There is a need today to focus on a methodology and user interface that places humans above the processes and content generated by artificial intelligence, an “Above AI” approach. The application of this paradigm in education offers the advantage of developing collective solutions that can be controlled by the educational community. Educational content and activities…
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Social media has been instrumental in demolishing the structure and architecture of cultural mediation in traditional society. Social organizations that played a cultural mediating role-such as the school, the family, the mass media, the church, and political parties-have essentially been erased in their hierarchical role, that is, in their key function as mediators between the…
The entry of artificial intelligence into schools is sparking a heated debate in the educational community. As was the case with the use of cell phones, which is still under discussion, the dominant attitude is hostile. The school has maintained essentially the same form for millennia. The teacher in the desk, with a blackboard, the…
As a science of education, pedagogy contributes substantially to the design of new generations of humans through the training methodologies and processes that are interpreted and implemented within it. The methodologies of traditional pedagogy were developed in a pre-digital era, so they could not take into account the transformations, risks and opportunities of information technologies,…
The educational institution for 3,000 years has been based on writing and counting. Literacy is the basic requirement for the later stages of education, however based on the study of written sources, books, which consolidate shared knowledge. The benefits of literacy are obvious: it is an undisputed index of socioeconomic advancement globally. The historical, literate…
In the face of these objectively fearsome threats, the school system can and indeed must react to remain at the center of humanity’s educational mission. The educational institution is instrumental in ensuring equal opportunities for students of various socioeconomic backgrounds, males and females, with different abilities. However, the school must build a synergistic relationship with…
The university is a secular educational system that has evolved primarily from the Western approach-European and American-which has now become the model by which universities on all continents are inspired. The university system in the 21st century faces several threats, which may threaten the existence of many universities and perhaps the university institution itself: In…
A non-immediate but decidedly disturbing and revolutionary prospect is that of bionic education, advocated by various trans-humanistic currents and pursued by tech companies such as Elon Musk’s Neuralink. It involves building digital prostheses to connect directly to the human brain, initially to treat neurological damage in people with brain diseases, but in the future also…
In the face of the growing encroachment of Artificial Intelligence, which promises to vastly surpass human intelligence and replace it in many professional functions and tasks, including sophisticated ones, there is widespread bewilderment in the younger generation, a strong concern for individual prospects for growth and success. This results in insecurity and, in many cases,…
The tragic Covid 19 affair also profoundly affected the education system, leading to an unprecedented impact, with schools closing all over the world. Jacques Attali reports several emblematic figures: in April 2020, 94 percent of the world’s children (1.6 billion) were no longer in classrooms, a condition shared by 220 million university students. Video call…
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