Is Technology Good for Education?

Neil Selwyn is Professor at the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne.

• Preface1. Digital Technology and Educational Change2. Making Education More Democratic?3. Making Education More Personalized?4. Making Education More Calculable?5. Making Education More Commercial?6. Education "Good" and the Digital Ð So What Needs To Change?Notes

"With all the hype about education technologies and their potential for 'disruption', it's vital to scrutinize what these technologies promise and what they can and cannot do. Selwyn's book offers a much-needed critical analysis of education technology, moving beyond the overly simplified positions that ed-tech is good or ed-tech is bad or ed-tech is even inevitable.'Audrey Watters, Education Writer and author of the blog Hack Education "Neil Selwyn is one of the most informed and incisive writers on technology in education today. This short, accessible book provides a powerful antidote to the inflated cyber-hype that is spun by educationalists, politicians and technology marketers alike."David Buckingham, Loughborough University "Many policy-makers, educators and providers have assumed technology is good for education. In this incisive and provocative book, Selwyn insists they think again - not because technology is inherently problematic, but because our society is, designing and deploying technology to serve some interests more than others."Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science"The book opens up �new� ways of thinking and conceptualising digital education. All those in education, whether they are �technophiles� or �technophobic�, must read this book."Educational Futures