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How Collective Intelligence Redefines Education

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Advances in Collective Intelligence 2011

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing ((AINSC,volume 113))

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While collective intelligence systems become ubiquitous for learning in knowledge industries, civic life and personal lives, they have yet to be embraced into formal schooling systems. Still, learning, knowledge and assessment protocols adhere, in large part, to the educational system’s logic of the industrial era. The temptation is to view schooling as falling behind with teacher retraining and curriculum revision leading the way. This article examines the underlying logic of both collective intelligence and formal education systems and traces education’s reluctance to it roots in an industrial era and the incentives prevailing in its structures. Embracing collective intelligence, then, will require a redefinition of schooling rather than a mere retooling.

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    Lynn Ilon

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  1. , College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Ro, Gwanak-Gu 599, Seoul, 151-742, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Jörn Altmann

  2. , Fakultät für Wirtschaftwissenschaft, FernUniversität in Hagen, Universitätsstrasse 41, Hagen, 58097, Germany

    Ulrike Baumöl

  3. , Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, FernUniversität Hagen, Universitätsstrasse 27, Hagen, 58097, Germany

    Bernd J. Krämer

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Ilon, L. (2012). How Collective Intelligence Redefines Education. In: Altmann, J., Baumöl, U., Krämer, B. (eds) Advances in Collective Intelligence 2011. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25321-8_8

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