There is no going back to pre-Covid edtech scepticism

Educators now accept that digital tools are neither inapplicable to educational settings nor incompatible with sector values, says Jo Johnson

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August 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021
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#1 Submitted by davep@... on August 25, 2021 - 8:08am
OpenSource and Linux.
#2 Submitted by philip.... on August 25, 2021 - 11:27am
I hate when it's referred to as "the sector". It's another indicator that a profession that was once inspired by scientific progress and the pursuit of truth has been reduced to its outer shell that merely follows the money -- another industry sector like tourism and manufacturing, with the awful but creeping consequence that our society is getting dumber by the day.

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