Why don’t teachers love educational technologies?

Confidence

Don't need it.

They didn't learn to teach with it ...

Because edutech is more complicated than real-life tech (eg Tesco.com) and it changes every year

External Assessment

Fear

fear of change

They don't know the benefits yet

Some technology is not very lovable.

failure of technology

Teachers can't see the benefit for them

time and consistency

Apathy

because assessment hasn't changed to reflect the new technology.

Reason why people don't like edtech? Zealots. @dajbelshaw

teachers do NOT need to love edtech, they just need to use it. It's a tool to support and help them, not a thing to be loved.

lack of awareness of how useful technology can be

because learners, teachers AND institutions need to engage with something difficult

I suspect that many teachers think - rightly - that good teaching requires face-to-face interaction, the teacher reading how much the student understands (for example) from their body language etc., and responding appropriately. And some learning technologies - online lectures, podcasts, etc. - make this difficult to achieve.

Because teachers worry about losing control of classroom management and learner being more expert than they are.

They are difficult to manage and may embarrass you in front of students

They see them as mere tools. Who loves a fridge or washing m/c? Their ability to transform learning takes a while to sink in.

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