Technology and Learning

Foreword: General Perspective: What Helps or Hinders  Juan Romero Foreword: Perspectives on the Complexities of Digital Innovation and Transformation  Peter Chatterton Foreword: An Educational Perspective  Elizabeth Negus (Dame) Foreword: A Business Perspective: Facing the Future  Nigel Owen Foreword: Teaching for the New Industrial Age: The Europole System  Stefano Cobello Preface Background Perspectives Figures and Tables Prologue  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci  1 Technology Issues  2 Technology Warnings  3 The Wider Context  4 Content Laying the Groundwork: The Issue of Consciousness  Riccarda Matteucci  1 Introduction  2 When Did This Start and How?  3 Being, Feeling and Knowing  4 Intelligence, Mind-Perspective and Feelings  5 Consciousness  6 Artificial Intelligence (AI) towards Conscious Machines  7 Federico Faggin’s View on Consciousness  8 Review PART 1: The Processes of Learning Introduction to Part 1  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci 1 What Do We Communicate? Thinking Processes in a Technology Era  Rosemary Sage  1 Introduction: How We Think  2 An Example of Basic Thinking  3 Narrative Thinking and Language Structure  4 Evidence of Thinking Problems  5 What to Consider  6 How Narrative Language Works for Thinking  7 Language Knowledge  8 How We Assemble Information  9 Thinking about Thinking  10 Decision-Making  11 Developing Language and Thinking  12 Issues to Consider  13 The Role of Higher Education Leaders  14 Theories of Thinking and Language  15 Review   Appendix A 2 What Are Learning and Remote Learning Processes?  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci  1 What Is Learning and Remote Learning?  2 How to Use the Five Learning Senses  3 Communication Is Key to Effective Learning  4 Peer Support for Learning  5 What Is Remote Learning?  6 Review 3 Why Technology Makes Learning Processes Difficult  Rosemary Sage  1 Introduction: Communication Issues  2 What Are the Problems Processing Quantities of Talk and Text?  3 E-learning  4 Equality: High Level Language Deficiency (HLLD)  5 Review PART 2: The Practices of Learning Introduction to Part 2  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci 4 Teaching Practice for the New Industrial Age: The Europole System  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci  1 Introduction – Education for Robotics: The Context  2 The Robotic Approach  3 Criteria for Development  4 Project Implementation  5 Lesson Structure  6 University Visits  7 The Nao Robotic International Challenge  8 Comment  9 Review  10 Main Points from the Project 5 Technological Aids and Practice during the Pandemic and After: Training for Complexity  Riccarda Matteucci  1 Introduction  2 Interconnected Reality  3 How Well Do We Know Reality?  4 Ordered and Unordered Systems  5 What Strategies Are Suitable for Ordered and Unordered Systems?  6 What Is a Complex System in Education?  7 How Can We Help New Generations to Move around inside Complex Systems?  8 Review 6 The False Practice of Web Information: What to Consider When Accessing Internet Sources  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci  1 Introduction: The Background to Fake News  2 Evaluating Web Sources  3 The Background to False Information  4 The Danger to Universities  5 Modern Hypocrisy  6 Two Opposing Groups of People  7 Review PART 3: Performance in Learning Introduction to Part 3  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci 7 Perfect Performance with Technology  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci  1 Introduction: What Is the Communication Process?  2 What Are the Communication Competencies?  3 Review   Appendix A: Example of a Pre-lecture Information Sheet 8 Experiences of Learning Performance  Riccarda Matteucci and Rosemary Sage  1 Student Survey – Italian Student Reflections on Their Post-Pandemic Learning Experiences – Riccarda Matteucci  2 Case Studies – Experiences of Learning – Rosemary Sage   Appendix A 9 Communication Performance in a Technology World  Rosemary Sage  1 Introduction  2 Issues about Speaking  3 Problems of Communicating in an Age of Increasing Technology  4 Organising Strategies for Information  5 Principles When Communicating Information  6 Pandemic Issues  7 Implications for Underdeveloped Communication  8 Review PART 4: Predictions for the Future Introduction to Part 4  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci 10 Predicting Generalist Not Specialist Routes for Education and Technology  Rosemary Sage  1 A General Background  2 The Generalist-Specialist Debate in the Pandemic  3 Education Bureaucrats Show No Value for Independent Thinking  4 Generalists vs. Specialists  5 Pros and Cons of a Generalist  6 Pros and Cons of the Specialist  7 Roles of Generalists and Specialists  8 Comment  9 Developing Interconnections  10 Disadvantages of a Generalist  11 Why Is a Generalist Approach Necessary in Education?  12 The Sampling Period  13 Research Studies  14 Problems Arising from a Lack of Sampling Opportunity  15 Practice Not Talent  16 Review 11 Predicting How Humans and Machines Will Evolve?  Rosemary Sage  1 Introduction  2 Merging of Machine Capability and Human Consciousness  3 Can Humans and Machines Exist in Harmony?  4 What Is Human Intelligence?  5 Group Conflicts  6 Ways to Co-exist  7 The Issue of Ethics  8 Review 12 Predictive Protocols for Teacher and Student Support  Riccarda Matteucci  1 Suggestions for Self-care: Relevant for Teachers and Students  2 Comment  3 Ways to Support Student Healing  4 Review  Epilogue: What Is Predicted for the Future and What Do the Book Chapters Tell Us?  Rosemary Sage and Riccarda Matteucci  1 Introduction: The Age of Mind Control  2 A New Reality  3 The Influence of Firefox  4 Venture Capitalists  5 BMI Dangers  6 What Are BMI Issues for Education?  7 Dangers  8 The Main Messages of the Book  9 Review  10 Final Thought  11 A Checklist to Assist Technology and Learning Plans The 2022 Chat Takeover!: Giving ChatGPT3 a Go To Assess Education for Us  Riccarda Matteucci and Rosemary Sage  1 Introduction  2 How Does ChatGPT Work?  3 ChatGPT Tests  4 The Editors Experience with the ChatGPT  5 Review   Appendix A: Sample 1, Riccarda Matteucci – ChatGPT3 14/12/2022   Appendix B: Sample 2, Rosemary Sage – ChatGPT3 07/01/2023