Education Technology Society

Neil Selwyn

Casting a critical eye over the world of digital education, education futures and EdTech.   Join Neil Selwyn as he talks to experts from around the world committed to new ways of thinking about digital technology and education

  1. 6D AGO

    The ethics of AI in education

    There is growing talk about ‘AI ethics’ in education.  We talk to Michał Wieczorek (University College Dublin) about how to think about tech ethics in a philosophically-grounded manner, and how much of the current push for AI in education is ethically questionable.  Accompanying reference >>> Wieczorek, M., Hosseini, M., & Gordijn, B. (2025). Unpacking the ethics of using AI in primary and secondary education: a systematic literature review. AI and Ethics, 1-19.

    18 min

  2. JAN 27

    Agentic AI and education

    Carlo Perrotta (University of Oxford) was researching GenAI in education long before it hit the headlines.  We talk about the latest hype around ‘Agentic AI’ and whether this is genuinely a game-changer or simply a desperate attempt to sustain the GenAI hype bubble.  Accompanying reference >>>  Perrotta, C.  (2024). Plug-and-play education: Knowledge and learning in the age of platforms and artificial intelligence. Routledge.

    19 min

  3. JAN 9

    Are we seeing a digital backlash in education?

    Efforts are growing in many countries to get devices out of classrooms and push for a general ‘de-digitisation’ of education.   Ingrid Forsler (Södertörn University) talks about recent developments in Sweden and how we can make sense of this growing turn against digital education.   Accompanying reference >>>  Forlser, I. et al.  (2025).  Hijacking the digital backlash in education.  Postdigital Science & Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-025-00601-9

    15 min

  4. 12/05/2025

    Better AI in education … is regulation the answer?

    We talk with legal expert Liane Colonna (Stockholm University) about the EU ‘AI Act’ and what it means for the use of AI in education.  To what extent can we rely on regulation to enforce safer and more beneficial forms of AI use in education?  Accompanying reference >>>  Colonna, L. (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED): Towards More Effective Regulation. European Journal of Risk Regulation, doi:10.1017/err.2025.10039

    26 min

  5. 11/22/2025

    What values should be driving the EdTech of the future?

    Professor Arathi Sriprakash (University of Oxford) wants us to reimagine edtech along radically different lines.    What might digital education look like if it was based around principles of reparation, sovereignty, care and democratisation?  Accompanying reference >>>  Sriprakash, A., Williamson, B., Facer, K., Pykett, J. & Valladares Celis, C. (2025) Sociodigital futures of education: reparations, sovereignty, care, and democratisation, Oxford Review of Education, 51:4, 561-578

    20 min

  6. 11/08/2025

    Why using GenAI in education is ‘pedagogically irresponsible’

    Philosopher Gene Flenady (Monash University) has strong reservations about the current push for GenAI into university teaching and learning.  If we accept that ChatGPT is an ‘irresponsible bullshitter’ then why is it being welcomed into universities … and what can we do about it?  Accompanying reference >>>  Flenady, G. & Sparrow, R. (2025). Cut the b******t: why GenAI systems are neither collaborators nor tutors. Teaching in Higher Education, 1-10.

    20 min

  7. 10/21/2025

    Fostering autonomy in the platformised classroom

    Niels Kerssens (Utrecht University) joins us to talk about the concept of 'platformisation' that came out of Utecht led by Jose Van Dijck in the 2010s and how this is now coming to bear on the classrooms and schools of 2025.  We also talk about Niels’ new concept of ‘digital autonomy innovators’ and the growing demand for more collaborative and non-corporate forms of ed-tech. Accompanying reference >>>  Kerssens, N. & van Es, K. (2025). Fostering autonomy in the digital classroom. in Governing the digital society. (pp. 227-244). Amsterdam University Press.

    20 min

  8. 10/01/2025

    Should teachers use AI to write emails to parents?

    AI tools are now being sold with the promise of doing all sorts of routine tasks for teachers. We talk to Brad Robinson (Texas State University) about one such tool – MagicSchool AI – and the growing temptation for teachers to let GenAI do their work for them. Accompanying reference >>>  Robinson, B. & Leander, K. (2025). ‘I hope this email finds you well’: how synthetic affect circulates through MagicSchool AI. Learning, Media and Technology, 1-13

    19 min
See All (42)

Trailer

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

Casting a critical eye over the world of digital education, education futures and EdTech.   Join Neil Selwyn as he talks to experts from around the world committed to new ways of thinking about digital technology and education

Information

  • Creator
    Neil Selwyn
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Education Technology Society
  • Show Website
    Education Technology Society

You Might Also Like