Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt
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Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt
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Critical sociological perspectives on edtech. Digital in/equality. Digital work.
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🟨 New Publication in #LMT 🟪

In this paper @chrilo.bsky.social, @rensfeldt.bsky.social & @thomashillman.bsky.social examine how highly platformized classroom activities give rise to what the authors call platform bureaucratization.

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Platform bureaucratization as pedagogy in highly platformized classrooms by Christina Löfving , Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt and Thomas Hillman ABSTRACT This article examines the rise of platform bureaucratization in highly digitalized classrooms. Drawing on an ethnographic study in a Swedish lower secondary school, we examine how teachers and students navigate digital platforms, integrated into routine classroom activities such as attendance management, assignment submission, and plagiarism detection, giving rise to bureaucratic forms of teaching and learning. Employing Sefton-Green’s concepts of textualization, templatization, and trainability, we explore how platforms impose rule-bound, procedural logics onto educational practices. Our findings suggest that these platform-driven bureaucratic processes, although seemingly mundane, reconfigure teacher-student interactions, redistribute pedagogical authority, and introduce complex layers of administrative work into everyday schooling. The article highlights the critical role of teacher knowledge in navigating, interpreting, and occasionally resisting platform-driven standardization, emphasizing the need for educational approaches that critically engage with the political and normative dimensions of platform infrastructures. By conceptualizing platform bureaucratization as pedagogy, the study contributes to discussions on the implications of educational platformization, calling for pedagogies that equip teachers and students to navigate and shape these evolving digital bureaucratic landscapes critically.
October 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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The critical edtech community is represented in this years Nordic STS conference in the panel «Critical Education and Technology Studies». If you’re thinking about going consider submitting an abstract to our panel (deadline March 1): www.nordicsts.se/call-for-abs...
Call for Abstracts – 7th Nordic STS Conference 2025
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February 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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🔊 Submissions open for the 7th NordicSTS conference June 11-13, 2025. Many interesting panels, e.g. "Critical Education and Technology Studies" organized by @rensfeldt.bsky.social, @thomashillman.bsky.social et al. Deadline for abstracts: March 1. CfA here: www.nordicsts.se/call-for-abs...
Call for Abstracts – 7th Nordic STS Conference 2025
www.nordicsts.se
January 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Reposted by Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt
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CSET2025!

Are you an academic who is taking a critical approach toward education & tech?

We are holding a worldwide series of local meetings all on the same week (Feb 17-21). Check for local meetings here: criticaledtech.com/2024/11/18/f...
November 29, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Reposted by Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt
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Those AI workload solutions being sold to teachers? They're part of the problem, not the solution #workload https://buff.ly/3M6MDLR #artificialintelligence #aieducation
Low-Hanging Fruit: Why AI Lesson Planning Won’t Solve Teacher Workload
Educators today are facing pressures to incorporate generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Claude into curriculum design and lesson planning. However, research shows that the mai…
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November 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Workshop - Stories of Digitality, Infrastructures, and Resistance
November 21, 2024 at 4:20 AM