Formen von Subjektivierung und Unbestimmtheit im Umgang mit datengetriebenen Lerntechnologien – eine praxistheoretische Position

Abstract

This article aims to conceptualize socio-technical systems as social practices. Artefacts are framed as epistemic objects and productive things which are constitutively entangled with human actors in social practices. As technology does not determine use, practices are performative, unpredictably open and generate phenomena and questions which cannot be derived from prior analyses and theory. Based on this perspective, the role of data and algorithms in social practices is discussed using the example of Learning Analytics. Finally, the article sets forth the argument of materiality as a concept in educational theory, as it is a co-constitutive element in educational practices.