Episode Details

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.