An Ed-Tech Tragedy? : Educational Technologies and School Closures in the Time of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed education from schools to educational technologies at a pace and scale with no historical precedent. For hundreds of millions of students, formal learning became fully dependent on technology – whether internet-connected digital devices, televisions or radios.An Ed-Tech...

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Autor principal: Mark West
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Publicado: Routledge 2025
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