ed-tech as climate criminal? · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 12The environmental harms associated with our tech use are becoming increasingly apparent ... so how should the ed-tech community be responding? Colm O’Neill (South East…
- Ed-tech in times of Trump · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 11Education and technology in the US is currently mired in the volatile politics of the second Trump administration. Dr. Morgan Anderson (University of Northern Iowa) reflects on…
- An ed-tech tragedy … looking back on the COVID-19 pandemic · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 10The COVID-19 pandemic was a significant turning-point in the history of ed-tech. Mark West (UNESCO) argues that we should look back on COVID remote schooling as an ‘Ed-Tech…
- The ethics of AI in education · 18 min · Season 3 Episode 9There is growing talk about ‘AI ethics’ in education. We talk to Michał Wieczorek (University College Dublin) about how to think about tech ethics in a philosophically-grounded…
- Agentic AI and education · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 8Carlo Perrotta (University of Oxford) was researching GenAI in education long before it hit the headlines. We talk about the latest hype around ‘Agentic AI’ and whether this is…
- Are we seeing a digital backlash in education? · 15 min · Season 3 Episode 7Efforts are growing in many countries to get devices out of classrooms and push for a general ‘de-digitisation’ of education. Ingrid Forsler (Södertörn University) talks about…
- Better AI in education … is regulation the answer? · 26 min · Season 3 Episode 6We talk with legal expert Liane Colonna (Stockholm University) about the EU ‘AI Act’ and what it means for the use of AI in education. To what extent can we rely on regulation to…
- What values should be driving the EdTech of the future? · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 5Professor Arathi Sriprakash (University of Oxford) wants us to reimagine edtech along radically different lines. What might digital education look like if it was based around…
- Why using GenAI in education is ‘pedagogically irresponsible’ · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 4Philosopher Gene Flenady (Monash University) has strong reservations about the current push for GenAI into university teaching and learning. If we accept that ChatGPT is an…
- Fostering autonomy in the platformised classroom · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 3Niels Kerssens (Utrecht University) joins us to talk about the concept of 'platformisation' that came out of Utecht led by Jose Van Dijck in the 2010s and how this is now coming…
- Should teachers use AI to write emails to parents? · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 2AI tools are now being sold with the promise of doing all sorts of routine tasks for teachers. We talk to Brad Robinson (Texas State University) about one such tool – MagicSchool…
- Techno-solutionism in education · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 1Why does education keep falling for techno-solutionism, despite the fact that technology does not seem to drastically improve education? Ezechiel Thibaud (The Education…
