I am pleased to share my presentation and abstract for Reimagine and Redesign: Augmented Reality Digital Technologies and 21st Century Education.
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Algorithmic approaches to decision-making are starting to permeate both institutional and personal spheres through decision support systems. In education, AI and intelligent systems are poised to become change agents with deep impacts not only on assessment, administrative functions, organizational strategic planning, student acquisition, and retention but also on curriculum design, and personal learning networks (PNL). The global competitiveness of educational institutions and their graduates’ rests on their ability to be agile and nimble in adopting adaptive technology spaces.
Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin
Abstract
This paper explores augmented reality digital technologies (ARDTs) and their use in educational cases in the artificial intelligence (AI) age. The future of education and work are evolving to a fluid landscape with an uncertain job or career trajectories due to a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) environment. Structuring education as a menu of predefined
disciplines and degrees, situated in brick-and-mortar educational institutions may no longer be an optimal education model.
Algorithmic approaches to decision-making are starting to permeate both institutional and personal spheres through decision support systems. In education, AI and intelligent systems will become change agents with deep impacts not only on assessment, administrative functions, organizational strategic planning, student acquisition, and retention but also on curriculum design and pedagogies.
The convergence of three areas: ARDTs, big data, and global demand for a highly qualified teacher workforce will bring forth far-reaching consequences to the field of education while raising fundamental questions about the functions of educational institutions and educators.
Transformative ways of knowledge generation and pedagogy come on top of business processes enabled through data aggregation and analytic forecasts. Areas in which AI is already entwined in education include smart content, intelligent tutoring systems, virtual facilitators, ARDTs, and yet-to-be-invented learning environments with the distinct possibility of blockchain or Holochain integration for administrative organizational purposes.
The future of education will need to be reimagined and redesigned while implementing and harnessing innovative technologies. Reshaping educational philosophies and their underpinning pedagogies will transform the modes of delivery in educational institutions worldwide. Ultimately, 21st-century ARDTs present significant opportunities and challenges to educational institutions and learners alike.
Keywords:
Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality Digital Technologies, Distributed Ledger Technology
Cowin, Jasmin. “Reimagine and Redesign: Augmented Reality Digital Technologies and 21st Century Education.” virtual presentation, ICLTTE 2022: 16. International Conference on Language Teaching and Teacher Education, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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