Postdigital Humans: Transitions, Transformations and Transcendence

ISBN-13: 9783030655945 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Savin-Baden, Maggi

Opis

This book explores approaches to developing and using postdigital humans and the impact they are having on a postdigital world. It presents current research and practices at a time when education is changing rapidly with digital, technological advances. In particular, it outlines the major challenges faced by today’s employers, developers, teachers, researchers, priests and philosophers. The book examines conceptions of postdigital humans and studies the issue in connection with ethics and employment, as well as from perspectives such as philosophy and religion. 

Spis treści

Part I Conceptions of Postdigital Humans.- What are postdigital Humans Maggi Savin-Baden.- Typologies of postdigital humans and Artificial Intelligence  Petar Jandric.- A case study of a Virtual life coach  Victoria Mason- Robbie.- Part II Postdigital Humans and Ethics.- Part III  Postdigital Humans Employment.- Neil Frude.- Part IV Policy and Law.- Dame Glenys.- Part V Philosophy and Religion.- Stever Fuller.- John Reader and Adrian Evans.

O autorze

Maggi Savin-Baden is Professor of Higher Education, University of Worcester, UK. She has been research learning in innovative spaces for over 20 years gaining grants from  funder that include The Leverhulme Trust, Esmee Fairbairn, JISC  and  the Ministry of Defence. She has authored, coauthored and edited 17 books to  date with 2 more due out in 2020-21. In her spare time she is a baker, runner and triathlete.