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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/an-ed-tech-tragedy-technology-crisis-and
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SUMMARY:An Ed-Tech tragedy? Technology\, crisis and future of education
DESCRIPTION:4 February\, 1-2pm GMT\nREGISTER HERE\nJoin this REAL Centre se
 minar in person at the Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge\, or
  online\, to hear from invited speakers:\nMark West\, Education Specialist
 \, UNESCO and David Hollow\, Research Director\, EdTech Hub\nThis seminar 
 presents UNESCO’s global – and critical – analysis of what happened 
 when technology became the backbone for education in countries around the 
 world during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will distil findings from UNESCO’
 s much-discussed book An Ed-Tech Tragedy? and explain how pandemic modes o
 f learning have rippled into the educational present and are shaping the f
 uture of education.\nLooking at ed-tech experiences of the pandemic throug
 h the lenses of inclusion\, equity\, health\, surveillance\, privatisation
 \, control\, resilience and environmental sustainability\, audience member
 s will be invited to ‘resee’ a turbulent chapter of education history 
 – and its repercussions for how we understand the purposes and roles of 
 technology in education.\nThe presentation will propose ideas to help reor
 ient the digital transformation of education\, reflecting lessons learned 
 during the pandemic.\nThis event is organised by the Research for Equitabl
 e Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the Faculty of Education\, Universi
 ty of Cambridge\, in collaboration with the EdTech Hub and UNESCO.\n&nbsp\
 ;\n&nbsp\;
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