Educational Technology Scholar Advancing Digital Learning Research
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Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJustin Reich serves as Associate Professor of Digital Media in MIT's Comparative Media Studies/Writing department and Director of the Teaching Systems Lab. After earning his BA and MA from the University of Virginia and doctorate from Harvard's Graduate School of Education, he has established himself as a leading voice in educational technology research. His career began as a high school history teacher before co-founding EdTechTeacher and later becoming the Richard L. Menschel HarvardX Research Fellow. His influential works include "Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can't Transform Education" (2020) and "Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools" (2023), while his research appears in prestigious publications including Science and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Through his leadership of the Teaching Systems Lab and hosting of the TeachLab podcast, he continues to examine how technology impacts education, emphasizing incremental improvement over revolutionary change while advocating for equitable access to educational innovations.