“While technology can increase the quantity of interactions, it does not necessarily enhance the quality of those!”
I agree. Any time I hear of the positive influences of tech in any setting, here it’s education, I always assume that the author is presupposing the quanti = quali argument. I first heard of this from some GBCB grad students last year in a bioethics seminar. I guess at some point in computer related fields, the amount of data can be so large that the size itself becomes a certain quality. (That’s my impression at least). But that relationship between size and value doesn’t necessarily or naturally extend from tech to people. Tech as an intermediary used between teachers and students doesn’t generate or stimulate new curiosity. Tech can certainly help foster growth in curiosity, but only if the teacher has the requisites you’ve listed…