A Study of The Commercialization, Use, Adoption of EdTech In Public K-12 School
Abstract: For decades, entrepreneurs and researchers have worked to find solutions to increase the use and adoption of educational technologies (EdTech) in public schools. As a result of these efforts, numerous theories and frameworks for improving the use and adoption of EdTech in public schools have been compiled. However, the puzzle of how to improve the use and adoption of EdTech in a dynamic education market continues to be a complex problem. While the use and adoption of technology in the public K-12 education market prove to be a complex problem, there are limited studies that use a system-wide approach to understanding how entrepreneurs, school decision-makers, and teachers affect the use and adoption of EdTech in public K-12 schools. This paper presents a study that provides a qualitative approach to understand how startup businesses, school decision-makers, and teachers affect the commercialization, use and adoption of EdTech in public K-12 schools.
Presider: Alison Egan, Marino Institute of Education