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Education Technology Society

Education Technology Society

Written by: Neil Selwyn
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Casting a critical eye over the world of digital education, education futures and EdTech.

Join Neil Selwyn as he talks to experts from around the world committed to new ways of thinking about digital technology and education

© 2025 Education Technology Society
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  • Are we seeing a digital backlash in education?
    Jan 9 2026

    Efforts are growing in many countries to get devices out of classrooms and push for a general ‘de-digitisation’ of education.

    Ingrid Forsler (Södertörn University) talks about recent developments in Sweden and how we can make sense of this growing turn against digital education.

    Accompanying reference >>> Forlser, I. et al. (2025). Hijacking the digital backlash in education. Postdigital Science & Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-025-00601-9

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    15 mins
  • Better AI in education … is regulation the answer?
    Dec 5 2025

    We talk with legal expert Liane Colonna (Stockholm University) about the EU ‘AI Act’ and what it means for the use of AI in education.

    To what extent can we rely on regulation to enforce safer and more beneficial forms of AI use in education?

    Accompanying reference >>> Colonna, L. (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED): Towards More Effective Regulation. European Journal of Risk Regulation, doi:10.1017/err.2025.10039

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    26 mins
  • What values should be driving the EdTech of the future?
    Nov 22 2025

    Professor Arathi Sriprakash (University of Oxford) wants us to reimagine edtech along radically different lines.

    What might digital education look like if it was based around principles of reparation, sovereignty, care and democratisation?

    Accompanying reference >>> Sriprakash, A., Williamson, B., Facer, K., Pykett, J. & Valladares Celis, C. (2025) Sociodigital futures of education: reparations, sovereignty, care, and democratisation, Oxford Review of Education, 51:4, 561-578

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    20 mins
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