A tool to visualise interrelated technologies, conditions, and practices.
How to use the edtech ecosystem
Explore the edtech ecosystem to learn about the ways in which computing models are becoming integrated across student, professional, sectoral, and societal conditions
Discover how these technologies are adopted and adapted across everyday organisational practices
Use the ecosystem tool to decide which technologies, conditions, and practices you would like to learn more about
Background
Visualising the range of co-evolving technologies, conditions, and practices which shape the edtech ecosystem offers stakeholders a tool to navigate this complex landscape. Visualisations are inherently incomplete yet pragmatic tools, and can be defined as ‘a set of techniques by which to manage, calculate, and act on a world of incomplete information’ (Halpern 2014, 30). In contrast to a narrow focus upon an isolated technology, a systems approach to edtech offers a way to explore complex interrelationships and the bigger picture of change and uncertainty (Bapna et al., 2021).
Edtech ecosystem
Technologies
Conditions
Practices
The integration of data, algorithm and AI-enabled technologies – alongside the expansion of hardware, software and devices – across everyday conditions and practices.
Technologies
- Biometric models
- Matching models
- Value-added models
- Prediction models
- Automated scoring models
- Big-tech models
Conditions
Student and learning conditions
Practices
- Exam grading (UK)
- Automated essay scoring (Australia)
- Exam invigilation (US)
- Personalised learning application (UK)
- Generative AI detector (UK)
- Facial emotion recognition (US)
Conditions
Professional and teaching conditions
Practices
- Teacher recruitment (US, Italy)
- Teacher Evaluation (US)
- Tools to detect/remediate learning difficulties (Sweden)
Conditions
School organisation and management/sector conditions
Practices
- School choice (US)
- Attendance reporting (Sweden)
- Vandalism prevention (Australia)
- Vaping identification (Australia)
- Bus routing (US)
- Aggression detection (US)
Conditions
Public and private good conditions
Practices
- Google Classroom (Denmark)
- Conversational AI (US)
- Web filtering (Australia)
Technologies
Conditions
Practices
