RECENT DATA AND MAPPING
Observatory researchers monitor the data and mappings produced, providing a short summary about each of them. There are already some relevant data and mappings, with serious and well-founded research, which we believe are necessary for education agents to know. Read our team's selection of notable and innovative articles and studies.
Edtech Mapping 2022
This is a mapping of EDTECH companies produced by the Brazilian Startup Association and the consulting company Deloitte, as well as other partners. The mapping proposes an analysis based on a classification of Edtech segments (free courses, preparatory courses, early childhood education, basic education, higher education, languages and corporate education. In Brazil, 80% of edtech companies are represented by free courses (40% ) and platforms aimed at basic education (40%).
Study of ICTs in Education by CETIC.br
Estudo nacional, que se realiza há mais de 10 anos, sobre as tecnologias da informação e da comunicação na educação. O estudo apresenta uma série de indicadores, e aqui destacamos as “dinâmicas do uso das tecnologias pelos alunos na escola” e “gestão da implementação das tecnologias digitais na escola”. Daniela Costa, coordenadora do estudo e membro de nossa equipe, destaca que, embora 89% das escolas constem como conectadas, a “conectividade significativa” fica entorno de 58%.
Mapping on the platformization of education
Organized by Observatório Educação Vigiada, this mapping aims to detail which platforms are used in Brazilian educational institutions and other countries in South America. This information is essential, as it demonstrates the lack of clear policies on this use and the dependency relationship of institutions on GAFAM (the big technology companies). Data on higher education institutions reveal, for example, that only 36 of the 155 institutions listed do not use GAFAM platforms (Google and Microsoft), while 119 do.
Studies by the Internet Steering Committee on Education Platformization
Do you know what education platformization is? It is about the integration of learning and communication platforms in education. These platforms can be open (such as Moodle) or private (such as Google Classroom). Do you know what happens to your data on these platforms? The internet steering committee (CGI) carried out a series of studies on the use and importance of data in the platformization of education. According to the researchers, "online behavior, profile information, location, what type of device they use, what they do while studying or in virtual classes and who they interact with are some of the data captured by the applications." The research finds the deep presence of the Google platform and other partnerships with private institutions, but also some solutions developed in-house by some departments.
UNESCO publications on digital education and artificial intelligence
UNESCO, the United Nations body for education, publishes a series of documents, articles and resources for free public information. It has a digital library (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/search) and recent publications on education, technology and AI. Here we suggest reading a short document on the Beijing Consensus, which contains the central and ethical recommendations for the use of AI in education. UNESCO adopts a perspective of stimulating access to these technologies, including an idea of "flexibility" of learning and lifelong learning; however, it highlights basic principles such as maintaining the centrality of the human (that is, technologies must be subordinated to human dynamics), guaranteeing human rights, promoting Sustainable Development.
