Jessica Parola
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Jessica Parola is a critical scholar at the intersection of educational technology, digital sociology, and the philosophy of education. Her work interrogates the cultural and temporal assumptions embedded in contemporary EdTech, with a particular focus on educational robotics and the rhetoric of connectivity. In her widely discussed paper, "The educational robotics imaginary. EdTech industry, educational timescapes and the tyranny of connectivity" (2025), Parola deconstructs how industry-driven narratives shape not only classroom practices but also our collective sense of time, agency, and learning. By exposing what she terms the "tyranny of connectivity," she challenges the uncritical embrace of always-on, datafied learning environments. Though early in her citation trajectory, her work has already sparked conversation among scholars of critical digital pedagogy and STS. Parola’s contributions are especially valuable for students and researchers seeking to understand how technological imaginaries—from robots to real-time dashboards—reshape educational spaces, often in ways that privilege efficiency over equity. Her research offers a timely, theoretically rich framework for questioning who benefits from the accelerating pace of digital education.
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