Intended and Unintended Consequences of Educational Technology on Social Inequality

Tawfik, Andrew A; Reeves, Todd D; Stich, Amy

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Intended and Unintended Consequences of Educational Technology on Social Inequality

Tawfik, Andrew A, Reeves, Todd D, Stich, Amy·2016·TechTrends

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Educational technologies like smartboards have led to greater social inequality.
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Smartboards were disproportionately deployed into high-resourced schools, disproportionately benefited students with high socioeconomic status, and further increased economic disparities along class lines.
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Authors: Tawfik, A. A., Reeves, T. D., & Stich, A.
Affiliations: Northern Illinois University (US)
Corresponding author: Tawfik, Andrew A
ORCID: Tawfik, Andrew A
Reeves, Todd D
Stich, Amy
Venue: TechTrends
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2016-07-25
Volume: 60
Issue: 6
Pages: 598-605
ISSN: 1559-7075 (ISSN-L)
8756-3894
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-016-0109-5
OpenAlex: W2481259854
Cited by: 53
References: 77
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
FWCI: 4.46
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations: TechTrends (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Digital Education and Society
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Innovations and Technology
Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
Keywords: educational technology, social inequality, educational equity, access to education, educational opportunities, achievement gap, unintended consequences, social context of technology

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