Education research, from technology to instruction to design, too often uses an instrumentalist approach that assumes the right tool or trick will simply solve a problem. Jason McDonald joins to talk about the need for entangled research that actually changes both the researcher and the system for the better.
Later, we read The Opportunity Makers and reflect on how some important flaws put key findings at odds with most other educational research.
- First Segment – 02:22 – Entangled Education Technology Research
- Second Segment – 23:40 – TNTP’s The Opportunity Makers
Featured Guest
Primary Citations
- McDonald, J. K., & Ventura, B. (2025). Is education better because of us? How ed tech can answer the call to produce research that matters. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-025-09440-w
- Complimentary Copy: rdcu.be/ekuFN
- TNTP. (September 25, 2024). The Opportunity Makers. https://tntp.org/publication/the-opportunity-makers/
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Featured Beverage
We drink Organic Cherry, a cherry fruit beer from Samuel Smith Old Brewery in Tadcaster, England.