1st Edition
World Yearbook of Education 2024 Digitalisation of Education in the Era of Algorithms, Automation and Artificial Intelligence
1. Introduction: digitalisation of education in the era of algorithms, automation and artificial intelligence Ben Williamson, Janja Komljenovic and Kalervo N. Gulson Part I: Sociotechnical foundations 2. Theoretical foundations and historical roots of the ‘automated classroom’Barbara Hof 3. AI and lifelong learning: a genealogical approach to the analysis of educational imaginaries and problematisations Lina Rahm 4. Natural language generation and the automation of pedagogical communication Carlo Perrotta 5. Educational vanishing points: when interoperable platforms turn infrastructural and back in higher education Lanze Vanermen, Joris Vlieghe and Mathias Decuypere Part II: Political economy 6. How platformisation affects pedagogical autonomy in primary schools Niels Kerssens and José van Dijck 7. The relational powers of platforms and infrastructures played out in school: differences and implications for teacher work Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt and Thomas Hillman 8. Assetisation of higher education’s digital disruption Janja Komljenovic, Sam Sellar, Kean Birch and Morten Hansen 9. AI-shaped hole: anticipation regimes and liminal policy rationalities Hemy Ramiel and Gideon Dishon 10. A political economy of AI and education in China Jeremy Knox Part III: Digital governance 11. Platforming PISA: the OECD as a mobile governance actor in global education Steven Lewis 12. Digital literacies as a ‘soft power’ of educational governance Luci Pangrazio and Julian Sefton-Green 13. After digital literacy: media pedagogies for platform ecologies T. Philip Nichols, Robert Jean LeBlanc and Antero Garcia 14. Social media’s education grab: philanthrocapitalism, data centres and the metaverse vision of education Austin Pickup and Jessica Heybach Part IV: Design and justice 15.Algorithmic bias and discrimination through digitalisation in education: a socio-technical view Rebecca Eynon 16.Digitalisation of education in the era of climate collapse and planetary breakdown Neil Selwyn 17.The EdTech Stack: a speculative design thought experiment Teresa Swist 18. Design justice and educational technology: designing in the fissures Felicitas Macgilchrist
Biography
Ben Williamson is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Janja Komljenovic is a senior lecturer and the director of the Centre for Higher Education Research and Evaluation at Lancaster University, UK.
Kalervo N. Gulson is a professor in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, Australia.






