Failures of education technology implementations are attributed to social, psychological, and cultural issues rather than technical shortcomings¶

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q1 i? Seminal studies of why classroom technology did not transform education point to social, psychological, or cultural issues in how stakeholders relate to the technology, not to technical features such as prediction accuracy. → René F. Kizilcec 2023

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René F. Kizilcec 2023¶

René F. Kizilcec. (2023). To Advance AI Use in Education, Focus on Understanding Educators. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-023-00351-4

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The commentary's interpretive argument, citing Cuban, Ames, and Reich: failures of classroom computers, One Laptop Per Child, and MOOCs were "not related to their technical features" but to stakeholders' perceptions, trust, and intentions. No new data are presented.

"the reason why classroom computers were Oversold & Underused, according to Cuban (2009), One Laptop Per Child … died, according to Ames (2019), and recent technological innovations such as MOOCs were a Failure to Disrupt, according to Justin Reich (2020), is not related to their technical features"

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