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Technology Is Supposed to Decrease Teacher Burnout—It Can Sometimes Make It Worse. Asking teachers to adopt new tools without removing old requirements is a recipe for burnout.
Asking teachers to adopt new tools without removing old requirements is a recipe for burnout.
We were puzzled to find that teachers who used a learning management system such as Canvas or Schoology reported higher levels of burnout. A kindergarten teacher from Las Vegas shared, “Now granted my kids cannot really count to 10 when they first come in, but they have to learn a six digit student number” to access Canvas. When we set out to study pandemic-related changes in schools, we thought we’d find that learning management systems that rely on technology to improve teaching would make educators’ jobs easier.
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