%0 Generic %1 unitednationseducationaledtech %A West, Mark %A UNESCO, %D 2023 %K covid19 edtech education schools technology %T An ed-tech tragedy? Educational technologies and school closures in the time of COVID-19 %U https://www.unesco.org/en/digital-education/ed-tech-tragedy %X The COVID-19 pandemic pushed education from schools to educational technologies at a pace and scale with no historical precedent. For hundreds of millions of students formal learning became fully dependent on technology – whether internet-connected digital devices, televisions or radios. An Ed-Tech Tragedy? examines the numerous adverse and unintended consequences of the shift to ed-tech. It documents how technology-first solutions left a global majority of learners behind and details the many ways education was diminished even when technology was available and worked as intended. In unpacking what went wrong, the book extracts lessons and recommendations to ensure that technology facilitates, rather than subverts, efforts to ensure the universalprovision of inclusive, equitable and human-centred public education. %@ 9789231006111

@misc{unitednationseducationaledtech, abstract = {The COVID-19 pandemic pushed education from schools to educational technologies at a pace and scale with no historical precedent. For hundreds of millions of students formal learning became fully dependent on technology – whether internet-connected digital devices, televisions or radios. An Ed-Tech Tragedy? examines the numerous adverse and unintended consequences of the shift to ed-tech. It documents how technology-first solutions left a global majority of learners behind and details the many ways education was diminished even when technology was available and worked as intended. In unpacking what went wrong, the book extracts lessons and recommendations to ensure that technology facilitates, rather than subverts, efforts to ensure the universalprovision of inclusive, equitable and human-centred public education.}, added-at = {2023-10-15T12:21:25.000+0200}, author = {West, Mark and UNESCO}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2146d9d874bf7ccc9ac2748ac8f6a13d8/yish}, comment = {Foreword by Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO Includes bibliography}, interhash = {3b8139c8ae42d343d204ea4fb610c0c4}, intrahash = {146d9d874bf7ccc9ac2748ac8f6a13d8}, isbn = {9789231006111}, keywords = {covid19 edtech education schools technology}, timestamp = {2023-10-15T12:22:19.000+0200}, title = {An ed-tech tragedy? Educational technologies and school closures in the time of COVID-19}, url = {https://www.unesco.org/en/digital-education/ed-tech-tragedy}, year = 2023 }