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How does the EdTech affect justice?
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How does this new edtech tool impact Equal Treatment in your institution?
Is the tool going to inhibit students from seeing each other at the same level or ‘eye-to-eye’? Can the tool bring students to this similar level through different usages? - Pandora's new 'scoreboard' feature allows students to keep up with each and know who is understanding the learning material best. This way, students know who to go to for help, and not just the instructor can be an expert! Does the teachers social interactions with students become more restricted or narrowed? What social interactions need to be alleviated or loosened in order to enable equal treatment to all? - Pandora as a tool does not see students as unequal learners. Games help bring learners together and to see how each other learn differently. In this way, learners can help each other in co-op functions and build coaching skills to make sure everyone wins! Where does equal treatment currently need improvement? Does the tool improve the understanding of equal treatment in your institution? - Everyone wins with Pandora! Equal treatment means accessibility. We have built in functions that allow for both deaf and blind players to access our materials!
The following sub-questions will help you answer the main question!
Is the tool going to inhibit students from seeing each other at the same level or ‘eye-to-eye’? Can the tool bring students to this similar level through different usages?
Does the teachers social interactions with students become more restricted or narrowed? What social interactions need to be alleviated or loosened in order to enable equal treatment to all?
Where does equal treatment currently need improvement?
Does the tool improve the understanding of equal treatment in your institution?
Where does the tool challenge your definition or understanding of equal treatment in your institution?
Where is it enhanced and where is it restricted or worsened?
How does this tool impact the equal opportunity in the institution?
Is there a digital divide (CITE) within your own course of learners? Does this tool help alleviate that divide or make it larger? - Pandora helps alleviate the digital divide by offering our application on mobile and laptop (Mac, windows, linux) platforms. There are easy ways to understand our games and their instructions. When does this tool enable or enhance equal opportunity amongst the group of learners? Who benefits the least from this tool? - Pandora may not be for everyone. Learners who have low attention spans, do not like games, or find the games too hard may struggle. Learners will need access to internet for co-op functions and may find it hard to play certain games with insufficient graphics capabilities. Does the new technology require stronger or more advanced hardware to function correctly or effectively? Pandora's games may sometimes be graphics heavy. These settings can be changed, but less engagement to the game may occur. How can this tool benefit the group that is most disadvantaged? Pandora wants to help everyone learn better. By offering different curriculum and endless new ideas, Pandora can help those who cannot learn try something that is fresh and new! Where does the tool fail to create more equality amongst learners? Pandora may be more popular with energetic, often male, young learners who find these games to be more inviting to their interests.
The following sub-questions will help you answer the main question!
Where does equal opportunity need to be addressed within your institution?
Is there a digital divide (
CITE
) within your own course of learners? Does this tool help alleviate that divide or make it larger?
When does this tool enable or enhance equal opportunity amongst the group of learners? Who benefits the least from this tool?
Does this school provide equal opportunity to use this tool with a sufficient device?
Does equal opportunity amongst learners in your institution require a technical solution? Could this tool be part of the problem?
Does the new technology require stronger or more advanced hardware to function correctly or effectively?
How can this tool benefit the group that is most disadvantaged?
Where does the tool fail to create more equality amongst learners?
How does this new tool impact inclusivity in your institution?
The following sub-questions will help you answer the main question!
Does the tool enhance inclusivity amongst learner groups within the institution?
Are there more people included in the use of this tool?
Can you make a list of those stakeholders?
Who is still excluded? Why?
Is learning material-open access with this tool?
How much of it is open access?
What type of accessibility is available within this tool?
What kind of accessibility tools are available?
Does the tool enable new connections to other systems?
Will this tool’s data connect to new databases or new processes?
Are there open access to API’s or LTI based work?
Now that you have thought hard about the impact of this educational technology, what improvements would you like to make? List them below.
Pandora will insure that all accessibility is available and that our new platform design can offer games that everyone finds interesting or appealing!
If you think about equal treatment, equal opportunities and inclusivity.
If you think about all that, what improvements would you make? In technology? In context? In use? The answers on questions 1-3 help you to gain insight into the impact of this educational technology. The goal of these answers is not to provide you with a 'go' or ' no go' - decision. The goal is to make you think HOW you can improve the impact of this technology. This can be by making changes to the technology or making changes to the context in which the technology is used, or making changes in the way the technology is used.
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