The digital backlash in education – critical & postdigital perspectives
Date: 06.02.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Conference / symposium
Format: hybrid
Location: Huddinge, Sweden
Event Fee: Free
Organizer(s):
Södertörn University Stockholm
The hype surrounding digital technologies in education has now partly been replaced with a opposite tendency where schools worldwide are going back to printed books and banning mobile phones from the classroom. At the same time, digital technologies are deeply embedded in educational practices and the global ed-tech industry is thriving. In this panel, four distinguished researchers from the field of media and education will give their perspectives on this development: Neil Selwyn, Professor in the Faculty of Education (Monash University, Australia) Petar Jandrić, Professor of Information Science (Zagreb University of Applied Science, Croatia) Felicitas Macgilchrist, Professor of Digital Education and Schooling (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany) Sarah Hayes, Professor of Education and Research Lead (Bath Spa University, UK) The plenary discussion can be attended on site at Södertörn University or as a webinar. Academic Writers’ Workshop (2 hours) External link. For on-site participants, there will also be a workshop session in academic publishing in the afternoon. The Academic Writers’ Workshop is designed for people who wish to develop their abstracts and presentations into publications, or for those with papers that are nearing submission, who would like to improve their work through constructive critique from experienced academic journal editors. The workshop begins with participant introductions followed by a short talk. Based on their work as editors of Postdigital Science and Education (Petar Jandrić & Sarah Hayes) and Learning, Media and Technology (Felicitas Macgilchrist) the workshop convenors look into the intersections between political economy of academic publishing, review processes, and approaches to editorial decisions. After the talk, participants will split into three groups to discuss their ideas for articles and receive feedback. Abstracts and draft articles are sent to the workshop convenors in beforehand.
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