Ed-Tech within Limits: Anticipating Educational Technology in Times of Environmental Crisis

Autor/in	Selwyn, Neil
Titel	Ed-Tech within Limits: Anticipating Educational Technology in Times of Environmental Crisis
Quelle	In: E-Learning and Digital Media, 18 (2021) 5, S.496-510 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Selwyn, Neil)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2042-7530
DOI	10.1177/20427530211022951
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Physical Environment; Climate; Environmental Education; COVID-19; Pandemics; Sustainable Development; Technology Uses in Education; Electronic Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Natürliche Umwelt; Klima; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen
Abstract	Despite climate heating and rising ecological instability, environmental issues feature rarely in discussions of educational technology. Most commentators presume the continued unfettered use of digital education resources bolstered by occasional claims that emerging technologies might support the 'greening' of school and university provision. In contrast to such business-as-usual complacency, this article anticipates ongoing environmental degradation of the planet as radically upending the continued expansion of digital technologies in education. On the one hand, depletion of natural resources and energy curtailments might put paid to established 'abundant' forms of digital technology use. On the other hand, more frequent climate-related disasters might necessitate emergency forms of education for displaced and unsettled populations. As such, the article argues for a new paradigm of educational technology that is both wholly sustainable and targeted towards displaced and disadvantaged populations. The article considers a number of ways that such an 'Ed-Tech Within Limits' might be pursued -- outlining fundamental shifts in thinking necessary to reorient educational technology along environmentally concerned lines. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01