The potential of digital technology in education

Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ The potential of digital technology in education   School closures in Spring 2020 focused attention on the potential of digital technologies in education. Teachers, learners and schools have needed to develop new strategies for learning in their own unique context with the time, space, skills and resources available to them. As schools are starting to reopen, it is time to reflect on the ongoing role of digital technologies in teaching and learning. In his research on organizational change, John P. Kotter (2008, p. 17) notes that 'a changing world offers not only many hazards but wonderful opportunities.' Certainly, there are both hazards and opportunities in using digital technologies in education. In my experience, these centre around planning, including levels of access to technology through digital literacy and the availability of resources, and pedagogy, including, for example, the potential to provide explanations and models. Plann