Gamified, Data-Driven EdTech Risks Inequality and Erodes Teacher Autonomy
Velislava Hillman warns commercial tech is quietly reshaping classrooms—gamified apps, data-harvesting and dashboards reduce learning to clicks, widen inequality, and prioritize profit over pedagogy. Evidence for educational benefit is weak; tools nudge screen time and erode teacher autonomy. Parents’ unease is legitimate. She calls for enforceable obligations, audits and for parents and teachers to hold edtech firms to account.