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Throughout the industrial age, technology has promised to improve the lives of those who used it. Modernists believe that technology can produce faster, better, and more efficiently. During the 20th century, education has embraced technology. Technology has promised smarter, happier, better educated, and more fulfilled learners. Technology has always been zealously promoted as a modern solution for the problems of education—lack of productivity, inefficiency, and lack of focus.
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Jonassen, D.H. (2013). Transforming Learning with Technology. In: Clough, M.P., Olson, J.K., Niederhauser, D.S. (eds) The Nature of Technology. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-269-3_7
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