Humanising Technology

How can we ensure new technologies enhance teaching & empower educators, instead of undermining them?

Humanising Technology

Explore the Opportunities:

  • Develop the digital literacies you need to make the most of new technologies.
  • Use data to inform your decisions and boost learner progress.
  • Help learners maintain their digital wellbeing in the face of new technology.

Overcome the Challenges:

When new technologies are developed without strong input from teachers and learners, there’s a risk they will undermine good practice and take control away from human beings. We need to take a human-centric approach that supports the needs and values of real educators. Read on to discover how we can take an active role in shaping new technologies, ensure they support good teaching practice, and protect our agency.

Download our free paper

Try one of our toolkits

Everyone who downloads our position papers will also receive a toolkit of practical resources to help them implement the advice of our experts. Try out this sample resource from our Global Skills paper, designed to improve your learners’ collaboration skills and help them communicate more effectively.

Download the toolkit (PDF, 1.5MB)

Expert Toolkit

Meet our Expert Panel

We collaborate with an Expert Panel of world-leading academics and educators in English Language Teaching. Why does this matter to you? The Expert Panel ensures that research-based support informs our products and services, meeting your needs and the needs of your students in the best possible way.

Hayo Reinders

Hayo Reinders

Hayo Reinders is TESOL Professor and Director of Research at Anaheim University, USA, and Professor of Applied Linguistics at KMUTT in Thailand. He is founder of the global Institute for Teacher Leadership and editor of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. His interests are in out-of-class learning, technology, and language teacher leadership. Hayo is the author of this paper.

Anna Wilson

Anna Wilson

Anna Wilson is Reader in Interdisciplinary Research in Education at the University of Glasgow and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning. She is interested in how technologies shape expectations, possibilities, practices and experiences in education.

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, where she leads the Learning Futures Programme. Her work encompasses online distance education, mobile learning, language learning, and education for migrants and refugees. She is on the Editorial Boards of ReCALL, International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, and RPTEL. She leads and works on large-scale research projects in Europe, Africa, and Asia, investigating diverse experiences of using technology and the English language in education, and for access to online services. Agnes is a consultant on this paper.