The state of cybersecurity in K-12 education: towards a global cybersecurity standard for EdTech
The growing dependence of K-12 schools (kindergarten, primary and secondary education) on digital technologies has led to increased...
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Dec 8, 202212 min read
ECIAIR 4th European Conference on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics - keynote
AI (in)justice in education – challenges for policy, governance, and society [The below is transcription and recording of EDDS founder...
Nov 30, 20225 min read
Edtech’s responsibilities in addressing cyber insecurities in education
Think of a street where children play, and the speed limit is 20mph. How do we enforce that limit to try and keep children safe? We could...
Sep 19, 20224 min read
If we license the engineers, will we have safer technologies in education?
Cybercrime strains educational institutions. Security control mandates, licensing and regular audits may prevent some of it. As schools...
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Should schools have greater oversight of edtech?
As edtech becomes more commonplace across school estates, is it time to provide leaders with more information about the firms they are...
Jun 16, 202219 min read
4 Ways the New EU Digital Acts Fall Short and How to Remedy It
There has been an outpouring of enthusiasm for the EU’s recent efforts to address digital giants. After a year of relative quiet...
May 26, 20225 min read
Many EdTech companies exploit children’s data, says Human Rights Watch report
A new report by Human Rights Watch confirmed that children are exploited through many seemingly innocuous – and often government endorsed...
May 12, 20224 min read
The promise and perils of education data
Education budgets are tied to how well a school performs, as demonstrated by data. Education data interoperability is called for to...
Apr 21, 20224 min read
Algorithmic personalization is disrupting a healthy teaching environment
The UK government has given no sign of when it plans to regulate digital technology companies. In contrast, the US Federal Trade...
Apr 12, 20222 min read
Edtech procurement matters: It needs a coherent solution, clear governance and market standards
Digital technologies have come to mediate every educational process - from operations and management to teaching and assessment. While...
Apr 5, 20223 min read
Corporate influence in career and technical education through data extraction
This paper, published in the peer-reviewed journal Learning, Media and Technology addresses families’ perceptions of corporate influence...
Mar 23, 20224 min read
How cybersecure are EdTech products in the classroom?
In this post, which first appeared on the 5Rights Foundation | Digital Futures Commission blog, Dr Velislava Hillman argues that products...
Feb 21, 20226 min read
How big businesses are colonizing the classroom
Parents say their children’s education suffers when career and technical education programs are tailored to the needs of corporations....
Feb 8, 20224 min read
Standards are coming. Are education technology companies prepared?
Ahead of Safer Internet Day, EDDS founder and LSE Visiting Fellow Dr Velislava Hillman asserts that the newly proposed IEEE standards for...
Jan 15, 20222 min read
Data privacy literacy as a subversive instrument to datafication
To learn about the risks from their data privacy loss, children need look no further. Digitalized education has propelled constant data...
Nov 3, 20215 min read
Algorithmic (in)justice in education: Why tech companies should require a license to operate
In the wake of yet another storm of revelations about the merciless practices of powerful technology companies, Velislava Hillman,...
Oct 29, 20213 min read
Towards a national EdTech regulatory authority (ETRA)
EDDS envisions a dedicated regulatory body that should be set up to oversee education technology (edtech) operators whose role in...
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Schooling the workforce
Vocational education has been rebranded and retooled as career and technical education. But beneath CTE's 21st century veneer lurks an...
Jul 14, 20216 min read
Big Tech firms can’t be trusted to decide children’s futures
By Velislava Hillman Ioanna Noula Ben Wagner The rise of online learning during the pandemic has accelerated the...
Jul 7, 20214 min read
New European laws must protect children’s data
As education becomes increasingly reliant on technology, the need for regulation and oversight of the EdTech industry becomes more...
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