What is critical in EdTech research?

Abstract

There are a number of editors on the editorial boardfor Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning(CriSTaL),whose  interest liesin  educational  technologies,  emerging  technologies,  ICTs  in education, digital education,and digital pedagogies;these are just some of the many terms that are used in our field. These are usually the editors I, Daniela, as managing editor, draw on, when we  get  submissions  from  authors  on  issues  around  the  use  of  technology  in  learning  and teaching. We  receive  many  submissions,  especially  since  the  COVID-19  pandemic,  but  the rejection rate is also increasing due to the majority of the papers failing to meet CriSTaL’s aim and  scope. I  invited  some  of  my  editorial  board  colleagues  into  a  conversation  to  chat  about what we would like to see in a paper tackling technologies in learning and teaching and which papers  we  feel  do  not  suit CriSTaL’s aims and scope.