A leader in educational technology separates truth from hype, explaining what tech canβand canβtβdo to transform our classrooms. Proponents of large-scale learning have boldly promised that technology can disrupt traditional approaches to schooling, radically accelerating learning and democratizing
Failure to disrupt: why technology alone can't transform education /
β Scribed by Justin Reich.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 340
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Prologue
Introduction: Education Technologyβs Unrequited Disruption
Part I: Three Genres of Learning at Scale
1. Instructor-Guided Learning at Scale: Massive Open Online Courses
2. Algorithm-Guided Learning at Scale: Adaptive Tutors and Computer-Assisted Instruction
3. Peer-Guided Learning at Scale: Networked Learning Communities
4. Testing the Genres of Learning at Scale: Learning Games
Part II: Dilemmas in Learning at Scale
5. The Curse of the Familiar
6. The Edtech Matthew Effect
7. The Trap of Routine Assessment
8. The Toxic Power of Data and Experiments
Conclusion: Preparing for the Next Learning-at-Scale Hype Cycle
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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