The effects of digital technology on education, a reading note on the book by Georges-Louis Baron and Christian Depover

Abstract

Georges-Louis Baron is Professor Emeritus in Educational Sciences at the University of Paris and Christian Depover is Professor at the University of Mons. In the book published in July 2019, of which they are the coordinators, they deal with digital technology's effects on education. The wealth of references they use shows how this topical issue is only a continuation of what researchers, practitioners, and even prescribers have been asking themselves for many years. Among the many strengths of this book we note that it is part of an academic tradition that seeks above all to present a distant vision of the effects of digital technology on education. The quality of this work also lies in the analyses of the diversities that are put forward. This book is to be recommended to learn about the real effects of digital technology on education and training.