@article{sancho-gil_moving_2019, title = {Moving beyond the predictable failure of {Ed}-{Tech} initiatives}, volume = {45}, issn = {1743-9884}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2019.1666873}, doi = {10.1080/17439884.2019.1666873}, abstract = {The development of Information and Communication Technology has created waves of excitement about its power to fix educational problems and improve learning results, prompting a succession of policy efforts to integrate digital technology into education. Educators, schools and corporations are increasingly driving these initiatives. This article makes the argument that a narrow vision of digital technology, which both ignores the complexity of education and wastes valuable public resources, is becoming an obstacle to significant improvement and transformation in education. Utilising our research and experience in the field of educational technology, this paper problematises the common elision of ‘technology’ and ‘digital technology’. From this basis, we then critically reflect on various common approaches to introducing digital technology in education under the guise of promoting equality and digital inclusion. These include national government-led programmes, more recent trends for local school-led initiatives, and the role of non-formal education initiatives led by corporations/foundations. Amidst the varying surface-level ‘failure’ and/or ‘success’ of these approaches, we point to limited underpinning ‘information and knowledge society’ logics in framing the application of digital technology to education. As such we conclude by considering the educational challenges for future Ed-Tech initiatives.}, number = {1}, urldate = {2020-01-23}, journal = {Learning, Media and Technology}, author = {Sancho-Gil, Juana M. and Rivera-Vargas, Pablo and Miño-Puigcercós, Raquel}, month = sep, year = {2019}, note = {EdTechHub.Copy: 2129771:L5ZJ7VXE shortDOI: 10/ggcdkp KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/17439884.2019.1666873 10/ggcdkp 2129771:L5ZJ7VXE 2339240:CXEEHC7A 2339240:K8RVQM7G 2339240:R8SA4YDH 2339240:WW9JKI74 2405685:5ACMB7FC 2405685:FNPABIIG 2405685:K3CJ25QT 2405685:Q2EVH3HK}, keywords = {Educational change, digital technology corporations, educational challenges, educational policies, school improvement}, pages = {1--15}, }