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Ed-tech as climate criminal?

March 26, 2026 · 20 min

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The environmental harms associated with our tech use are becoming increasingly apparent ... so how should the ed-tech community be responding?

Colm O’Neill (South East Technological University) talks about the need to rethink ed-tech in light of its environmental costs, and introduces the intriguing alternative of ‘perma-computing’.

Accompanying reference >>> O’Neill, C. (2026). EdTech as climate criminal: Considering the excesses of the ITC sector, and Higher Education’s complicity. Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning.

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