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Screen-driven schooling is rewiring how students think, read, write and learn

Phys · · 929 words · By Tania Alonso; Rubén Permuy
Teacher Expertise vs. Institutional Policy Impact of Technology on Education

The article reports on a study from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya examining how intensive digital platform use affects secondary education in Catalonia. The study, based on teacher interviews, suggests that while digitalization offers opportunities, it is currently implemented without fully considering its impact, leading to concerns about fragmented learning, cognitive delegation, and the need for educators' voices to guide the debate.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-screen-driven-schooling-rewiring-students.html

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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“In the 2022/2023 academic year, according to figures from the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, 92% of public secondary schools in Spain had virtual learning environments that students could access with devices such as computers and tablets.”
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The provided evidence includes general Wikipedia articles about education in Spain and the Ministry of Education, but none of the retrieved web search results or Wikipedia entries contain the specific statistic (92% in 2022/2023) attributed to the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports. The evidence is insufficient to corroborate this precise claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports (MEFPD) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for designing and implementing the government policy on education and vocatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(Spain)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vocational education is education that prepares individuals for a skilled craft or occupation. Vocational education can also be defined as the type of education given to an individual. Vocational edu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocational_education
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Education in Spain is compulsory and free for all children aged between 6 and 16 years and is supported by the national government together with the governments of each of the country's 17 autonomous …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Spain
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“A study organized by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) analyzed this phenomenon, focusing on the experiences of teaching staff.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that a study organized by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) analyzed the impact of digital platforms on secondary school learning by focusing on teaching staff experiences. One result explicitly states: 'A study organized by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) analysed this phenomenon, focusing on the experiences of teaching staff.'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Its territory is situated on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Open University of Catalonia (Catalan: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC; IPA: [uniβəɾsiˈtat uˈβɛɾtə ðə kətəˈluɲə]) is a private open university based in Barcelona, Spain. The UOC offers gradua…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University_of_Catalonia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Àngels Fitó Bertran (born in Barcelona in 1970) is a Catalan university professor and, since April 2023, President of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). She got a PhD in Economic Sciences at t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Àngels_Fitó
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“It conducted interviews with thirty secondary school teachers in Catalonia to examine in depth how the intensive use of digital platforms is influencing students' attention, reading, writing and autonomy.”
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The web search results corroborate the details of the study, specifically mentioning that the UOC study conducted interviews with thirty secondary school teachers in Catalonia to examine the influence of intensive digital platform use on student skills.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Open University of Catalonia (Catalan: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC; IPA: [uniβəɾsiˈtat uˈβɛɾtə ðə kətəˈluɲə]) is a private open university based in Barcelona, Spain. The UOC offers gradua…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University_of_Catalonia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Principality of Catalonia was a medieval and early modern state in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. For most of its existence it was in personal union with the Kingdom of Aragon and other state…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Catalonia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UOC or UoC may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UOC
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“The study, carried out by Jordi Solé and Raúl Navarro, researchers at the Laboratory of Social Education (LES) and members of the teaching staff in the UOC's Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, together with Dr. Marta Venceslao Pueyo, from the University of Barcelona, is presented in the open-access article Learning with screens? Teachers' voices on the effects of platformization in secondary education.”
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Web search results confirm the key researchers (Jordi Solé Blanch, M. Venceslao Pueyo, R. Navarro Zárate) and the title of the article ('Learning with screens? Teachers' voices on the effects of platformization in secondary education') associated with the study.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of foreign players in the Premier League, which commenced play in 1992. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria: Have played at least one Premier League game…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Club Balonmano Granollers, commonly known as BM Granollers, is a professional handball club based in Granollers, Catalonia, Spain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BM_Granollers
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable Cuban Americans, including immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cuban_Americans
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“The results reveal largely critical perceptions and point to profound transformations in learning processes.”
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A web search result directly quotes the finding that the study's results reveal largely critical perceptions regarding learning processes, indicating a consensus among sources reporting on the study.
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web search NEUTRAL — The results reveal largely critical perceptions and point to profound transformations in learning processes."The main motivation for conducting this study was to critically rethink what learning with …
https://www.uoc.edu/en/news/2026/impact-of-learning-with-scr…
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web search NEUTRAL — The findings reveal that the changes to the. entrepreneurs’ thinking and actions were the result of the interplay between the lean startup. methodology and two distinct modes of learning, namely: vica…
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318200370_Enacting_…
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web search NEUTRAL — Perception of Medical Students Regarding Problem Based Learning.The knowledge acquired through PBL tends to remain unorganised. Identification and Learning In animals and young children, imitation of …
https://www.academia.edu/29048989/Critical_perceptions_on_pr…
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“The study's results associate digital platformization with a fragmentation of pupils' knowledge, an alteration of their socio-cognitive conditions, disruptions in learning times and a shift in cognitive effort towards technologies such as artificial intelligence.”
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A web search result directly reports the specific findings associated with digital platformization, including knowledge fragmentation, altered socio-cognitive conditions, disrupted learning times, and the shift toward AI technologies.
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web search NEUTRAL — The study's results associate digital platformization with a fragmentation of pupils' knowledge, an alteration of their socio-cognitive conditions, disruptions in learning times and a shift in cogniti…
https://www.uoc.edu/en/news/2026/impact-of-learning-with-scr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Enhancing Businesses with Platformization: Unleashing the Power of Digital Transformation In today's world, the research finds effective security requires platformization. Consolidating multiple tools…
https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-01-28-ibm-and-palo-alto-networ…
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web search NEUTRAL — However, other studies indicate that controlled stress can positively enhance the learning process. On the other hand, the quality and intensity of emotions resulting from stress can influence as well…
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10298416/
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“According to the teachers interviewed, platforms encourage superficial and fragmented reading, hinder in-depth understanding, and interrupt didactic continuity through short and disconnected tasks.”
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While the general theme of superficial reading and fragmented tasks is discussed in the context of digital media (Claim 7), the specific attribution—'According to the teachers interviewed'—and the precise combination of 'superficial and fragmented reading, hinder in-depth understanding, and interrupt didactic continuity through short and disconnected tasks'—is only clearly presented in the context of the study's findings, but not corroborated by a second independent source.
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web search NEUTRAL — to give or conduct an interview (with): [~ + object] The reporter interviewed several witnesses.[no object] The committee has been interviewing all day, but doesn't like any of the candidates.
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/interviewed
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web search NEUTRAL — INTERVIEWED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of interview 2. to ask someone questions in an interview: 3. to…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/inter…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1. a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview. 2. b. the report of such a conversation. 3. to have an interview with. 4. to have an in…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/interviewed
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“They also impose accelerated rhythms and multitasking logic that affect concentration.”
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Multiple web search results discuss the negative impacts of digital media use, including issues related to attention, multitasking, and cognitive strain, supporting the general claim that platforms impose accelerated rhythms and multitasking logic that affect concentration.
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web search NEUTRAL — Furthermore, technology developers can construct digital solutions that limit distractions and promote prolonged focus, reducing users' cognitive strain. By focusing on study in this area and applying…
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11543232/
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web search NEUTRAL — The mere fact of this back and forth behavior between various digital inputs prompts an essential question: how is the cumulative effect of this behavior on our basic cognitive abilities? The paper wi…
https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.30-Issue10…
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web search NEUTRAL — In addition, there is some evidence that the use of digital media in general, and media multitasking specifically, is weakly negatively related to cognitive control and attention problems. However, th…
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_…
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“Then there is the use of generative artificial intelligence tools, which facilitate cognitive delegation and reduces students' personal involvement in basic processes such as writing, synthesis or presenting arguments.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the specific claim regarding generative AI tools facilitating cognitive delegation and reducing personal involvement in basic processes like writing, synthesis, or presenting arguments.
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“As a result, respondents have observed a loss of depth in learning, an impoverishment in written language and a decrease in the intellectual autonomy of pupils.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the specific conclusion that respondents observed a loss of learning depth, impoverishment of written language, and decreased intellectual autonomy.
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“The educational value of many traditional school assignments and of the current assessment model is also being questioned.”
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“And we see increasing saturation and digital fatigue, together with changes to pupils' subjectivity, as they are increasingly conditioned by the logic of immediacy and instant gratification.”
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“The study's results carried out in Catalonia show that the views of the teachers interviewed are mostly critical, although not uniformly so.”
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“The main concerns are the fragmentation of learning, the accelerated pace of school work and the cognitive delegation associated with the use of artificial intelligence.”
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