The EdTech Equity Project
@edtechequity.bsky.social
University of Oxford researchers. Technology and equity in secondary schools. Equitable EdTech futures.
It was great to be at @bdfi.bsky.social last night to speak with #teachers about #EdTech use and design - huge thanks to all workshop participants and to @lyndsayg.bsky.social for hosting the event! 🤖💡🎓
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
It was great to be at @bdfi.bsky.social last night to speak with #teachers about #EdTech use and design - huge thanks to all workshop participants and to @lyndsayg.bsky.social for hosting the event! 🤖💡🎓
Last call! 📣 All teachers in the Bristol area are welcome at our interactive workshop on 6th November. Participants receive a £50 Amazon voucher!
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@bdfi.bsky.social
More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
@soebristol.bsky.social
@bdfi.bsky.social
More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Last call! 📣 All teachers in the Bristol area are welcome at our interactive workshop on 6th November. Participants receive a £50 Amazon voucher!
@soebristol.bsky.social
@bdfi.bsky.social
More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
@soebristol.bsky.social
@bdfi.bsky.social
More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
1/2 Chomsky's words from over 50 years ago remain pertinent: "There are strong pressures to make use of new educational technology and to design curriculum and teaching methods in the light of the latest scientific advances...
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
1/2 Chomsky's words from over 50 years ago remain pertinent: "There are strong pressures to make use of new educational technology and to design curriculum and teaching methods in the light of the latest scientific advances...
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Wired has just published an in-depth piece on Alpha Schools ... giving us a deep-dive on the realities of AI-driven schools sold on the promise of students plugged into personalised learning systems and doing ('crushing') a full day's schoolwork in only 2 hours: www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Wired has just published an in-depth piece on Alpha Schools ... giving us a deep-dive on the realities of AI-driven schools sold on the promise of students plugged into personalised learning systems and doing ('crushing') a full day's schoolwork in only 2 hours: www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
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'What's At Stake? Young People's Take on AI and Education' - brilliant looking zine produced by young people in the UK telling education leaders & teachers what they want 'responsible AI' to look like in their classrooms.
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.h...
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.h...
What's at stake? Young people's take on AI and education
This zine represents the messages young people wanted to share with decision-makers and educators, to help you make responsible AI a reality in education.
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
'What's At Stake? Young People's Take on AI and Education' - brilliant looking zine produced by young people in the UK telling education leaders & teachers what they want 'responsible AI' to look like in their classrooms.
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.h...
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.h...
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Women are 19% less likely to use the internet and 8% less likely to own a mobile phone than men.
That’s 320 million fewer women online and 190 million fewer with phones globally 🌍
That’s 320 million fewer women online and 190 million fewer with phones globally 🌍
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Women are 19% less likely to use the internet and 8% less likely to own a mobile phone than men.
That’s 320 million fewer women online and 190 million fewer with phones globally 🌍
That’s 320 million fewer women online and 190 million fewer with phones globally 🌍
"...these platform-driven bureaucratic processes, although seemingly mundane, reconfigure teacher-student interactions, redistribute pedagogical authority, and introduce complex layers of administrative work into everyday schooling." #EdTech #schooling #platforms doi.org/10.1080/1743...
Platform bureaucratization as pedagogy in highly platformized classrooms
This article examines the rise of platform bureaucratization in highly digitalized classrooms. Drawing on an ethnographic study in a Swedish lower secondary school, we examine how teachers and stud...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"...these platform-driven bureaucratic processes, although seemingly mundane, reconfigure teacher-student interactions, redistribute pedagogical authority, and introduce complex layers of administrative work into everyday schooling." #EdTech #schooling #platforms doi.org/10.1080/1743...
"At stake [...] is not simply the use of new tools, but the redefinition of education through a datafied epistemology that prioritises visibility and calculability over dialogue and experience." Insightful new paper on data-driven classrooms by @lulushi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1743...
Making education manageable: school management systems and the discursive construction of data-driven classrooms
This study investigates the growing influence of school management systems in U.K. schools, focusing on how these tools discursively conceptualise core aspects of classroom education. Through a dis...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
"At stake [...] is not simply the use of new tools, but the redefinition of education through a datafied epistemology that prioritises visibility and calculability over dialogue and experience." Insightful new paper on data-driven classrooms by @lulushi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1743...
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One of the most dangerous things about generative AI in education is its lack of transparency and accountability, as many of us have said before. This is a very good post on edtech vendors flogging opaque genAI student analytics (from LinkedIn, sorry)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-a...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-a...
When AI “Analyzes” Your Students: What Is Actually Happening?
Gen AI analytics offer great descriptive content, but is it accurate and reliable? Can we explain to stakeholders how it arrived at particular conclusions? Nick Potkalitsky Oct 02, 2025 Here’s a piece...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
One of the most dangerous things about generative AI in education is its lack of transparency and accountability, as many of us have said before. This is a very good post on edtech vendors flogging opaque genAI student analytics (from LinkedIn, sorry)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-a...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-a...
"...England’s largest education union warns against ‘tutoring on a shoestring’ and says many disadvantaged students need direct contact with teachers." www.tes.com/magazine/new...
DfE to encourage AI tutors in schools
But England’s largest education union warns against ‘tutoring on a shoestring’ and says many disadvantaged students need direct contact with teachers
www.tes.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
"...England’s largest education union warns against ‘tutoring on a shoestring’ and says many disadvantaged students need direct contact with teachers." www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Looking forward to sharing some our findings at this event in November! @erpioe.bsky.social #EdTech #equity #schools www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...
Technology and Classroom Practice: what needs to change
In this webinar, John Gordon, David Lundie and Rebecca Eynon will discuss technology’s place in the secondary school classroom, why current practice needs to change and how that could happen.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Looking forward to sharing some our findings at this event in November! @erpioe.bsky.social #EdTech #equity #schools www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...
📣 Calling all teachers in the Bristol area! Come to our interactive workshop and receive a £50 Amazon voucher!
@soebristol.bsky.social
@bdfi.bsky.social
More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
@soebristol.bsky.social
@bdfi.bsky.social
More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
📣 Calling all teachers in the Bristol area! Come to our interactive workshop and receive a £50 Amazon voucher!
@soebristol.bsky.social
@bdfi.bsky.social
More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
@soebristol.bsky.social
@bdfi.bsky.social
More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
"Too many so-called human-centred EdTech tools arrive as closed-box, efficiency-driven products; automating tasks while neglecting educator empowerment, learner belonging and nurturing pedagogy." Karimi (2025) @unesco.org
#Education #AI #Schools #Teachers #EdTech
#Education #AI #Schools #Teachers #EdTech
unesdoc.unesco.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Too many so-called human-centred EdTech tools arrive as closed-box, efficiency-driven products; automating tasks while neglecting educator empowerment, learner belonging and nurturing pedagogy." Karimi (2025) @unesco.org
#Education #AI #Schools #Teachers #EdTech
#Education #AI #Schools #Teachers #EdTech
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"we are now seeing the emergence of the single platform solution, notably from big tech companies like Microsoft, with apps to cover all aspects of school life—from precise monitoring of student learning through to expense management and human resources" - great paper by @lucipangrazio.bsky.social
New paper alert! In this article I look at the rise of the 'single platform solution' in schools driven by big tech. Very difficult to keep corporate logics at bay!
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<em>British Journal of Educational Technology</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article examines recent trends in the data infrastructures of Australian schools. Data interoperability has become integral to school operations as it enables data to flow between the array of .....
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"we are now seeing the emergence of the single platform solution, notably from big tech companies like Microsoft, with apps to cover all aspects of school life—from precise monitoring of student learning through to expense management and human resources" - great paper by @lucipangrazio.bsky.social
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"platform-driven bureaucratic processes, although seemingly mundane, reconfigure teacher-student interactions, redistribute pedagogical authority, and introduce complex layers of administrative work into everyday schooling" doi.org/10.1080/1743...
Platform bureaucratization as pedagogy in highly platformized classrooms
This article examines the rise of platform bureaucratization in highly digitalized classrooms. Drawing on an ethnographic study in a Swedish lower secondary school, we examine how teachers and stud...
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"platform-driven bureaucratic processes, although seemingly mundane, reconfigure teacher-student interactions, redistribute pedagogical authority, and introduce complex layers of administrative work into everyday schooling" doi.org/10.1080/1743...
📣 Calling all teachers in the Bristol area! Come to our interactive workshop and receive a £50 Amazon voucher! @soebristol.bsky.social @bdfi.bsky.social More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
October 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📣 Calling all teachers in the Bristol area! Come to our interactive workshop and receive a £50 Amazon voucher! @soebristol.bsky.social @bdfi.bsky.social More info here: edtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/workshops/wo... #Teachers #EdTech #Bristol
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Once again, there is a good history of critical research on AI in education which both pre-dates chatgpt and provides insights to inform how we should respond to AI in education now bsky.app/profile/benp...
A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
October 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Once again, there is a good history of critical research on AI in education which both pre-dates chatgpt and provides insights to inform how we should respond to AI in education now bsky.app/profile/benp...
A super helpful anthology on the philosophical, ethical and pedagogical dilemmas posed by disruptive influence of AI in education by @unesco.org #Education #AI #Schools #Teachers #EdTech
unesdoc.unesco.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A super helpful anthology on the philosophical, ethical and pedagogical dilemmas posed by disruptive influence of AI in education by @unesco.org #Education #AI #Schools #Teachers #EdTech
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We’re proud to share our new Annual Report, showcasing the Department’s key activities and achievements from the past academic year💡
Discover highlights from our research, impact, and teaching, and explore our major new projects that are shaping the future of education.
Read report: bit.ly/479Fe8V
Discover highlights from our research, impact, and teaching, and explore our major new projects that are shaping the future of education.
Read report: bit.ly/479Fe8V
October 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We’re proud to share our new Annual Report, showcasing the Department’s key activities and achievements from the past academic year💡
Discover highlights from our research, impact, and teaching, and explore our major new projects that are shaping the future of education.
Read report: bit.ly/479Fe8V
Discover highlights from our research, impact, and teaching, and explore our major new projects that are shaping the future of education.
Read report: bit.ly/479Fe8V
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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
Professor Arday will explore new ways of thinking together about equality, equity and diversity in education.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/48jJ5ST
October 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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
Professor Arday will explore new ways of thinking together about equality, equity and diversity in education.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/48jJ5ST
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📢 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...
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
October 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📢 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...
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...
“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
October 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“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
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“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
October 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“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...