DQC Week 3 – Loved Hirsh et al!

I absolutely loved the Hirsh-Pasek et al reading: Putting Education in “Education” Apps: Lessons from the Science of Learning. Having been interested in EdTech for a couple of years now, I’m really surprised that this paper hasn’t gotten more traction in wider media. In particular, I’m surprised that their framework of the 4 pillars + context hasn’t received wider adoption among educators or online edtech review sites.  That seems like an opportunity for a new review site!

Personally, I really appreciated that each example was grounded in evidence from the Science of Learning and the parallels that were made to describe how researchers have evaluated it for television in the past. I hope to be able to apply their framework when I do my technology review assignment and as I look for edtech jobs after school.