Against empathy: Moving beyond colonizing practices in educational technology

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Against empathy: Moving beyond colonizing practices in educational technology

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Empathetic design is the ability for the designer to predict the cognitive and emotional experience of learners as they engage with the design product and process. It aims to center sensitivity toward learners, and the design process as a whole, which suggests potential application in educational settings. In the shift to digital, empathetic design may help instructors imagine learners’ thoughts and feelings engaged during the learning activity, and make iterative changes in response. Though empathetic design highlights sensitivity toward learners, by attempting to ‘be’ the other, it may unintentionally enact practices, and ideologies, of colonization. Recommendations for praxis via humanizing pedagogy are offered.

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Rohit Mehta

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Mehta, R., & Gleason, B. (2021). Against empathy: Moving beyond colonizing practices in educational technology. Educational Technology Research and Development, 69(1), 87–90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09901-2

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“Against empathy: Moving beyond colonizing practices in educational technology,” Outstanding Faculty Publications, accessed May 3, 2024, https://facpub.library.fresnostate.edu/items/show/356.