How Do We Work or Begin to Work in Education Technology, Critical Studies and Social Justice?

• In Event: How Do We Work or Begin to Work in Education Technology

Short Description

Educational technology is not neutral nor is instruction created in a post-racial colorblind space. Discussion of empathy and care in teaching and design often relies either on multiculturalism or neoliberal consumer models which do not address injustices and does not critically examine the system and educators’ complicit role in it. This session acknowledges systemic and institutional racism, colonialism, heteronormativity, sexism, socioeconomic status and the intersectionality that our students find themselves in. The goal of this session is to create a critical studies agenda for our field that goes beyond diversity and inclusiveness training checklists, false empathy (Delgado 1996; Warren & Hotchkins, 2015) and “white racial epiphanies” (Matias, 2016

Authors

• Presenter: Amy C Bradshaw, University of Oklahoma

• Presenter: DEEPAK PREM SUBRAMONY, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

• Presenter: Camille Dickson-Deane, University of Technology, Sydney