18. Advancing ‘openness’ as a strategy against platformisation in education

Technocritique emerging from the field of education often fails (future) educators by only providing them with ‘critical perspectives’, but no clear insight into strategies or tactics of resistance and collective action. Resisting the ever-growing techno-corporate mammoth in education, as well as extractive surveillance, demands having (1) a critical consciousness, (2) learning to engage collectively, and importantly, (3) identifying possible alternatives and strategies to deploy by both students and educators. This chapter is a reflective, practice-based narrative on the experiences of such emancipatory teaching to future educators regarding the platformization of education. Drawing on experiences from teaching, it aims to provide insight into the strategies and ideas created over time as two Brazilian educators navigated the complex landscape of teaching in a novel, collaborative format during the pandemic.