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B. Heinsfeld

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Open access Jul 2026

From Machines to Algorithms: A Short History of Technical Rationality in Education

This brief historical essay argues that one of the most consequential shifts in educational technology has been conceptual rather than technical: the ascendancy of technical rationality as the design logic of pedagogy. Tracing three moments (mechanical instruments, computational systems, and algorithmic infrastructures...

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