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Carlo Perrotta

Associate Professor of Digital Education

carlo.perrotta@education.ox.ac.uk

About me

Carlo Perrotta is Associate Professor of Digital Education in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford. Carlo’s research examines the impact of platforms, AI and automation on multiple aspects of education, from pedagogy to policy. His research has been funded by leading international bodies such as the Australian Research Council, the European Commission, the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and UNESCO. He has published in several leading journals at the intersection of education studies and the sociology of new media.

Research

Book chapters

Perrotta, C. (2024). Towards a Genealogical Critical Theory of Learning Analytics. In Theory Informing and Arising from Learning Analytics (pp. 203-217). Springer Nature Switzerland.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60571-0_13 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60571-0_13
Perrotta, C. (2023). Natural language generation and the automation of pedagogical communication. In World Yearbook of Education 2024 Digitalisation of Education in the Era of Algorithms Automation and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 54-69).

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003359722-5
Perrotta, C., & Whitelock, D. (2017). Assessment for Learning. In Technology Enhanced Learning (pp. 127-135). Springer International Publishing.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02600-8_12 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02600-8_12
Beetham, H., Perrotta, C., & Holley, D. (2016). Grand Challenge Problem 9: How Can TEL Contribute to Challenging Educational Inequalities?. In SpringerBriefs in Education (pp. 45-48). Springer International Publishing.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12562-6_10 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12562-6_10
Banaji, S., Cranmer, S., & Perrotta, C. (2013). What’s stopping us? Barriers to creativity and innovation in schooling across Europe. In Handbook of Research on Creativity. Edward Elgar Publishing.

https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857939814.00044 https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857939814.00044
Perrotta, C. (2011). Ubiquitous Learning vs. the Value of Boundaries: Reflections on Five Years of ‘Innovation in Education’. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 9-14). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23985-4_2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23985-4_2

Conference papers

Passarelli, M., Dagnino, F., Earp, J., Manganello, F., Persico, D., Pozzi, F., Bailey, C., Perrotta, C., Buijtenweg, T., & Haggis, M. (2019). Educational Games as a Motivational Tool: Considerations on their Potential and Limitations. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 330-337.

https://doi.org/10.5220/0007586503300337 https://doi.org/10.5220/0007586503300337
Passarelli, M., Earp, J., Dagnino, F., Manganello, F., Persico, D., Pozzi, F., Buijtenweg, T., Haggis, M., Bailey, C., & Perrotta, C. (2018). Library Not Found - The Disconnect between Gaming Research and Development. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 134-141.

https://doi.org/10.5220/0006773601340141 https://doi.org/10.5220/0006773601340141
Kollar, I., Hämäläinen, R., Evans, M., De Wever, B., & Perrotta, C. (2011). Orchestrating CSCL - More than a metaphor?. Connecting Computer Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice Cscl 2011 Conf Proc Short Papers and Posters 9th International Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conf, 2, 946-947.

Journal articles

Perrotta, C. (2025). The left hand of data: Designing education data for justice. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 46(4), 565-568.

https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2025.2476258 https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2025.2476258
Perrotta, C. (2024). Plug-and-Play Education.

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003099826 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003099826
Perrotta, C., Selwyn, N., & Ewin, C. (2024). Artificial intelligence and the affective labour of understanding: The intimate moderation of a language model. New Media &Amp; Society, 26(3), 1585-1609.

https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221075296 https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221075296
Perrotta, C., & Pangrazio, L. (2023). The critical study of digital platforms and infrastructures: Current issues and new agendas for education technology research. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 31.

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.31.7952 https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.31.7952
Perrotta, C. (2023). Advancing data justice in education: some suggestions towards a deontological framework. Learning, Media and Technology, 48(2), 187-199.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2022.2156536 https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2022.2156536
Finefter-Rosenbluh, I., & Perrotta, C. (2023). How do teachers enact assessment policies as they navigate critical ethical incidents in digital spaces?. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 44(2), 220-238.

https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2022.2145934 https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2022.2145934
Perrotta, C. (2023). Afterword: Platformed professional(itie)s and the ongoing digital transformation of education. Tertium Comparationis, 29(1), 117-130.

https://doi.org/10.31244/tc.2023.01.06 https://doi.org/10.31244/tc.2023.01.06
Selwyn, N., Hillman, T., Bergviken-Rensfeldt, A., & Perrotta, C. (2023). Making Sense of the Digital Automation of Education. Postdigital Science and Education, 5(1), 1-14.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-022-00362-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-022-00362-9
Selwyn, N., Hillman, T., Bergviken Rensfeldt, A., & Perrotta, C. (2023). Digital Technologies and the Automation of Education — Key Questions and Concerns. Postdigital Science and Education, 5(1), 15-24.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-021-00263-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-021-00263-3
WILLIAMSON, B., GULSON, K., PERROTTA, C., & WITZENBERGER, K. (2022). Amazon and the New Global Connective Architectures of Education Governance. Harvard Educational Review, 92(2), 231-256.

https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-92.2.231 https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-92.2.231
Perrotta, C. (2021). Programming the platform university: Learning analytics and predictive infrastructures in higher education. Research in Education, 109(1), 53-71.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523720965623 https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523720965623
Perrotta, C., Gulson, K., Williamson, B., & Witzenberger, K. (2021). Automation, APIs and the distributed labour of platform pedagogies in Google Classroom. Critical Studies in Education, 62(1), 97-113.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2020.1855597 https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2020.1855597
Perrotta, C. (2021). Underdetermination, Assemblage Studies and Educational Technology: Rethinking Causality and Re-Energising Politics. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 10(1), 43-56.

https://doi.org/10.7821/naer.2021.1.638 https://doi.org/10.7821/naer.2021.1.638
Perrotta, C., Bailey, C., Ryder, J., Haggis-Burridge, M., & Persico, D. (2020). Games as (Not) Culture: A Critical Policy Analysis of the Economic Agenda of Horizon 2020. Games and Culture, 15(8), 902-922.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412019853899 https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412019853899
Perrotta, C., & Selwyn, N. (2020). Deep learning goes to school: toward a relational understanding of AI in education. Learning, Media and Technology, 45(3), 251-269.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2020.1686017 https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2020.1686017
Tsai, Y.-S., Perrotta, C., & Gašević, D. (2020). Empowering learners with personalised learning approaches? Agency, equity and transparency in the context of learning analytics. Assessment &Amp; Evaluation in Higher Education, 45(4), 554-567.

https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1676396 https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1676396
Passarelli, M., Earp, J., Dagnino, F., Manganello, F., Persico, D., Pozzi, F., Buijtenweg, T., Haggis, M., Bailey, C., & Perrotta, C. (2020). The distant Horizon: Investigating the relationship between social sciences academic research and game development. Entertainment Computing, 34, 100339-100339.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2020.100339 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2020.100339
Selwyn, N., Pangrazio, L., Nemorin, S., & Perrotta, C. (2020). What might the school of 2030 be like? An exercise in social science fiction. Learning, Media and Technology, 45(1), 90-106.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2020.1694944 https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2020.1694944
Perry, C., Davis, G., Conner, T., & Zhang, T. (2020). Utilization of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics: an Overview. Curr Pharmacol Rep, 6(3), 71-84.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40495-020-00212-x
Perrotta, C. (2018). Digital Learning in the UK: Sociological Reflections on an Unequal Marketplace. Social Sciences, 7(10), 170-170.

https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7100170 https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7100170
Perrotta, C., Bailey, C., & Garside, C. (2018). Culture, technology and local networks: towards a sociology of ‘making’ in education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 48(5), 553-569.

https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764x.2017.1375459 https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764x.2017.1375459
Swinnerton, B., Ivancheva, M., Coop, T., Perrotta, C., Morris, N., Swartz, R., Czerniewicz, L., Cliff, A., & Walji, S. (2018). The Unbundled University. Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Learning, 11, 218-226.

https://doi.org/10.54337/nlc.v11.8758 https://doi.org/10.54337/nlc.v11.8758
Perrotta, C., & Williamson, B. (2018). The social life of Learning Analytics: cluster analysis and the ‘performance’ of algorithmic education. Learning, Media and Technology, 43(1), 3-16.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2016.1182927 https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2016.1182927
Perrotta, C. (2017). Erratum to: Beyond rational choice: How teacher engagement with technology is mediated by culture and emotions. Education and Information Technologies, 22(3), 805-805.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-016-9466-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-016-9466-0
Perrotta, C. (2017). Beyond rational choice: How teacher engagement with technology is mediated by culture and emotions. Education and Information Technologies, 22(3), 789-804.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-015-9457-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-015-9457-6
Perrotta, C., Czerniewicz, L., & Beetham, H. (2016). The rise of the video-recorder teacher: the sociomaterial construction of an educational actor. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37(8), 1251-1267.

https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2015.1044068
Perrotta, C. (2016). Symposium 2: The Social Life of Data Clusters. Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Learning, 10, 32-37.

https://doi.org/10.54337/nlc.v10.8942 https://doi.org/10.54337/nlc.v10.8942
Perrotta, C. (2014). Innovation in technology-enhanced assessment in the UK and the USA: future scenarios and critical considerations. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 23(1), 103-119.

https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939x.2013.838453 https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939x.2013.838453
Perrotta, C., & Evans, M. (2013). Orchestration, power, and educational technology: A response to Dillenbourg. Computers &Amp; Education, 69, 520-522.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2013.04.007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2013.04.007
Perrotta, C., & Evans, M. (2013). Instructional design or school politics? <scp>A</scp> discussion of ‘orchestration’ in <scp>TEL</scp> research. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 29(3), 260-269.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2012.00494.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2012.00494.x
Perrotta, C. (2013). Do we let the video games begin?. SecEd, 2013(4).

https://doi.org/10.12968/sece.2013.4.1743 https://doi.org/10.12968/sece.2013.4.1743
Perrotta, C. (2013). Assessment, technology and democratic education in the age of data. Learning, Media and Technology, 38(1), 116-122.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2013.752384 https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2013.752384
Perrotta, C. (2013). Do school‐level factors influence the educational benefits of digital technology? A critical analysis of teachers’ perceptions. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(2), 314-327.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01304.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01304.x
Perrotta, C. (2006). Learning to be a psychologist: the construction of identity in an online forum. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 22(6), 456-466.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00193.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00193.x