Failure to Disrupt - Why Technology Alone Cant Transform Education

From MOOCs to autograders to computerized tutors, technologies designed for large-scale learning have never lived up to the hype. Despite its promise, Justin Reich shows that technology cannot transform our classrooms on its own. Successful education reform, he concludes, will focus on incremental institutional change, not the next killer app.

Info autore

Justin Reich is Mitsui Career Development Professor of Comparative Media Studies and Director of the Teaching Systems Lab at MIT. He is the host of the TeachLab podcast and has written about education and technology for Education Week, New Yorker, The Atlantic, Washington Post, and Science.

Riassunto

From MOOCs to autograders to computerized tutors, technologies designed for large-scale learning have never lived up to the hype. Despite its promise, Justin Reich shows that technology cannot transform our classrooms on its own. Successful education reform, he concludes, will focus on incremental institutional change, not the next killer app.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Benjamin Garstad, Justin Reich
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780674278684
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27868-4
• Pagine: 336
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; EDUCATION / Computers & Technology, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, COMPUTERS / Educational Software, EDUCATION / Distance, Open & Online Education, Technology: general issues, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy, Open learning, home learning, distance education, Open learning, distance education, EDUCATION / Teaching / General