In this essay, I present a fiction-based persona that illustrates how emerging technologies have impacted society and education in the not-so-distant future. How has technology intersected with HoYeon’s life during her first year in Canada and how has it compounded her learning? This short story is an insight into the challenges some newcomers and refugees face when trying to access services and education in Canada. How might we as educators better understand how they interact and interface with different technologies?    Case Study: HoYeon Jung  HoYeon is the daughter and only child of North Korean parents who labored as farmers on the outskirts of Kanggye City, in a province that borders China. Her parents never completed high school and there were no computers in their home. North Korean smartphones started appearing in 2020 but only for the government elite in Pyongyang. During the...

A fiction-based persona that illustrates how emerging technologies have impacted society and education in the not-so-distant future. How has technology intersected with HoYeon’s life during her first year in Canada and how has it compounded her learning? This short story is an insight into the challenges some newcomers and refugees to Canada face when trying to access services and education. How might we as educators better understand how they interact and interface with different technologies?  Case Study: HoYeon Jung HoYeon is the daughter and only child of North Korean parents who labored as farmers on the outskirts of Kanggye City in a province that boarders China. Her parents never completed high school and there were no computers in their home. North Korean smartphones had started appearing in 2020 but only for the rich. During the Great Famine of 2022, she slowly watched...

Presented by: Ashley Breton & Sam Kirk Robots and the Future of Learning Debate Participants: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo If you have any questions or comments for us, please write them in the comments section below.  Links to the references used to make this video can be found at the end of this description box.  Thank you for sharing your time with us. Want to learn more?  Check out these emerging companies in the educational robot market: Emotix (India), FANUC (Japan), Hanson Robotics (China), Photon Entertainment (Poland), Robolink (US), ROBOTIS (South Korea), and SoftBank Robotics Group (Japan). And, don’t forget to take a look at the Civil Law Rules of Robotics proposed by the European parliament to regulate the use of robots and their employment (see “License for Designers” and “License for Users” section located at the end of...