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Utopian and Dystopian Futures for Learning Technologies

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This paper details how learning technologies and media continue to change and augment the way we learn. The paper begins with accepted definitions and a brief history of technological utopianism, ultimately leading to learning technologies and utopian and dystopian views for the future.

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    Marcus D. Childress

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    Feng-Qi Lai

  2. Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    James D. Lehman

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Childress, M.D. (2017). Utopian and Dystopian Futures for Learning Technologies. In: Lai, FQ., Lehman, J. (eds) Learning and Knowledge Analytics in Open Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38956-1_8

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