During the COVID-19 pandemic, platforms of large technology companies were adopted in education, in a massive way, bringing new challenges especially for public education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The business model of corporations such as Google and Microsoft is based on the exploitation of data. These companies attract users by offering free of charge products and then using their data for profit and with little transparency. This strategy produces the phenomenon of “platformization of education” which extensively collects personal data and information on educational behaviours, often without the clear consent of students, families, and teachers.
This report explores the complexities of governance in the context of digitalization of education, highlighting the importance of revisiting and better understanding this concept considering the increase in multistakeholder alliances, that is, spaces that integrate governments, society and companies, supposedly to define public policies, collaborate and innovate
