The Great Promise of Educational Technology

This book critically looks at the tensions between the promise to transform education through the use of digital technology and the tendency to utilize digital technology in instrumental and technical ways. The widespread use of digital technology has had a remarkable effect on almost every domain of human life. This technological change has caused governments, educational departments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to recognize the need to develop educational plans that would support the social and the cultural changes that have occurred with the ubiquitous permeation of digital technology into our everyday lives. This book challenges common assumptions regarding digital technology and education, through critical exploration of educational policies, interviews, and class observations in the US and Israel. In doing so, the author sheds light on the possibilities of advancing digital citizenship under current educational policies.

Presents new insights regarding citizenship and education in the digital age Offers a constructive model for developing and advancing digital citizenship Provides examples of how digital technology can be harnessed to overcome some of the challenges of globalization

Autorentext

Dan Mamlok is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Tel Aviv University. His primary areas of scholarship include philosophy of education, sociocultural studies of education, technology in education, and aesthetic education. His research explores the sociocultural aspects of integrating technology and education and specifically deals with questions pertaining to democracy, education, and citizenship.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Chapter 2: Why do we have to worry about Globalization at all?.- Chapter 3:"Turning on the Lights? or the great Promise of Digital Technology to Transform Education.- Part II: Chapter 4: Introduction to Part II.- Chapter 5: Understanding the Matter, Disconnecting the World.- Chapter 6: Personalizing or Commodifying Instruction? On Personalized Learning and Student Collaboration.- Chapter 7: Learning through Disturbance.- Chapter 8: Reading the World Precedes Reading the Tweet.- Chapter 9: Advancing Digital Citizenship.- Epilogue,- Appendix: Site Descriptions and Participants.- Index.