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School 2.0: Rethinking the Future of Schools in the Digital Age

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What future is there for formal schools and schooling in an increasingly digital age? Are educational technologists justified in arguing for the re-construction of school processes and practices along digital lines? Do contemporary digital technologies simply render the educational institution entirely obsolete? This chapter outlines – and then critiques – the radical forms of digital “re-schooling” and “de-schooling” that are often argued for within current academic debates over educational technology community. Instead, the chapter argues for a more modest approach that seeks to use digital technologies to work with schools as they currently are, rather than against them.

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    Neil Selwyn

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    Athanassios Jimoyiannis

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Selwyn, N. (2012). School 2.0: Rethinking the Future of Schools in the Digital Age. In: Jimoyiannis, A. (eds) Research on e-Learning and ICT in Education. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1083-6_1

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