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Stephen Downes

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The thing, I think, to keep in mind about the concept of 'Education 4.0' is that it is directly linked to and derived from the concept of 'Industry 4.0', aka the "fourth industrial revolution", a term that has been making the rounds of the Davos set for the last couple of years. As Wikipedia explains, "Industry 4.0 is a name given to the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies." We've been talking about all these technologies for a while now. Education 4.0 isn't aboput the tech - it's about the uses to which it is put. If you're fine with pursuing the aims and objectives of Davos, you're probably fine with Education 4.0. If not, well...

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