Postdigital Educational Technology

This entry describes the postdigital view of educational technology (EdTech), emphasizing the need to critically examine its assumptions, values, and implications. The postdigital perspective transcends binary thinking and examines the role of EdTech in mediating cognitive, affective, and social processes by recognizing the entangled nature of the digital and the analog. Recognizing that technology is shaped by social, cultural, and political forces, the postdigital perspective calls for a sociomaterialist understanding of EdTech. Challenging technological determinism and instrumentalism, and focusing on inequality, the postdigital perspective encourages a more comprehensive, equitable, and inclusive understanding of EdTech, empowering diverse learners, and challenging existing power dynamics.