TY - RPRT A1 - Gagrčin, Emilija A1 - Schaetz, Nadja A1 - Rakowski, Niklas A1 - Toth, Roland A1 - Renz, André A1 - Vladova, Gergana A1 - Emmer, Martin T1 - We and AI BT - living in a datafied world : experiences & attitudes of young Europeans KW - sociology & anthropology KW - technology (applied sciences) KW - sociology of science KW - sociology of technology KW - research on science and technology KW - technology assessment KW - artificial intelligence KW - digitalization KW - educational technology KW - decision making KW - data security KW - monitoring KW - data protection KW - automation KW - Europe KW - attitude KW - young adult KW - technological change KW - new technology Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34669/wi/1 PB - Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society - the German Internet CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mishra, Vidisha A1 - Vladova, Gergana ED - Miller, Katharina ED - Wendt, Karen T1 - It’s personal BT - 4IR and the future of learning T2 - The fourth industrial revolution and its impact on ethics N2 - The new technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are disrupting traditional models of work and learning. While the impact of digitalization on education was already a point of serious deliberation, the COVID-19 pandemic has expedited ongoing transitions. With 90% of the world’s student population having been impacted by national lockdowns—online learning has gone from being a luxury to a necessity, in a context where around 3.6 billion people are offline. As the impacts of the 4IR unfold alongside the current crisis, it is not enough for future policy pathways to prioritize educational attainment in the traditional sense; it is essential to reimagine education itself as well as its delivery entirely. Future policy narratives will need to evaluate the very process of learning and identify the ways in which technology can help reduce existing disparities and enhance digital access, literacy and fluency in a scalable manner. In this context, this chapter analyses the status quo of online learning in India and Germany. Drawing on the experiences of these two economies with distinct trajectories of digitalization, the chapter explores how new technologies intersect with traditional education and local sociocultural conditions. Further, the limitations and opportunities presented by dominant ed-tech models is critically analyzed against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. KW - 4IR KW - digital KW - online KW - gender KW - automation KW - inequality Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-57019-4 SN - 978-3-030-57020-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57020-0_12 SP - 151 EP - 158 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER -