The use of digital technologies in education (‘EdTech’) has created problems of centralization of control over educational processes, as well as privatization of education. The use of proprietary EdTech creates a dangerous vendor lock-in, in which teacher agency and institutional autonomy are compromised. This…
Education
One of our dreams, as teacher educators, has been to work towards eliminating the gap that exists between academicians on one hand and teachers on the other. Academicians read, write, theorize, and research while teachers teach.
In a small way, this dream was realized when our work with the English teachers from Government and…
I wear a mask. Not like the crime-fighting vigilante Batman but like a self-conscious child at a fancy dress competition, trying to fit in. The mask becomes stark in June, Pride Month, which also marks the beginning of the school academic year. Over weekends, I plunge into community…
The webinar titled 'Exploring Generative AI in UK Higher Education: Perspectives from Institutions, Educators, and Students' was organized on the 2nd of May, 2025 by The Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) Research Interest Group 154 (Education and Technology), Critical EdTech India (CETI), and IT for Change (ITfC).
See the…
The CSET 2025 Bengaluru and New Delhi edition was one of many CSET 2025 events that happened across the globe between February 17th and February 21st, 2025 in response to a call from Prof. Neil Selwyn, Faculty of Education, Monash University, and a leading international researcher in the area of digital education. See details of the event here…
The Technology Integration for Inclusive Education (TIIE) project was envisioned recognizing the need for inclusive approaches and strategies to address the learning needs of all students, including those with mild learning difficulties. The project also aimed to explore ways in which technology can be meaningfully integrated into the classroom…
Gurumurthy Kasinathan, Director of IT for Change, and Lead—Education and Technology, wrote a chapter titled 'The Pandemic and the Platformization of Education,' which was published in the Southern African Review of Education's special Issue: Researching, Teaching and Learning…
IT for Change wrote a chapter - "RTE in Karnataka: Pursuit of Equitable and Inclusive Education through RTE", for the publication, "Implementation of the right of children to Free and Compulsory Education act, 2009: Where do we stand? Status report 2024" of the Right to Education Cell (RTE CELL) of The Council for Social Development (CSD).…
Can 'digitally facilitated' writing enable teachers to develop themselves as academic writers? This was the question that an IT for Change team attempted to answer through a 'Writing workshop for government school teachers'. The teachers' response was unequivocal. Thirteen of them wrote a paper based on an innovation…
Do we have the skills and mindsets that help us navigate the internet? What is digital citizenship? Why is digital literacy the need of the hour? Is social media a double-edged sword? These questions and more, are explored by Soorya Hariharan (Sr Coordinator, Training…