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I worked in edtech for many years and read her work regularly for most of those years. At a certain point though she started to feel more like a restaurant crit
by qntmfred 7y ago
I worked in edtech for many years and read her work regularly for most of those years. At a certain point though she started to feel more like a restaurant critic who took too much pleasure in roasting whoever the latest target was. Did she write a Best Ed-Tech Success Stories of the Decade? Cus that I'd be interested in.
- oob205 7y agoAlso worked in edtech for many years and while I understand Audrey got the reputation for saying the negative, someone had to do it. The general media is so uncritically positive (for example of Knewton which was always snake oil). She had to be the voice of reason.
- gnicholas 7y agoShe addresses that point, perhaps with more snark than necessary: Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.” Good for you. But that’s not my job. (And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.)
- newguy1234 7y agoShe is going for point out the snake oil gimmicks that ed tech is known for these days. Most of it seems to be either composed of cash grabs for VC money or some sort of government grant money.
- pmiller2 7y agoAre there any success stories in terms of learning outcomes? If schools are spending millions on this stuff to no benefit for the students, i don’t think that can be called a success.