Technology's role in education is dual: it can facilitate human flourishing when designed and implemented with attention to context, but can impede learning outcomes and produce harms when implemented without caution¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r1 · q1
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Choosing suitable educational technology hinges on contextual economic, political, cultural and social conditions, which shape EdTech's policies, implementation and potential to reduce or exacerbate inequalities. → Singh 2025 q1 i? Lack of rigorous and ethical EdTech implementation can lead to algorithm bias, a greater digital divide, misinformation, privacy concerns, and increased teacher apprehension and stress. → Singh 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Singh 2025¶

Singh, N. C., Gilead, T., Chakraborty, A., Van Herwegen, J., van Atteveldt, N., Borst, G., Bugden, S., Jasinska, K., Kay, J., Pugh, K., & Duraiappah, A. (2025). A new education agenda based on The International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment. npj Science of Learning 10, 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00288-w

q1 · i? · review · r1

Assessment synthesis in the Teachers and Technology section, drawing on cited learning-sciences literature: technology shows potential for "facilitating humanflourishing" but "can impede desired learning outcomes" when implemented without caution. No effect sizes are printed.

"Evidence shows technology’s potential in facilitating humanflourishing26,35,36. However, when technology is designed and implemented without caution, it can impede desired learning outcomes37,38."

Singh 2025 (2)¶

Singh, N. C., Gilead, T., Chakraborty, A., Van Herwegen, J., van Atteveldt, N., Borst, G., Bugden, S., Jasinska, K., Kay, J., Pugh, K., & Duraiappah, A. (2025). A new education agenda based on The International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment. npj Science of Learning 10, 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00288-w

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Assessment synthesis in the Teachers and Technology section listing harms of uncautious implementation: "algorithm bias, a greater digital divide, misinforma- tion, privacy concerns, and increased teacher apprehension and stress". An argumentative synthesis, not a measured result.

"a lack of rigorous and ethical EdTech imple- mentation can lead to algorithm bias, a greater digital divide, misinforma- tion, privacy concerns, and increased teacher apprehension and stress"

Discussion¶

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