07. EdTech Before the Internet

MIT CMS.595 Learning, Media, and Technology, Spring 2024
Instructor: Justin Reich

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This session begins by thinking of the stakeholders for education technology: teachers, administrators, parents, developers, etc. Historical examples of education technology, such as projectors/TVs in classrooms, school-wide broadcasting systems, and textbooks. A key insight is the "third-party payer problem" in education technology, where the primary users (students and teachers) often don't make purchasing decisions.

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