Cognitive technologies serve as instruments of cultural redefinition, changing rather than just amplifying what people do¶
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q1 i? The cognitive technologies people invent shape who they are by changing, not just amplifying, what they do. → Roy D. Pea 1985
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Roy D. Pea 1985¶
Roy D. Pea. (1985). Beyond Amplification: Using the Computer to Reorganize Mental Functioning. Educational Psychologist, 20(4), pp.167-182. https://telearn.hal.science/hal-00190536
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A theoretical argument in the article's abstract: the author reasons that because cognitive technologies are "instruments of cultural redefinition," educational values must be defined explicitly. No empirical data are reported for this proposition.
"Because the cognitive technologies we invent serve as instruments of cultural redefinition (shaping who we are by changing, not just amplifying, what we do), defining educational values becomes a foreground issue."
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Cognitive technologies serve as instruments of cultural redefinition, changing rather than just amplifying what people do |
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Cognitive technologies serve as instruments of cultural redefinition, changing rather than just amplifying what people do |
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