EdTech companies and contemporary digital educational governance. Analyzing the expansion and role of the EdTech sector in the Chilean educational system

Cristóbal Villalobos, Lluís Parcerisa, Karla Castillo and Tomás Olguín

International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, vol. 110, issue C

Abstract: This article analyses the network of actors involved in the contemporary digitalization of the Chilean school system and the role of private EdTech corporations in this ecosystem. Using a framework based on new modes of education governance and contributions from the cultural political economy, three sources were triangulated: i) 22 semi structured interviews with key actors and policymakers, ii) a database of startups in the EdTech sector in Chile and iii) a systematization of the main digital education policies implemented in the country. The findings reveal a poorly coordinated network of actors, which has allowed the inorganic and heterogeneous growth of EdTech corporations, whose role encompasses not only the production of technology but also its articulation and management. To this form, EdTech companies play a central role not only as producers of technology, but also as articulators and administrators, illustrating a displacement of the State from some of its historic functions.

Keywords: Comparative education; Privatization; EdTech; Chile; Digital Governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103141

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