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Is Technology Good for Education?

Resource type
Book
Author/contributor
Title
Is Technology Good for Education?
Abstract
Digital technologies are a key feature of contemporary education. Schools, colleges and universities operate along high-tech lines, while alternate forms of online education have emerged to challenge the dominance of traditional institutions. According to many experts, the rapid digitization of education over the past ten years has undoubtedly been a ‘good thing’. Is Technology Good For Education? offers a critical counterpoint to this received wisdom, challenging some of the central ways in which digital technology is presumed to be positively affecting education. Instead Neil Selwyn considers what is being lost as digital technologies become ever more integral to education provision and engagement. Crucially, he questions the values, agendas and interests that stand to gain most from the rise of digital education. This concise, up-to-the-minute analysis concludes by considering alternate approaches that might be capable of rescuing and perhaps revitalizing the ideals of public education, while not denying the possibilities of digital technology altogether.
Place
Cambridge
Publisher
Polity Press
Date
2016
# of Pages
80
Language
en
ISBN
978-0-7456-9650-8
Citation
Selwyn, N. (2016). Is Technology Good for Education? Polity Press.