Social Isolation

Currently, research has stalled on furthering the knowledge held about technology in the classroom because there are many hard to control variables. For example, previous studies like the Shankar study were conducted to test the effects of social isolation rather than the root cause of this social isolation. Social isolation and loneliness affect most adults’ health and if it is found that technology in the classroom is a cause of social isolation, then the number of those affected will grow. Another example of the lack of research is evident in the area of teaching experiments. In detail, studies empahsize that teacher critique and demonstration is the best path to learning, but no studies speak of whether it matters if the teacher is human