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Department of Education, University of Oxford @education.ox.ac.uk · 2d

Join Professor Jason Arday (@cam.ac.uk) for our annual Equity, Diversity and Belonging Lecture on 29 October at 5.30pm.

Professor Arday will explore new ways of thinking together about equality, equity and diversity in education.

Register ➡️ bit.ly/48jJ5ST

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UCL Public Policy @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social · 4d

📢 What matters in education?
Join the next event on 8 Oct, 5.30–7pm for key insights into teacher recruitment & retention from two ERP projects.

🎙️ Speakers from Oxford & Durham
🗣️ Respondents from UCL, Teach First & Birmingham

🔗 Book now:
www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...

Addressing key issues in teacher recruitment and retention: findings from two ERP projects

In this webinar, Stephen Gorard, Rob Klassen and Rebecca Snell will discuss findings from their two very different projects designed to make a difference to teacher recruitment and retention. In conve...

www.ucl.ac.uk

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · 8d

“This finding highlights an interesting paradox: the young people who are telling us that they are struggling academically are also reporting increased negative experiences on their smartphones, yet they are also the group most resistant to having their phone use restricted.” tinyurl.com/4xse4xsb

Smartphone use hitting struggling pupils hardest, major study finds | UWE Bristol

Young people struggling at school are more likely to have negative experiences on their smartphones than their better performing peers, a study has found.

www.uwe.ac.uk

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 10d

“Apps may promise to optimize parenting, but ultimately, they threaten to sap its intimacy & humanness,” Miranda Rake writes. “Rather than dismantling families’ to-do lists, the apps tend to encourage a do-it-all model...that constantly demands more from parents.” www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

AI Is Coming for Parents

Apps are promising to ease the job of child-rearing—but they’re missing something crucial.

www.theatlantic.com

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · 11d

📣Calling all secondary school #teachers & #EdTech companies! Don't miss our latest workshop with
@soebristol.bsky.social
on designing and using more equitable EdTech. £50 Amazon voucher for all attendees! #EdTechEquity #UKEdu #UKedchat edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo...

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · 11d

"To guard against overreliance on industry marketing and the amplified risks of emerging AI systems, schools must articulate their own needs and values first, adopt platforms selectively, and seek policy safeguards that protect their educational mission."

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 16d

Edtech platforms "are not neutral 'tools' but complex ecosystems shaped by technical architectures, commercial imperatives, and political-economic interests." Excellent new policy brief on edtech platforms from @nepc.bsky.social and @philnichols.bsky.social

National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 16d

New policy brief: Educators should reassess the hidden impacts of ed tech ecosystems on teaching, learning, and student data. bit.ly/46C2JXT

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · 11d

📣Calling all secondary school #teachers & #EdTech companies! Don't miss our latest workshop with
@soebristol.bsky.social
on designing and using more equitable EdTech. £50 Amazon voucher for all attendees! #EdTechEquity #UKEdu #UKedchat edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo...

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Learning, Media and Technology @lmt-journal.bsky.social · 19d

🟨 New Publication in #LMT 🟪

In this paper Apps, Beckman, Pawlicka & @drpaulkidson.bsky.social conceptualise school’s social media platforms as a fields of practice, affecting home and school relations.

Read more (🔓): tinyurl.com/2pu7phhb

The nature of connection: parents’ experiences with school social
media
by Tiffani Apps, Karley Beckman, Nataszia Pawlicka and Paul Kidson
ABSTRACT

Contemporary schools have embraced the use of social media platforms, such as Facebook, to connect with parents, students, and the broader community. Despite an established body of critical research that highlights the power of platforms to shape social practice, there is a paucity of research that considers the impacts of school social media practice. This study employs a practice theory lens to examine school social media as practice with a focus on the platform together with the everyday situated experiences of parents. Through in-depth qualitative case studies, the paper aims to understand the experiences of six Australian parents as they manoeuvre within and across school, home and platform fields. Data were collected from an online questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, and social media walkthroughs. Key findings highlighted tensions rather than connections at the intersection of home, school and social media. The obfuscated logic of the platform and limited space for parents to enact protective strategies within school structures amplified these tensions. The increasing concerns surrounding social media platforms and their impact on society, including the participants within this study, highlight the need for greater attention to the subtle ways in which schools, parents and children are implicated under the guise of connection.

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · 12d

We can’t believe it’s been two weeks since we were at the 2nd International Children & Youth Perspectives conference! A great few days connecting with colleagues, learning about innovative approaches to research with children, and sharing findings on how #EdTech is reshaping literacy practices 🤖📚

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Aug 29

Looking for some good reading about AI in education? Check out this new special issue "Theorizing the Future of Generative AI in Education" just out @lmt-journal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjem20/5...

Learning, Media and Technology

Theorizing the Future of Generative AI. Guest Editors: Maureen Ebben and Julien Murphy. Volume 50, Issue 3 of Learning, Media and Technology

www.tandfonline.com

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Neil Selwyn @neilselwyn.bsky.social · 18d

For those who don't know, I produce a podcast featuring some of the latest thinking in the critical studies of education & tech.

We have just kicked off our third season with an episode on 'Technosolutionism' ... please take a listen & subscribe!

www.buzzsprout.com/1301377

A grey poster with black writing and a pixelated hand pointing to the text.

Season three now starting! Education Technology Society - a critical podcast about digital education.

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Neil Selwyn @neilselwyn.bsky.social · Aug 21

AI Dilemmas for Teachers - *free resources & posters* ... a set of high-def colour resources featuring real-life examples from our research on teachers' experiences of AI ...

Feel free to print off, share widely and use in your own professional learning sessions!

www.monash.edu/education/re...

blue poster with picture of robot teacher - title "AI dilemmas - real life examples from Australian teachers" - vignette and questions for use in professional learning sessions

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · Jul 22

Great to be at the @connectedbydata.org design lab on supporting collective school decision making on AI and education technology! Lots of rich discussions and many important insights to think about💡 #edtech #education #equity

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Jul 11

Could edtech and AI in education be imagined otherwise? In our paper in latest issue of Oxford Review of Education @arathings.bsky.social, Carolina Valladares Celis, Jessica Pykett, @kerifacer.bsky.social and I surface four alternative orientations to tech in education (1/2) doi.org/10.1080/0305...

Sociodigital futures of education: reparations, sovereignty, care, and democratisation

As EdTech industries grow in reach and power it is imperative to motivate conditions for ethical challenge and contestation, always remaining attentive to the kinds of education futures that domina...

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · Jun 24

Last chance to register for our Manchester workshop on Monday 7th July for secondary school #teachers & #EdTech companies! Please share widely and hope to see you there! #EdTechEquity #UKEdu #UKedchat edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo...

WORKSHOP: Designing EdTech for Equity (Manchester)

This workshop is an important opportunity for teachers and EdTech companies to think collaboratively about equitable EdTech design and use in secondary school contexts.

edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · Jun 24

Last chance to register for our Bristol workshop on Friday 4th July for secondary school #teachers & #EdTech companies! Please share widely and hope to see you there! #EdTechEquity #UKEdu #UKedchat
edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo...

WORKSHOP: Designing EdTech for Equity (Bristol)

This workshop is an important opportunity for teachers and EdTech companies to think collaboratively about equitable EdTech design and its use in school contexts.

edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk

The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · Jun 20

An excellent couple of days at the inaugural #ECCES conference - great to share some findings from the project and to engage in lots of lively, critical conversations on all things #edtech, teaching and learning 🇨🇭☀️ @erpioe.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · Jun 17

📣Calling secondary school #teachers & #EdTech companies! We are thrilled to be collaborating with Manchester Metropolitan University for this workshop on designing and using EdTech for equity! Please share widely and hope to see you there! #EdTechEquity #UKEdu #UKedchat

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · Jun 17

📣Calling secondary school #teachers & #EdTech companies! We are thrilled to be collaborating with
@soebristol.bsky.social for this workshop on designing and using EdTech for equity! Please share widely and hope to see you there! #EdTechEquity #UKEdu #UKedchat

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · May 28

A race is on to produce statistical evidence of the effects of AI in education. It's leading to a rush of viral studies that play well on social media but don't stand up so well to methodological scrutiny. New post codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/e...

Enumerating AI effects in education

Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Over recent weeks, controversy has surfaced over research publications claiming to show statistical evidence that generative AI has beneficial effects on learning.…

codeactsineducation.wordpress.com

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Department of Education, University of Oxford @education.ox.ac.uk · May 29

📣 We're hiring an Associate Professor of Digital Education to join the Critical Digital Education Research Group and lead the Digital & Social Change pathway of our MSc in Education.

Interested? Apply now!
🔗 bit.ly/4kwmqFQ
Deadline: 6 June

#Edusky #HigherEdJobs

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · May 28

📣Calling secondary school #teachers & #EdTech companies! We are thrilled to be collaborating with @soebristol.bsky.social for this workshop on designing and using EdTech for equity! Please share widely and hope to see you there! #EdTechEquity #UKEdu #UKedchat

Lyndsay Grant @lyndsayg.bsky.social · May 28

Can tech support equity in schools?

Teachers and edtech developers in SW UK - please join us for a workshop on designing and using edtech for equity.

Please share!

School of Education, University of Bristol @soebristol.bsky.social · May 27

Calling all teachers and education technology developers! 📢

The University of Bristol and the University of Oxford are hosting a free, interactive workshop to reflect on the design and use of EdTech in secondary schools on Friday 4th July, 10am-3pm at the Bristol Digital Futures Institute.

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · Apr 10

Our research highlights that the evidence base schools may rely on to make decisions about EdTech is lacking. Read about our recent submission to the EEB evidence board here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/reconfigurin...

@erpioe.bsky.social @oxforddeptofed.bsky.social

Reconfiguring EdTech Evidence: Response to the EEB’s call for evidence

The EdTech Equity project's response to the EdTech Evidence Board's call for evidence.

edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk

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Department of Education, University of Oxford @education.ox.ac.uk · Mar 28

The Reparative Futures of Education (Repair-Ed) team have launched a new online interactive archive: A People’s History of Schooling in Bristol 🏫

Explore how people have faced, and challenged, racial and classed injustices in education in Bristol ➡️ www.repair-ed.uk/stories/

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The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social · Mar 25

Great to be in Chicago learning about EdTech research across the globe and to share what we are finding re: the gap between aspirational visions of education in a digital society and the realities of everyday classroom practices in England #CIES2025💡📚 @erpioe.bsky.social @oxforddeptofed.bsky.social

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