DISASTER CAPITALISM, RAMPANT EDTECH OPPORTUNISM, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF ONLINE LEARNING IN THE ERA OF COVID19
What is it?
This article consider the ways in which educational responses to Covid-19 exemplify what they call “opportunistic disaster capitalism”.
This article consider the ways in which educational responses to Covid-19 exemplify what they call “opportunistic disaster capitalism”.
Who is it for?
Everyone in education.
Everyone in education.
What can it do?
Prior to the pandemic, neoliberal influence increasingly impacted education systems all over the world, pushing for increased privatization in/of schools. Covid-19 has created conditions for private technology companies to push for increased participation in public schools. That is, corporations are using this health crisis to further mobilize the neoliberal agenda, and encourage policies, practices, and technological infrastructure that will be used to rationalize ongoing online learning. In turn, the authors ask: What are the motivations and implications of inviting private EdTech into public education? How does EdTech encourage a move to online learning; c) what are the overall impacts of online learning?
Prior to the pandemic, neoliberal influence increasingly impacted education systems all over the world, pushing for increased privatization in/of schools. Covid-19 has created conditions for private technology companies to push for increased participation in public schools. That is, corporations are using this health crisis to further mobilize the neoliberal agenda, and encourage policies, practices, and technological infrastructure that will be used to rationalize ongoing online learning. In turn, the authors ask: What are the motivations and implications of inviting private EdTech into public education? How does EdTech encourage a move to online learning; c) what are the overall impacts of online learning?
Moore, S. D. M., De Oliveira Jayme, B. & Black, J. (2021).Disaster capitalism, rampant edtech opportunism, and the advancement of online learning in the era of COVID19. Critical Education, 12(2). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.14288/ce.v12i2.186587