There are clear potential time saving benefits. But how these tools might affect the teaching profession more broadly needs to be considered.
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Humanity is the only species on earth for whom intelligence is also an ethical liability.
Policymakers, tech companies and schools should all be part of conversations about how our society is responsible for the new realities of tech in the home after COVID-19 lockdowns.
With a rapidly expanding ‘edtech’ market, it’s easy for teachers and parents to be confused about what’s on offer, how to use it and whether it will help students learn.
A UK controversy about school leavers’ marks shows algorithms can get things wrong. To ensure algorithms are as fair as possible, how they work and the trade-offs involved must be made clear.
Hearing technologies combined with artificial intelligence can be used to enrich the learning environment.
Interviews with students, tutors, tech workers and university administrators reveal the problems with online exam monitoring systems — but also show they’re unlikely to go away.
The coronavirus pandemic has entrenched educational technologies in schools. Parents and guardians have been forced to relinquish their children’s privacy, without assurance of protection.
At the national and school levels, education technology (also known as EdTech) is closing the learning gap.
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