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Book SynopsisDescartes has said he is because he thinks. Perhaps we should say: we are because we learn. Learning is an essential human characteristic, look at children who self-learn empirically. In our times we are privileged to have special learning institutions while learning has become a hallmark of civilization. Teachers are among the key contributors to our society, but will they work the same as in the last millennia? Right now, just about everything in learning and teaching is changing. Traditional methods are replaced by newer ones and there is a host of new learning “technologies.” It is of foremost importance that societies adapt to this and that is why this book has been created. Thoughts and experiences of the brightest minds of today offer an overview of what is going on and where we are heading.
Written in an accessible, yet academically rigorous way, this volume explores the past dynamics and future avenues of learning and teaching. Its contributors are among the brightest minds of today with knowledge, experience and vision to shed a light of learning and teaching’s past and future.
Trade Review“The editors, who have published major texts before, have now attacked one of the core issues that will affect humanity for the remainder of century: how we learn and how organizations learn, and subsequently the effects on this stage of human evolution as these trends converge. Core learning is pragmatic and through osmosis, not the rote methods taught during the industrial era which plagued much of our youth and continues to be the core method for young people globally. The connections and convergence argument have hitherto not been explored in such a coherent and logical manner, combined of course with the editors’ reliance on data and facts. When I read this book, it is as though I am learning anew given its wealth of facts and connections that are obvious after reading, however, had been lost on me prior to being exposed to the book. Who should read this? Educators and students globally, corporate executives, policy makers and scientists. This book is rich and melds the topics of all four constituencies in a hitherto unexplored manner.”—Mr. RehanChaudri, Executive Chairman, Altan Capital.
“Learning is one the most seminal, yet calcified, human activity. This, daring, must-read book offers long-overdue facelift to the art of learning and its institutions. A wake-up call and a transformative read about the key to human progress for generations to come.”—Dr. Gal Luft, Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security.
“Reading this book, it is as though I am learning anew given its wealth of facts and connections that are obvious after reading, however, had been lost on me prior to being exposed to the book. This book is rich and melds the topics of all four constituencies in a hitherto unexplored manner” — Mr. Rehan Chaudri, Executive Chairman, Altan Capital.
“The book is a great read for practitioners, institutions and workforces alike that are interested in the latest developments regarding new skills as well as applications and examples of emerging technologies such as AI, AR, VR and MR. Insights from science on neuroscience and hands-on examples of how storytelling can be applied in an educational context are highly relevant for lectures and institutions seeking to participate in the digital transformation of and shape the future of education and learning.” – Dr. Roger Seiler, Head of the Mixed Reality LAB and Dept. Head of Bachelor of Business Informatics @ SML ZHAW
Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Contours of the New Learning; 2. Learning in Perspective; 3. How Do We Learn, Now and Before?; 4. Public Education and the University; Part II. How Demand for Learning Changes: 5. What Do Today’s Students Expect from Education and Learning?; 6. What Do Employers Expect from Education?; 7. Social Learning; 8. The Changing Role of Diplomas; Part III. Driving Forces for Change: 9. New Insights from Pedagogical Research and Experience; 10. Phenomenon-Based Learning, 11. The Virtues of Self-Learning Learning and Distance Learning; 12. Learning by Gaming; 13. What to Expect from Artificial Intelligence; 14. New Insights from Brain Research; Part IV. Learning in Practice: 15. Learning by Writing a Business Plan; 16. Learning in the Industrial University; 17. Phenomenon-Based Learning; 18. Collaboration with Industry (Case); 19. Corporate Learning – The Case of Sberbank University; 20. Case Gaming; Part V. Conclusions: 21. Summing It Up.
